Posted by Sushanta on Thursday, June 4, 2009,
The Grand Canyon Skywalk
The
Glass Bridge Construction of the Skywalk began March of 2004 and is
estimated to be completed by 4th quarter of 2006. Glass Bridge will be
suspended 4,000 feet above the Colorado River on the very edge of the
Grand Canyon. On May 2005, the final test was conducted and the
stucture passed engineering requirements by 400 percent, enabling it to
withstand the weight of 71 fully loaded Boeing 747 airplanes (more that
71 million pounds). The bridge will be able to ...
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