Grand Canyon West Sky Walk
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duaner27In album: WaterFallsIn Webshots channel: outdoors - Date uploaded: Oct 31, 2006
The Glass Bridge Construction of the Skywalk began March of 2004 and is estimated to be completed by 4th quarter of 2006. Glass Bridge will be suspended 4,000 feet above the Colorado River on the very edge of the Grand Canyon. On May 2005, the final test was conducted and the structure passed engineering requirements by 400 percent, enabling it to withstand the weight of 71 fully loaded Boeing 747 airplanes (more that 71 million pounds). >> >>The bridge will be able to sustain winds in excess of 100 miles per hour >>from 8 different directions, as well as an 8.0 magnitude earthquake within >>50 miles. More than one million pounds of steel will go into the >>construction of the Grand Canyon Skywalk.
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