Poughkeepsie-Highland Bridge
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
The Poughkeepsie-Highland Bridge is the oldest surviving steel cantilever bridge in the world, and when built, had the longest truss and cantilever spans. The bridge provided the first, and only, all-rail route across the Husdon River south of Albany, and it facilitated the movement of coal eastward and manufactured goods westward for 85 years. Restored as the Walkway Over the Hudson, the bridge provides an outstanding example of adaptive reuse. Its designers were Thomas C. Clarks (ASCE President 1896) and Charles MacDonald (ASCE President 1908).
Constructed: 1886-1889
Dedicated: 2009
Courtesy hmdb.org
