Mid-Hudson / Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge loop
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Miles	Mark	Turn	This Leg	Description			Description
Start				East end of Mid-Hudson Bridge (also known as the Franklin D. Roosevelt Bridge) above the east shore of the Hudson River, on the sidewalk on the north side of the Bridge roadway.			Reports
0.0		East - sidewalk	0.1	ride on the sidewalk on the north side of the bridge roadway (East-bound)			How to Use this Cue Sheet
0.1		Variation		To go to the Railroad station:  Go only a short ways East-bound on the sidewalk.  Before intersecting any entrance or exit for the Rt 9 arterial highway, turn L onto another sidewalk and go down, with some turns			Abbreviations + Symbols
				to a street which goes underneath the roadway of the bridge. But do not go under the bridge -- instead turn R onto (unsigned) Gerald Dr (North then East), T - L onto Rinaldi Blvd and go North about 0.2Mi.
				At the traffic light, cross Main St and enter the parking lot of the Poughkeepsie train station. [last checked 2002]
0.1	HH	cross -- continue  sidewalk	0.2	sidewalk intersects an exit road and an entrance road [HH] for the Rt 9 highway.  Cross over these, and continue on the sidewalk East-bound.
0.3		L - North sidewalk	0.0	Just after going over a bridge across the north-bound lanes of Rt 9, turn Left onto a sidewalk going North. This sidewalk is flat, unlike the previous sidewalk which goes down.  It soon joins a street -- which is Clover St (unsigned).
0.3		Straight - North	0.4	unsigned- Clover St (North)
0.5	EE			cross Main St
0.5		train		To go to the Railroad station: L on Main St 0.2Mi, turn R at traffic light into parking lot for Poughkeepsie train station (Metro North and Amtrak)  [last checked July 2003]
		Variation		To start from the Railroad station and join the route at this point:  Go South from the train station to the first street, turn L on Main St to go East up the hill a short ways, turn L at the first traffic light onto Clover St (North). [last checked July 2003]
0.7		R	0.6	Verrazano St
1.0				cross Washington St -- becomes Brookside			Map
1.3	T	L	0.1	Garden St			Description
1.4	T	R	0.9	Parker St [HH]			Reports
1.8				cross N Clinton / Buckingham -- becomes Violet Ave			How to Use this Cue Sheet
2.3	EE	R	0.5	Pendell Rd.  see WEOK radio tower on Right.			Abbreviations + Symbols
2.8	EE	L	0.8	Creek Rd (do not continue straight into Dutchess Community College parking lot)
3.6		R	1.1	Cream St, becomes Bennet Rd
4.7	T	R	0.0	unsigned- E Dorsey Lane
4.7		quick L	0.3	unsigned- Beck Rd
5.0		BR	0.6	Beck Rd
5.6	T	R	0.4	Dutchess Hill Rd -- Dutchess Co Rt 40
6.0	T	L	1.8	Cream St -- Dutchess Co Rt 39
7.5				(pass by Haviland Rd)
7.8	T	R	0.9	Crum Elbow Rd / Netherwood Rd
8.7	EE	L	4.3	Quaker Lane -- Dutchess Co Rt 16 (North)
11.4				(pass by Fallkill Rd)
13.0	T	L	1.0	Hollow Rd -- Dutchess Co Rt 14
14.0	HH	cross	0.3	cross Rt 9G -- becomes Mills Cross
14.3		BL	1.4	(pass by Kipp Rd)
15.7	T	R	0.8	Rt 9 North [HH - wide shoulder as of July 2003]
16.5	HH	L	2.1	S Mill Rd
17.4		view		view of waterfall underneath bridge, and marsh by Hudson River
18.6		L	2.1	Morton Rd (Dutchess Co Rt 85)
20.7		L	0.0	Butler St
20.7		quick L	0.1	James St (going South)
20.8		sharp R	0.3	Grinnell St
20.8		view		view across the River to the Kingston lighthouse and mouth of the Rondout Creek
21.1	T	R	0.1	Shatzell St
21.2		site		Rhinecliff, NY
21.2		L	1.0	Charles St, later becomes Rhinecliff Rd (Rt 308 East)
21.3		train		Rhinecliff train station -- Amtrak
21.3		Variation		to visit the water of the Hudson River with a view of the Kingston-Rhinecliff bridge along the way:  L on Hutton St, bridge across railroad tracks with view,  then curve L and down hill.
22.2		L	0.8	Ryan Rd -- turn comes just before turn for Rt 103
22.2		Variation		To visit Rhinebeck, NY -- has food and other things:  Continue Straight East (becomes Rt 308) about 1 mile to the intersection with Rt 9.
				To return, turn around and come back West on West Market St, and just after River Rd (Dutchess Co Rt 103), turn R on Ryan Rd to rejoin main route. [last checked May 2003]
23.0	T	L	2.7	River Rd (Dutchess Co Rt 103) [the section of this north of Mt Rutsen Rd is often HH]
25.7	EE	L	2.2	Rt 199 West  [HH - wide shoulders as of July 2003]
26.6		bridge		cross Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge [HH - wide shoulders as of July 2003] (check Condition Reports)
27.9		Exit - BR	0.1	Rt 32 exit
28.0		food		just south of end of exit ramp
28.0	T	L	2.2	Rt 32 South [HH - wide shoulder as of April 2003]
29.1		Variation E		To avoid more miles on high-speed high-traffic roads, and to avoid the vehicle traffic interaction of the exit and entrance ramps of Rt 9W:  After 1.1Mi on Rt 32, turn L on Main St,
				which becomes Devil's Lake Rd, then becomes First Ave (2.3 Mi).  At stop sign, BL, then quick BR to continue on First Ave (0.5Mi).  T - L on Delaware Ave 0.2 Mi, EE - R on Murray 0.3 Mi, then
				just before Rt 9W, turn L into apartment complex parking, turn R to go underneath railroad tracks,  EE - cross Rt 9W onto Garraghan St to rejoin main route.  [last checked July 2003]
30.2		L	1.2	Rt 9W South [HH - wide shoulder as of April 2003, except where need skills for crossing an exit and an entrance ramp in the middle of the downhill]
31.1		Variation F		To visit a sandy beach on the Hudson River:  After 0.9Mi on Rt 9W, turn L on Delaware Ave and go to end (about 1.3Mi).  To return to the main route, turn around to Delaware,
				turn L onto North, which becomes E Strand St, and take this to the Roundout Waterfront.  (need skills for tricky crossings of railroad tracks on Strand St.) [last checked 1997]
31.4	EE	R	0.1	Garraghan St -- turn comes at bottom of hill
31.5		L	0.1	Broadway			Map
31.6		food		Rondout Waterfront -- Kingston, NY			Description
31.6		R	0.1	Abeel St			Reports
31.7		L	0.6	Wurts St			How to Use this Cue Sheet
31.7		bridge		cross the bridge with views of Rondout Creek			Abbreviations + Symbols
32.3	T	R	0.8	Rt 9W South [HH]
32.6		food		Port Ewen, NY
33.1		L	4.0	River Rd (nice views of Hudson River, but at the price of some hill work)
33.1		Variation G		To avoid the hill work on River Rd:  continue Straight on Rt 9W South [HH - wide shoulder as of July 2003] about 1.2Mi, turn R on Ulster Ave about 1.8Mi, and R to rejoin main route on Union Center Rd [last checked July 2003]
37.1	T	R	0.1	Rt 9W North [HH]
37.1		Variation H		To avoid some steep hills and save some miles:  turn L on Rt 9W South for 8.1 miles.  Shortly after passing Rt 299, turn R onto North Rd for 1.1Mi, then
				T - L onto New Paltz Rd / Main St 0.1Mi, R on Elting Place 0.2Mi, T - L on Phillips Ave / Commercial Ave 0.4Mi to rejoin main route [last checked April 2003]
				(shortens route by 5.2 miles)
37.2		L	0.2	Ulster Ave
37.4		L	0.6	Union Center Rd
38.0		BL	1.0	Union Center Rd (pass by Hellbrook)
39.0		L	2.9	Hardenburgh Rd (some hill work)
39.8		Variation J		for less total climbing, but more all at once:  after 0.8Mi on Hardenburgh Rd, L on Soper Rd 1.8Mi, T - R Old Post Rd 1.4Mi, L Martin Swedish Rd to rejoin main route.  [last checked 1998]
41.9	T	L	1.2	Old Post Rd
43.1		BL	0.2	Old Post Rd (pass by Dashville Rd)
43.3		R	2.1	Martin Swedish Rd (becomes Weston Rd)
45.4	T	R	0.7	unsigned- Plutarch Rd
46.1		L	0.6	Black Creek Rd
46.1		Variation K		To avoid some hills and possible rough roads [recommended as of July 2003]:  continue Straight on Plutarch Rd, T - L New Paltz Rd, L Rt 299 East [HH - wide shoulder as of April 2003], R on S Chodikee Lake Rd to rejoin main route. [last checked 2002]
46.7		BL	2.3	Hawleys Corners Rd (up hill) (N Elting Corners Rd goes R)
47.8		BR		pass by Martin Ave
49.0	T	R	0.6	Chodikee Lake Rd
49.6	T	L	0.6	Rt 299 East [HH -- wide shoulders as of August 2001]
50.2		R	0.8	S Chodikee Lake Rd
51.0	T	L	0.7	unsigned- New Paltz Rd
51.7		R	0.5	Phillips Rd, becomes Commercial Ave			Map
52.2	T	R	0.2	Vineyard Ave / Rt 44 [HH]			Description
52.4		L	0.5	Tillson Ave			Reports
52.9	EE	cross	1.0	cross Rt 9W onto Haviland Rd / Roberts Rd -- marked as "Bicycle Route over Bridge"			How to Use this Cue Sheet
53.9		L	0.5	cross over the Hudson River on the Mid-Hudson Bridge (Rt 44 East) using the North-side walkway			Abbreviations + Symbols
54.4		Finish		East end of Mid-Hudson Bridge
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