The Walkway over the Hudson (also known as the Poughkeepsie Bridge, Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge, Poughkeepsie–Highland Railroad Bridge, and High Bridge) is a steel cantilever bridge spanning the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie, New York, on the east bank and Highland, New York, on the west bank. Built as a double-track railroad bridge, it was completed on January 1, 1889, and formed part of the Maybrook Railroad Line of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.
It was taken out of service on May 8, 1974, after a tie fire damaged it. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and its entry was updated in 2008. The bridge was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2009. It was reopened on October 3, 2009, as a pedestrian walkway as part of the new Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park.
From its opening until October 2016, when the 7,974-foot (2,430 m) Mile Into the Wild Walkway overtook it, it was the longest pedestrian footbridge in the world with a length of 6,768 feet (2,063 m). The Walkway over the Hudson allows bicycles and the Mile Into The Wild does not. Also, the Walkway over the Hudson does not have an admission fee.
According to en.wikipedia.org; parks.ny.gov. Source of photo: internet
