Yes, it's just over 100 feet straight down onto the Long Island Sound beach (note the Dr. Suess-like, undermined path in the background, straight over the bike's top tube).

This is Jeff Polono. He fell on the downside of the VZ Bridge last year after a collision caused by a careless rider, breaking his arm and scraping the skin off of every corner of his body. I happened to be coming down the bridge 30 seconds later and got to take care of him...His big concern at the time? He missed crossing the finish line by 300 yards!

This year, the good folks at BNY got him two free passes...

Jeff stopped by my Marshal post at Pulaski to say hello.

He wants to know how old you have to be to be a BNY Marshal... :-)

Stand as the photographer stood. Directly behind you is a wrought iron gate between two brick pillars. Walk around the left pillar and follow the old carriage road until it crosses Indian Brook, then turn left following the footpath and follow it upstream to the falls. Get down to the level of the stream as soon as possible, avoiding the upper path.

"It's not like it's carved in stone.....uh-oh"