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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 .
When Sloan Cornell purchased a portion the K&K line, it began operation a tourist railroad over the segment of the line from Kane to Marienville (originally the site of another of the Knox Glass Bottle Company's plants), and back to Kane. A portion of the Erie Railroad was purchased so that the tourist trains could cross the Kinzua Bridge.
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 ...
Kinzua Railroad: Kinzua Hemlock Railroad: 1890 1936 N/A Operated by Valley Railroad: Kinzua and Tiona Railroad: 1897 Kinzua Valley Railroad: PRR: 1889 1911 Kinzua Railroad: Kishacoquillas Valley Railroad: 1892 1940 N/A Kittanning Run Railroad: 1905 Knox and Kane Railroad: KKRR 1982 2006 N/A Kushequa Railroad: B&O: 1898 1931 Mount Jewett, Kinzua ...
The railroad would later merge with the Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railroad, and the Big Level and Kinzua Railroad. These mergers would prove to be ineffective; by 1902 these joint railways were in financial ruin. The Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Railroad handled significant interchange traffic with standard gauge lines by use of truck exchange.
The scenic train ride ends in the classic New England fall getaway spot of Burlington, a charming pedestrian-friendly city on the shores of Lake Champlain. FALL FUN: 10 best family vacation ideas ...
Always operated by the OR&N, the property of the Columbia River and Oregon Central Railroad, along with that of the OR&N, was sold to new Union Pacific Railroad (UP) subsidiary Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company on December 23, 1910. [1] The Condon, Kinzua and Southern Railroad would complete a line from Condon to Kinzua in 1929.