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The Rip Van Winkle Bridge is a 5,040 ft (1,540 m) cantilever bridge spanning the Hudson River between Hudson, New York and Catskill, New York.Affording 145 feet (44 m) of clearance over the water, the structure carries NY 23 across the river, connecting US 9W and NY 385 on the west side with NY 9G on the east side.
Rip Van Winkle Bridge: NY 23: Catskill – Greenport: 1935 $1.50 (eastbound) Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge ...
The size of the property gradually diminished due to a combination of public works (including a road and reservoir) and sales to help the family's financial situation. In 1933 the construction of the nearby Rip Van Winkle Bridge at first threatened to demolish the house, but after concerted efforts by the Cole family only took a portion of land.
Van Dien adds, "Washington Irving went around and captured some of them," including Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which he wrote and published in 1819 and 1820, respectively ...
Rip Van Winkle Bridge; Riparius Bridge; Robert Moses Causeway; Rouses Point Bridge; ... Stillwater Bridge (Hudson River, New York) T. Tappan Bridge; Tappan Zee Bridge ...
New York State Route 23 (NY 23) is an east–west state highway in the eastern portion of New York in the United States. It extends for 156.15 miles (251.30 km) from an intersection with NY 26 in the Central New York town of Cincinnatus in Cortland County to the Massachusetts state line in the Berkshire Mountains, where it continues east as that state's Route 23.
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In 1933, during the construction of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, the Authority acquired the Mid-Hudson Bridge, originally built by the State Department of Public Works in 1930. Of note, the toll for a round trip across the Mid-Hudson Bridge for a car with 3 passengers in 1933 was $2.20, more than the $1.75 charged today.