Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Poughkeepsie-Highland_Railroad_Bridge
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:bridge
gptkb:historic_building
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1979
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Walkway_Over_the_Hudson
gptkb:Poughkeepsie_Bridge
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Union_Bridge_Company
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Hudson_River
gptkbp:currentUse gptkb:bridge
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Charles_Macdonald
gptkb:Pomeroy_P._Dickinson
gptkb:John_F._O'Rourke
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge
gptkbp:length 6,768 feet
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Highland,_New_York
gptkb:Poughkeepsie,_New_York
gptkbp:maintainedBy gptkb:New_York_State_Office_of_Parks,_Recreation_and_Historic_Preservation
gptkbp:material gptkb:steel
gptkbp:notableFor longest elevated pedestrian bridge in the world (as of 2009)
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 79001577
gptkbp:numberOfSpans gptkb:Hudson_River
7
gptkbp:opened 1889
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Walkway_Over_the_Hudson_State_Historic_Park
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:bridge
gptkbp:railwayStationClosed 1974
gptkbp:reopened gptkb:Walkway_Over_the_Hudson
2009
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Walkway_Over_the_Hudson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5