Violet Avenue is aka NYS Rt 9G which is a truckers route for 3bridges: Hudson - Catskill Rip Van Winkle, Kingston Rhinecliff - Rhinebeck & Poughkeepsie - Highland - Mid Hudson Bridge. Mid-Hudson Bridge - (9 Minutes / 4.8 Miles) Taconic State Parkway, Exit 54 - (16 Minutes / 9.3 Miles) Kingston-Rhinecliff - (26 Minutes / 18.8 Miles) Newburgh Beacon Bridge - (35 Minutes / 19.2 Miles) Rip Van Winkle Bridge - (47 Minutes / 36.3 Miles) NYS Route 9G runs N/S through the Hudson Valley region, paralleling the Hudson River. Route 9G begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 9 in Poughkeepsie and extends northward to Columbia County, passing through towns such as Hyde Park, Rhinebeck, and Germantown. NYS Route 9G is a feeder road and leads to Mid-Hudson Bridge, Interstate 84, Interstate 87.