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Saturday, July 31, 2010   60º

10/02/2009 10:08 AM

'Walkway Over the Hudson' , Designed by Local Firm, to Open

By: Amy Young

The walkway from below.
Photo courtesy Bergmann Associates.
The walkway from below. Photo courtesy Bergmann Associates.
The world's longest pedestrian bridge and New York's newest State Park will open to the public this weekend.

"Vertical Park" is designed by a Rochester engineering firm. Bergman Associates worked for two years designing, planning and helping to transform the 120 year-old, 1 1/4 mile-long rail bridge into a walking and biking trail 212 feet above the Hudson River, connecting Poughkeepsie to Highland.

The grand opening is Saturday.

Bergmann Associates