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Seen From The Mid-Hudson Bridge Over The Hudson River.
-This Is Part Of The Walkway Over The Hudson Walking Loop Trail.
-The Mid-Hudson Bridge (officially the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge) is a toll suspension bridge which carries US 44 and NY 55 across the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and Highland in the state of New York. The bridge was renamed the &quot;Franklin D. Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge&quot; in 1994 though the span is rarely referred to by its official name.

-The bridge is 3,000 feet (910 m) long with a clearance of 135 feet (41 m) above the Hudson. At opening, it was the sixth-longest suspension bridge in the world. The chief engineer was Polish immigrant Ralph Modjeski, who had previously engineered the strengthening of the nearby Poughkeepsie Railroad bridge. Primary contractor was the American Bridge Company of Ambridge, Pennsylvania with steel from Carnegie. The span is unique in that stiffening trusses were intentionally constructed on top of, not below, the deck.
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