City of Poughkeepsie Deputy Fire Chief Edward Decker was just a 21-year-old rookie then. He said the railroad bridge fire was the most unusual fire he's seen in his 40-year career.

Carol Kozlowski was in a panic. Looking out from a window on Mill Street on May 8, 1974, she saw roaring flames and thick smoke. The Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge was on fire.

Considered an engineering marvel when built in 1889, the 1.2-mi Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge had burned and fallen into disrepair after 85 years of carrying commuter and freight traffic 200-ft ...

The span, which opened as Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge, celebrates its 15th anniversary as one of the Hudson Valley’s most popular tourist attractions.

In the 1880s, the railroad was king, ... So, they built a bridge across the Hudson River from Highland to Poughkeepsie. This wasn’t just any bridge — it was an engineering marvel.

It was b uilt in 1888 as the Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge, following a proposal from an engineer to build a railroad bridge over the Hudson River that was published in the Poughkeepsie ...

Construction in the 1880s of the Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge. The span was abandoned in 1974 and in 2009 was reborn as the Walkway Over the Hudson. Walkway Over The Hudson.

The Poughkeepsie Metro-North Station is getting a new eatery this fall dubbed The Grand Concourse, situated in a space that's ...