Royal Gorge 2000
world's highest
suspension bridge that hangs 1,053 feet high
and spans a quarter mile across the canyon. World's
longest single-span
aerial tram and the steepest
incline railway
on the planet. Construction on the world's highest
Suspension
Bridge began June 5, 1929 and completed Nov. 1929.
Length: 1,260 feet
Width: 18 feet
Main Span: 880 feet
Towers: 150 feet high
2,100 strands of No.9 galvanized wire
Weight of cables: 300 tons
1,000 tons of steel in the floor of Bridge
Walkway: made of 1,292 planks of deck, about 250 are replaced annually
Original cost to build: $350,000—cost today about $20-million
Bridge will support in excess of two-million pounds
Listed on the National Historic Register
Garden of
the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Mt. Blanca, San Luis Valley, Colorado
Royal Gorge close to Canyon City, Colorado
Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Manitou
Springs, Colorado
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6. Royal Gorge Bridge the highest single span bridge in the world
7. Royal Gorge Bridge the highest single span bridge in the world
8. Arkansas River flows through the gorge. See the rafts on the river
9. Arkansas River flows through the gorge. See the rafts on the river
10.Arkansas River flows through the gorge. See the rafts on the river
11. Arkansas River flows through the gorge.
12. This tram goes from one side of the canyon to the other.
13. Taken from the tram
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19. Taken from the bridge
20. Taken from the tram
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george@eaglefreeenterprise.com
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