Royal Gorge Bridge

Hopefully I can get some new pictures this weekend. This one also is from a few years ago...

Here's some information about the subject taken directly from the Royal Gorge Website: It's the world's highest suspension bridge at a 1,053 feet high (331 meters). It crosses the massive granite Royal Gorge as well as the raging Arkansas River. • Construction began June 5, 1929 and completed Nov. 1929 • Length: 1,260 feet (384 meters) • Width: 18 feet (5 meters) • Main Span: 880 feet (268 meters) • Towers:150 feet high (46 meters) • 2,100 strands of No.9 galvanized wire • Weight of cables: 300 tons • 1,000 tons of steel in floor of Bridge • 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

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