Each month I plan to feature one of the Hudson Valley's Hudson River bridges. This month it's the one I am most familiar with, the Kingston Rhinecliff Bridge.
The above photos were taken the last three weeks of October from the Ferncliff Forest Fire Tower. They capture my favorite time of year. Though it's been warm at times, the sun's rapid inclination loss and those handful of cool breezy days have led to some pretty colors in the Hudson Valley.
Though originally planned a supension bridge connecting the downtowns of Kingston and Rhinebeck, the Kingston Rhinecliff Bridge is an under deck truss. The bridge itself may have been ascetically more pleasing, but Rhinebeck today would be Hyde Park or Hudson. Thankfully the plans changed.
It opened at just the right time in February of 1957 since the Hudson froze and the ferry no longer could run allowing people to cross. Today the bridge carries approximately 17,000 vehicles per day. Only the Rip Van Winkle Bridge carries less, but despite being located over 50 miles north of the Bear Mountain Bridge it carries roughly the same amount of traffic.
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