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Glass bridge in Grand Canyon
In Grand Canyon – one of the natural world wonders is built This Glass bridge at astonishing height of 4,000 feet above the river Colorado is really a wonderful pieces of Engineering.
At the Sky walk – Glass bridge people enjoy the real feel of walking in sky and they are definitely aware that they are standing at a height more than that of highest building in the world – Burj Dubai – 2684 feet. The picture below illustrates the height of the various tallest buildings in the world compared with the Skywalk – Glass Bridge.
Final test was conducted on May 20 2007 the result was outstanding 400% of engineering requirement was obtained. Astonishing fact is that it could withstand weight of 71 fully loaded Boeing 747 airplanes that would be about 71 million pounds. This bridge is built to withstand 8.0 magnitude earthquakes within 50 miles and wind speed of 100 miles per hour from all the 8 direction.
In Grand Canyon – one of the natural world wonders is built This Glass bridge at astonishing height of 4,000 feet above the river Colorado is really a wonderful pieces of Engineering.
At the Sky walk – Glass bridge people enjoy the real feel of walking in sky and they are definitely aware that they are standing at a height more than that of highest building in the world – Burj Dubai – 2684 feet. The picture below illustrates the height of the various tallest buildings in the world compared with the Skywalk – Glass Bridge.
Final test was conducted on May 20 2007 the result was outstanding 400% of engineering requirement was obtained. Astonishing fact is that it could withstand weight of 71 fully loaded Boeing 747 airplanes that would be about 71 million pounds. This bridge is built to withstand 8.0 magnitude earthquakes within 50 miles and wind speed of 100 miles per hour from all the 8 direction.
The Skywalk stretches out from 20 meters about 66 feet from the edges of the canyon. The floor are built with strong and clear glass that gives the visitor safe and spectacular view below. The bridge is secured with 2 inches thick glass wall stretching all the way from the both edges of the bridge.
The Skywalk has a capacity to holding about 800 people weighing 80kg each but only 200 visitors are allowed. Visitors are instructed to wear shoe covers to avoid scratches on glass and also prevent them from slipping over on the glass floor.
People who are willing to visit this man made wonder can drive 190Km from Las Vegas or via Grand Canyon West Airport terminal. The Hualapai officials says that future plans that will be added to this structure are museum, gift shops, theater complex and a Grand restaurant called Skywalk Café which will a wonderful experience for the visitors
The total cost of the Skywalk was $31 million and was built by leading glass manufacturer Saint Gobain. The construction began was started on March 2004 and was completed on March of 2007. Later then passed all the testing conducted and finally open for public. Since then day one it has attracted more visitors all over the world with 200,000 visitors a year.
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