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Kinzua Bridge State Park

16740 Mt Jewett, PA, United States of America (USA) (Pennsylvania)
Address 296 Viaduct R
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition

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Admission
Status from 04/2020
 We don't know the fees.
Contact
Tel.:+1-703-295-63 00   
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.asce.org/project/kinzua-railway-viaduct
not in present exhibition
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Location / Directions
N41.759889° W78.587122°N41°45.59334' W78°35.22732'N41°45'35.6004" W78°35'13.6392"
McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States
Description

Wikipedia:
The Kinzua Bridge or the Kinzua Viaduct was a railroad trestle that spanned Kinzua Creek in McKean County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The bridge was 301 feet (92 m) tall and 2,052 feet (625 m) long. Most of its structure collapsed during a tornado in 2003.

In late 2005, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) put forward an $8 million proposal for a new observation deck and visitors' center, with plans to allow access to the bridge and a hiking trail giving views of the fallen towers.

The Kinzua Sky Walk
was opened on September 15, 2011. The Sky Walk consists of a pedestrian walkway to an observation deck with a glass floor at the end of the bridge that allows views of the bridge and the valley directly below.

Facts
Twenty iron towers supported the roadbed.
Six of the towers were higher than those of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Each tower was composed of four wrought-iron columns.
The bridge required 110 masonry piers.
The bridge was 10 feet wide along the top, but the tallest of the towers spreads to 103 feet at the base, giving the structure considerable stability.


Claim to Fame
Constructed in only 102 days, the Kinzua Railway Viaduct was by far the highest (302 feet) and the longest (2,053 feet) viaduct in the world at that time.

Today with a new observation deck and visitor's center, the bridge offers pedestrians an exceptional view of the Kinzua Valley.
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