Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Walkway Over the Hudson #AtoZChallenge #WordlessWednesday

Welcome to Wednesday.  Today you get two memes for the price of one.

Today is "W" day in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. My theme for this year is "From Florida to Vermont With Stops In Between".  This is also Wordless Wednesday.

Today I bring you the Walkway Over the Hudson , which connects Poughkeepsie, New York with Highland, New York.  This 1.28 mile bridge is the longest elevated pedestrian bridge in the world and draws some 600,000 visitors annually and is part of the Walkway Over the Hudson Historic State Park.

This was originally the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge, designed, in part, by the man who designed the Brooklyn Bridge, built in the 19th century (1889) and abandoned in the 20th, after a 1974 fire.  In the 21st century it was renovated into a pedestrian path, which opened in 2009.

But enough of words.  Let's take a walk!

But first, a tongue in cheek history.

The Walkway.

Poughkeepsie.
The Great Connector.
From the Walkway you can see the Mid-Hudson Bridge (properly named the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge), which carries vehicular traffic.

One last view of the scenery.

Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for her Wordless Wednesday.

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18 comments:

  1. TomApril 27, 2022 at 7:21 AM

    ...a part of the Hudson that I've never seen.

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  2. songbird's crazy worldApril 27, 2022 at 7:26 AM

    We have friends who live in Poughkeepsie, and they’ve taken us to the Walkway. You’ve really captured the experience in your photos

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  3. stevebethereApril 27, 2022 at 8:06 AM

    Nice photos a blue sky too which we rarely see in London heheh!

    Have a tanfastictastic week and thanks for the tour 👍

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  4. JulieOApril 27, 2022 at 8:23 AM

    I love those images Carol Cassara

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  5. SandeeApril 27, 2022 at 9:12 AM

    It's beautiful and the views must be awesome. I would love to stroll over it.

    Thank you for the history lesson.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  6. carol l mckennaApril 27, 2022 at 9:46 AM

    Love photos of the Hudson River ~ such history ~ Xo


    Wishing you love and laughter in your day,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  7. Diane Stringam TolleyApril 27, 2022 at 9:47 AM

    This is amazing! Loved the 'tongue-in-cheek' history! Another 'must' for my list!

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  8. carol l mckennaApril 27, 2022 at 9:49 AM

    Left a comment ~ hope you got it? Trying again ~ ~ Great photos of the Hudson River and post of its history around Poughkeepsie ~ Xo

    Wishing you love and laughter in your day,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  9. Anne E.G. NydamApril 27, 2022 at 10:58 AM

    We just discovered the Walkway over the Hudson about 2 years ago when our son went to Vassar. It is pretty amazing!
    W is for Wishes

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  10. John HoltonApril 27, 2022 at 12:28 PM

    Love that history!

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  11. Memories of Eric and FlynnApril 27, 2022 at 1:50 PM

    Lovely photos!

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  12. SuzanaApril 27, 2022 at 2:09 PM

    Lovely images. Thank you for sharing a new place for me!
    Happy WW and a fine week!

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  13. Deb Nance at ReaderbuzzApril 27, 2022 at 4:26 PM

    Beautiful pictures!

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  14. LisaApril 27, 2022 at 7:54 PM

    Quite a view! Again, you've been clever to have your W "events" together! I never noticed W was on Wednesday.

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  15. Liz A.April 27, 2022 at 8:01 PM

    That's quite the walk.

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  16. Keith's RamblingsApril 28, 2022 at 5:52 AM

    What a wonderfulplace to visit. If only...!

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  17. CAACApril 28, 2022 at 8:00 AM

    WOW, if I get over my fears of heights, then I'd like to walk across that foot bridge!! Nice captures!!

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  18. Cerebrations.bizApril 28, 2022 at 2:04 PM

    You;d have thought I would have traversed this with all my trips to Poughkeepsie. But, I never knew about it until now. Time for a trip?

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