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Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge
 
By Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2019
Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge Marker
(view looking northeast across Hudson River)
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1 ► New York, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie — 201 — Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge —
has been placed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1979 by The United States Department of the Interior
William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2019 • 201 — — Map (db m136100) HM
2 ► New York, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie — 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 . . . — — Map (db m35483) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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