A record 71.6 million people visited the state’s network of 180 parks in 2017, and the Walkway was one of several area parks that saw large increases in visitors from 2016, according to state records. The Walkway in 2017 saw its most visitors since 2013, 593,868, which was an increase of 8.4 percent from 2016. That’s after growing by 6 percent the previous year.

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