ROYAL GORGE BRIDGE . . .

Royal Gorge Bridge

America's highest suspension bridge can be breathtaking for some, but its straight down nearly 90 stories on the Arkansas River below. Completed in 1929, the bridge did not have the wind cable stabilized until 1982.The Royal Gorge Bridge is a tourist attraction near Cañon City, Colorado, within a 360-acre (150 ha) theme park. The bridge deck hangs 955 feet (291 m) above the Arkansas River, and held the record of highest bridge in the world from 1929 until 2001, when it was surpassed by the Liuguanghe Bridge in China. It is a suspension bridge with a main span of 938 feet (286 m). The bridge is 1,260 feet (384 m) long and 18 feet (5.5 m) wide, with a wooden walkway with 1292 planks. The bridge is suspended from towers that are 150 feet (46 m) high.

Where: Royal Gorge, Colorado, on the Arkansas River.

Statistics: 969 feet above the canyon, 1,260 feet long.