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The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, locally known as the "Gorge Bridge" or the "High Bridge", [2] is a steel deck arch bridge across the Rio Grande Gorge 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Taos, New Mexico, United States. Roughly 600 feet (180 m) above the Rio Grande, it is the seventh highest bridge in the United States. [3]
Camino De Las Vacas Bridge Near Pilar, New Mexico: Taos Junction Bridge: NM 567: Orilla Verde Recreation Area, New Mexico Rio Grande Gorge Bridge: West of Taos, New Mexico: Arroyo Hondo Crossing (John Dunn Bridge) West of Arroyo Hondo, Taos County, New Mexico
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. Geologically, the Rio Grande Gorge is a canyon, [1] carved out by erosion over the last several million years. [2] The Rio Grande Gorge and its river follow a topographical low within the larger Rio Grande Rift; a mixture of volcanic activity, shifting tectonic plates, and erosion of layers of gravels and lava yielded the recognizable narrow, deep gorge visible today.
Ute Mountain (10, 093 ft) and the upper Rio Grande gorge. The Rio Grande del Norte National Monument is an approximately 242,555-acre (98,159 ha) area of public lands in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, proclaimed as a national monument on March 25, 2013, by President Barack Obama under the provisions of the Antiquities Act.
Between Española and Velarde, State Road 68 is a four-lane divided highway with a 60-mile-per-hour (95 km/h) speed limit (with a 55 mph [90 km/h] limit as it nears Velarde and 45 mph [70 km/h] limit through Velarde); between Velarde and Taos, Highway 68 is a two-lane highway with very few passing lanes.
Cantilevered high over the Tarn gorge in southern France, and yawning 2,460 meters (8,070 feet) in length, the Millau Viaduct is the world’s tallest bridge, with a structural height of 336.4 ...
The road, off NM 522, runs through Bureau of Land Management property and is known as John Dunn Bridge Road and County Road B-007. [2] An 18-mile (29 km) portion of the Rio Grande called the "Taos Box" is used for whitewater rafting between the John Dunn Bridge, at the northern end, and the Taos Junction Bridge. [3]
The Rio Pueblo de Taos, also known as Rio Pueblo, is a stream in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, that a tributary of the Rio Grande.From its source in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains it flows about 33 miles (53 km), [1] generally south and west, to join the Rio Grande in the Rio Grande Gorge.