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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 ...
Construction of the Kinzua Bridge Viaduct began in 1881 and was completed in 1882. It was over 300 feet tall and 2,053 feet long. The bridge spanned a totally-forested Kinzua Creek Valley and was ...
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 ...
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 ...
In February 2003, workers from an Ohio-based construction and repair company began to restore and stabilize the Kinzua Bridge to eventually reopen it for the K&K. [28] [30] On July 21, after all of the workers left for the day, a major storm spawned a tornado which struck the bridge, resulting in eleven of its twenty support towers toppling over.
The skywalk is expected to close Nov. 19 and work to start in early 2025 and last into fall 2027. It will open each fall for leaf peeping.