Delgado Stone Distributors

Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Project Details

Architect
Siegrist Construction
Location
Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

The Walkway Over The Hudson State Park was once a railroad bridge that connected Highland, NY and Poughkeepsie, NY. According to their website the bridge was built in 1889 to help carry freight across the Hudson River and after many years of service was converted to a New York State Historic Park in 2009. Each year the park welcomes over 500,000 visitors to majestic views of the Hudson Valley... and now some of our stone veneer!

Full disclosure, we didn't know our stone was being used for this project until midway through when Pleasant Valley Stone, our Authorized Dealer, clued us in. The custom order called for our Fieldstone Dark Ashlar 3" thick with a sawn back. It's not your standard thinstone order, which is approximately 1" thick with a sawn back, and it was not a full bed order, which would have been approximately 3-5" thick and snapped.

Pleasant Valley Stone was also responsible for the bluestone caps (they did the fabrication) and additional materials needed for the project.

One of our favorite conversations is how a little stone can make a big difference and this is a perfect example. The project itself called for approximately 600 square and linear feet of stone. It's a small project but the use of real stone veneer from the region has a big impact on a historic state park.