Hudson Valley Drivers Perplexed Over Mid Hudson Bridge Colors

We can certainly forgive Hudson Valley residents who may be completely confused by the Mid Hudson Bridge.

This month the bridge is turning purple again, but this time it's for a completely different reason than last month when the span also turned purple.

The Mid Hudson Bridge is equipped with state of the art LED lights that can change color and create some spectacular patterns with the click of a button. The Bridge Authority frequently changes colors on the bridge to correspond with certain charities and awareness campaigns.

In October the bridge turned purple to raise awareness for domestic violence. Many other iconic buildings in New York, like the Empire State Building, also changed their lights to purple to bring attention to the cause.

In November the bridge is turning purple again, but this time it's to raise awareness for epilepsy. That's right, it's national Epilepsy Awareness Month and their color also happens to be purple.

If that's not confusing enough, the ribbons for awareness website lists 31 different charities and diseases that use the color purple to raise awareness for their cause.

They are: