not far from my home is the Bear Mountain Bridge. In its day, and still, it's an engineering marvel. Roadways were cut into the rock cliffs. Meandering down the mountain is what we call the "goat trail"
Some specs:
From the time of its completion in 1924, it held the record for the longest suspension bridge in the world for 19 months, until it was surpassed by the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia.
Design Suspension bridge
Total length 2,255 feet (687 m)
Width 48 feet (15 m)
Height 360 feet (110 m)
Longest span 1,632 feet (497 m)[1]
Clearance below 155 feet (47 m)
History
Opened 1924
Statistics
Daily traffic 17,695 (2007)[2]
Toll
Cars $1.50 (eastbound)
On both sides of the bridge, there are thousands of acres of parkland with hiking trails.
Some specs:
From the time of its completion in 1924, it held the record for the longest suspension bridge in the world for 19 months, until it was surpassed by the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia.
Design Suspension bridge
Total length 2,255 feet (687 m)
Width 48 feet (15 m)
Height 360 feet (110 m)
Longest span 1,632 feet (497 m)[1]
Clearance below 155 feet (47 m)
History
Opened 1924
Statistics
Daily traffic 17,695 (2007)[2]
Toll
Cars $1.50 (eastbound)
On both sides of the bridge, there are thousands of acres of parkland with hiking trails.
