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The Hawks Nest State Park aerial tram, in Fayette County, West Virginia, carries park visitors from the rim of the New River Gorge to the bank of the New River, a descent of more than 800 feet (240 m). The aerial tram at Pipestem Resort State Park in Pipestem, West Virginia descends 3,600 feet (1,100 m) into the Bluestone River gorge. Wyoming
The following is a list of spans, either used for overhead line crossings of rivers, sea straits or valleys, as antenna or for aerial tramways. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
An aerial tramway consists of one or two fixed cables (called track cables), one loop of cable (called a haulage rope), and one or two passenger or cargo cabins.The fixed cables provide support for the cabins while the haulage rope, by means of a grip, is solidly connected to the truck (the wheel set that rolls on the track cables).
The Sandia Peak Tramway is an aerial tramway, adjacent to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It stretches from the northeast edge of the city to Sandia Peak , on the ridge line of the Sandia Mountains [ 1 ] and has the world's third longest single span . [ 2 ]
Occasionally, the span field of the line over the aerial ropeway can be scaffolded with a rigid construction along its whole length, or at least for the span which crosses the aerial tramway. At crossings at which the aerial tramway runs above the power line, the line is frequently installed on special masts in the crossing range, which ...
This is the timeline of the three longest human-made spans in the world, all categories, that at least have the strength to carry some persons. It can be the span of any type of bridge , aerial tramway , power line , structural ceiling or dome etc.
Diana Moy, park interpreter at the Wyler Aerial Tramway, points out features while riding the cable car down from the scenic area atop the Franklin Mountains Sept. 19, 2018.
Plateau Rosa aerial tramway, in Cervinia, Italy, moves 120 people at a time to a 3,480 m (11,420 ft) glacier. 8-passenger gondola lift in Panticosa Ski Resort, Spain . An aerial lift , [ 1 ] also known as a cable car or ropeway , is a means of cable transport in which cabins , cars , gondolas , or open chairs are hauled above the ground by ...