Kinzua Bridge State Park, known as a National Engineering Landmark, is one of the "Top 20 Must See Pennsylvania State Parks." Kinzua Bridge was the highest and longest railroad bridge in the world! Build of iron, the original Viaduct was 301 feet high, 2,053 feet long, and weighed 3,105,000 pounds. By 1900, the Viaduct needed rebuilt. About 100 to 150 men working ten-hour days completed the job in 105 days. The new steel viaduct had the same measurements, but now weighed 6,715,000 pounds. For the greater part of the 20th century, freight trains loaded with coal, lumber, and oil, and excursion trains brimming with sightseers rolled across the Kinzua Viaduct, enjoying its magnificent views. On Monday, July 21, 2003 an F1 tornado (wind speed 73-112 mph) struck the side of the Kinzua Viaduct and 11 of the 20 towers of the Kinzua Viaduct were torn from their concrete bases and thrown to the valley floor. In 2011, the remaining nine towers of the Viaduct were reinvented as the new "Kinzua Bridge Skywalk". Visitors can stroll 600 feet out on the remaining support towers, peer miles out into the Kinzua Gorge as well as peer down into the partial glass platform at the end of the walkway.
WHAT IS AT THE END OF THE "KINZUA BRIDGE SKYWALK" ??????
VIDEO OF DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO = N 40 48.443 W 078 57.000
PARTIAL GLASS PLATFORM = N 40 49.823 W 078 56.353
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