The Tempoo was in a day spa
and I was sans wheels, so I thought I'd just go ahead and do some snaps round
the 'hood.
These are from 20th Feb 2k4. Usual protocols apply.
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This is
a reproduction of a vintage postcard showing the traffic circle at the
end of the |
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Not a road, but
what the hey. This vintage card shows the Town of Lloyd town hall(still
there) and Highland Post office(since moved to larger quarters on US 9W and North Road). |
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A popular sign in
this area, suitable for posting near MTR regulars. Note the nonstandard font. |
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Looking down Maple
Street not too far from my apartment. We're east heading toward the Hudson. |
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Still going downhill
toward the river. A lot of the buildings in this street are right on
the street. |
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Now here we have
the first view of the "Poughkeepsie Bridge". This is a disused
railway bridge. The owner wants to convert it into a walkway across the Hudson, but the Town of Lloyd is giving static over that plan. It stands because it would be VERY expensive to take down. |
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Rounding the corner
and getting a better view here. |
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This vintage shot
is in the same area as the last two snaps, at a different vantage point. But it gives you a general idea of the development in the area at the time-there was a lot more going on on this side of the river back then. Whenever “Back Then” was, since the postcard doesn't say :( |
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A long snap of the
Mid-Hudson from Oakes Road. |
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Here's a bit of
Vertigo for ya. I'm standing directly under a pier of the Poughkeepsie bridge, looking up. |
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Two
snaps looking at the bridge from the south. Note the wires along the side. I don't think these are energized. There are underwater power cable crossings in this area. The ice on the Hudson is breaking up, it was solid a not so long ago. |
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The
west end of the Pougkeepsie Railway bridge. It looks like a small concessions setup could be started up here. I don't know if I could walk this thing to Poughkeepsie. I hate high places.... |
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Looking at the west
anchorage of the Mid-Hudson here. Note the little underpass thru the stone work. This is the first time I've seen that. |
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Directly under the
bridge here. Those scaffolds are on tracks and prolly move under power, so maintainence can be done. |
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A closer look at that
underpass. |
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Two
shots of the Mid-Hudson Bridge. Pick the one you like. |
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Lane signals on
the bridge. Usually the center lane is closed except in weekday rush hours. |
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Looking at the southwest cable. |
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The little park
at the west end of the bridge, named after two local Vietnam casualties. |
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Two
views of Haviland Road, the old Mid-Hudson bridge approach. |
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Reassurance Assembly
on US 9W just north of the Mid-Hudson Bridge junction. Hmmm what's missing here? |
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At the parting of
the ways, you have this assembly. It's sort of reflective. |
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On the opposite
side, there's *this* assembly. The US 9W marker has taken a couple of hits from ppl cutting the corner too close. |
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Up close and personal
with a traffic light at the junction of US 9W, US 44 and NY 55. You get more than this with the poop-up. |
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An overall view
of this junction. This is an ugly junction. It needs a turning lane badly, and the road leading off to the right(White Street)isn't controlled by the light. |
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And here is a direct
result of that lack of signal control. |
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A directional sine-unique
in that it's a single sheet of metal. Usually NYSDOT makes up signs this size out of joined panels. |
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An older sign that
can be found in the general area. |
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Two views
of Vineyard Ave-misidentified as “Main Street” in the vintage
shot-in Highland. |
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An old NYS right-of-way
marker. These are fairly common, and in good shape in the main. |
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Air
Viaduct! One abutment is left of what I think is an old railway overpass of US 44-NY 55. You have the railway ROW, which later turns into a rail trail. And lastly a decent shot of the remaining abutment. |
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US 44-NY 55 in the
area of the air viaduct. On the other side of that wall is a small stream. |
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More worn signage
coming into Highland eastbound on US 44-NY 55. |
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This ordinary looking
town road junction was once the meeting of US 9W(to the right) and NY 299(Ulster CH 12-to the left). |
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This opens a big
poop-up with 5 sines, including some VERY old NYS Traffic Commission specimens. |
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A “Railway
signal” beacon. NY uses the oddest of beacons for schools.
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Java script for poop-up snaps stolen from Javafile.com
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