Royal Gorge Hanging Bridge

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Hello

A while back, someone posted that they had a copy of the plans for the Royal Gorge hanging railroad bridge.

I am interested on knowing general dimensions of the span and general dimensions of the steel frame the bridge hangs on.

Thanks

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It’s npt very big. Definitely under 100’ long. Two I beams from underneath almost to the opposite canyon wall with two short I beam sections for the ends of the first two to rest on. Sounds like a good way to justify a field trip to Colorado. When you get off the funicular at the bottom it is right there.

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Here is a post from a few years ago :

http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/p/133103/1495187.aspx#1495187

Quite the construction project - and a very nice result!

Jim

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!(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h305/Renegade1c/Hanging Bridge/CIMG2449.jpg)

Not sure if this will help or not, but here is a link to my Album on the Hanging bridge. I took a number of Photos when I went over the bridge a number of years ago. It’s not the plans, but hopefully it will give you a visual reference.

http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h305/Renegade1c/Hanging%20Bridge/

Here are some of the included Photos:

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