Rantings of a New Yorker

Musician Pete Seeger was on hand to start the opening of the Walkway over the Hudson.  Formerly a railroad bridge, the Hudson Walkway is now a spectacular way to take a brisk walk over the Hudson River.

Stretching from the Town of Lloyd in Ulster County to the City of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County, the walkway is 1.25 miles long and 212 feet high. It took $38.8 million of public and private money to refurbish the bridge, which was damaged by fire some 35 years ago. The Walkway is New York’s 179th state park.

I have spent considerable time in Waryas Park, looking up at the bridge, hoping that, one day, it would be converted into a walkway for everyone to enjoy.  The 111-year old, former railroad bridge is now the longest pedestrian walkway in the world.