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Side view

Photos taken by Thad Roan of Bridgepix.com

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Oblique view

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Close-up of tower

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View from below

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Overview: Suspension bridge over the Arkansas River (Royal Gorge) west of Cañon City
Location: Fremont County, Colorado
Status: Open to vehicular and pedestrian traffic
History: Built 1929 for the Royal Gorge Bridge and Amusement Co.
Builders: - Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp. (Steel fabrication)
- George F. Cole (Designer)
Design: Wire suspension
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 880.0 ft.
Total length: 1,260.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 2, 1983
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.46138, -105.32526 (decimal degrees)
38°27'41" N, 105°19'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: NRHP 83001303 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 11886 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Royal Gorge Bridge

Posted April 21, 2008, by Jeany Cp;e (jeanycole61 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The Engineer was named George E. (Elmer) Cole; not George F. He was my grandfather; so I'm quite sure.

Royal Gorge Bridge

Posted March 17, 2007, by jerry (jerryw [at] yahoo [dot] com)

checking out images for the suspension bridge over oyale.