Royal Gorge Bridge

Royal Gorge canyon walls and Bridge • Construction on the world's highest suspension bridge began June 5, 1929, and was 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 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 $15 million • Bridge will support in excess of two million pounds I rafted under this bridge the day before taking this picture.