<Tr> <Th> NRHP reference #</Th> <Td> 79001577 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Added to NRHP </Th> <Td> February 23, 1979 (original) May 20, 2008 (additional documentation) </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . It was taken out of service on May 8, 1974, after it was damaged by fire . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and its entry updated in 2008 . It was reopened on October 3, 2009 as a pedestrian walkway as part of the new Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park . </P> <P> In 1868, an engineer proposed a railroad bridge across the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, in a letter published in the Poughkeepsie Eagle newspaper . The proposal seemed so absurd that the Eagle ridiculed it, and it was effectively forgotten for a few years . </P>

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