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When on adventure it's always fun to have unplanned adventures. On the ER adventure I happened upon The Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park. The Walkway Over the Hudson bridge was planned before the start of the civil war as a railroad bridge. It was completed January 1st 1889, just six years after the completion of the greatest bridge in the world, the Brooklyn Bridge. The Hudson bridge was used by the railroad until 1974. It underwent renovations and was opened in 2009 as a pedestrian and cyclist bridge.

I rode my bike over it and back. It is so high that it spans over the town of Poughkeepsie. Here is looking north over the Hudson River.
This is looking south down the Hudson River.
This is the train station in Poughkeepsie. You can see the bridge in the back ground.
The train ride up and down Metro North was really beautiful. It ran along the Hudson river the whole way. From the train I saw West Point. It looks like a giant castle on a cliff over looking the Hudson. I also saw a castle on a island in the middle of the river. Did you know that there is a castle in the middle of the river. Weird right? Its called Bannerman's Castle. Click here for more info.On top of the bridge.
Here is a link to more info about the bridge.