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The Kinzua Bridge or the Kinzua Viaduct (/ ˈ k ɪ n z uː /, [2] /-z uː ə /) was a railroad trestle that spanned Kinzua Creek in McKean County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The bridge was 301 feet (92 m) tall and 2,052 feet (625 m) long. Most of its structure collapsed during a tornado in July 2003.
Kinzua Bridge State Park is a 339-acre (137 ha) Pennsylvania state park near Mount Jewett, in Hamlin and Keating Townships, McKean County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park lies between U.S. Route 6 and Pennsylvania Route 59 , along State Route 3011 just east of the Allegheny National Forest .
The Kinzua Viaduct remained open for decades to both steam and diesel locomotives. By the 1950s, the viaduct had aged to the point where new weight and speed limits were issued - resulting in ...
An additional reason the line was abandoned as a tourist operation was that the main attraction of the ride was a trip over the Kinzua Bridge. The viaduct collapsed during a tornado in 2003. When the State of Pennsylvania, which owns the viaduct, could not afford to repair it, the railroad lost its major tourist draw.
The popular skywalk at Kinzua Bridge State Park will be closed at times starting Sept. 16 and later this year will close for about nine months.
The Kinzua Bridge State Park is located just a few miles north of Mount Jewett's borough line. It was used to carry trains across the Kinzua valley overlooking the town of Kushequa, Pennsylvania. Originally constructed in 1882, the structure was the highest iron bridge in the world. In 1900 it was turned into a steel structure.
The viaduct was built over the Kinzua Gorge to avoid having to construct an additional 8 miles of track over rough terrain. Construction began in 1881 and upon completion in 1882, it became the ...
The upper reaches of the creek pass through Kinzua Bridge State Park, where the creek was spanned by the Kinzua Viaduct until a tornado destroyed the viaduct in 2003. [3] Kinzua Creek, named for a settlement of the Seneca people, joins the Allegheny Reservoir 10 miles (16 km) upstream of the city of Warren, a few miles upstream of the Kinzua ...