Glass Bridge
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 sustain winds in excess
of 100 miles per hour from 8 different directions, as well as an 8.0
magnitude earthquake within 50 miles. More than one million pounds of
steel will go into the construction of the Grand Canyon sky
walk..................
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 sustain winds in excess
of 100 miles per hour from 8 different directions, as well as an 8.0
magnitude earthquake within 50 miles. More than one million pounds of
steel will go into the construction of the Grand Canyon sky
walk..................