(rshsdepot) Poughkeepsie RR Bridge

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From today's Poughkeepsie Journal.
 
Bernie Wagenblast
 
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Dyson donates $1.5 million to railroad bridge  


MILLBROOK — The effort to reopen the long-closed  Poughkeepsie Railroad 
Bridge to pedestrians and cyclists has taken a major  step forward.

The Millbrook-based Dyson Foundation announced today  it will fund a $1.5 
million engineering and design study that would serve  “as the first critical step
’’ in plans to transform the bridge, closed  since a 1974 fire, into a 
pedestrian park spanning the Hudson River.  

In a press release, Dyson officials said the grant will allow  Walkway Over 
the Hudson, the non-profit group dedicated to converting the  bridge into a 
public park, to “fast-track” the project in hopes of  finishing it in time for 
the 2009 Henry Hudson Quadricentennial  celebration.

For more details, read Wednesday’s Poughkeepsie  Journal.



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