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    The Royal Gorge Bridge is a tourist attraction near Cañon City, Colorado within Royal Gorge Bridge and Park, a 360-acre (150 ha) amusement park located...
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    The Royal Gorge is a canyon of the Arkansas River located west of Cañon City, Colorado. The canyon begins at the mouth of Grape Creek, about 2 mi (3.2 km)...
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  • but only the tenth tallest. This bridge spans a deep river gorge. The bridge's two towers, built on the rims of the gorge, are 269 m (883 ft) tall, but due...
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  • inaugural Go Fast Games, Weston died while attempting to fly over the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado, United States. Weston, who was originally...
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    Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. The ten highest bridges in the United States: Royal Gorge Bridge—955' Mike O'Callaghan–Pat...
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    material, and today the bridge is celebrated as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution. The geography of the deep Ironbridge Gorge, formed by glacial action...
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    (200 ha) park located 10 miles (16 km) north of the city Royal Gorge Park, home of the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park Rudd Park Temple Canyon Park Veterans Park...
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    above the Colorado River, it is the second highest bridge in the United States after the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado. In 1935, the American...
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  • Gorge Bridge, Cañon City, Colorado, USA; a bridge Royal Gorge Boulevard, Cañon City, Colorado, USA Royal Gorge (passenger train), Colorado, USA Royal...
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    291-metre-high (955 ft) Royal Gorge Bridge, until the opening of the 366 m (1,201 ft) Beipan River Guanxing Highway Bridge. As of 2011[update], it is...
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    The Royal Gorge Route Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Cañon City, Colorado. A 1950s-era train makes daily 2-hour excursion runs from the Santa...
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    in the world to surpass the height of Colorado’s Royal Gorge Bridge after a 74-year reign. The bridge is also the second of three Beipan River crossings...
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    Millau Viaduct (redirect from Millau Bridge)
    IPA: [vja.dyk də mi.jo]) is a multispan cable-stayed bridge completed in 2004 across the gorge valley of the Tarn near (west of) Millau in the Aveyron...
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    but continued with jumps in the US from the Golden Gate Bridge and the Royal Gorge Bridge. The last jump was sponsored by and televised on the American...
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    The bridge spans a 500-meter-deep (1,600 ft) valley of the Sidu River (a left tributary of the Qingjiang River), and superseded the Royal Gorge Bridge and...
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    Corliss prior to fatal wingsuit flight over the Royal Gorge Bridge, during which he struck the bridge while flying at 120 miles per hour (190 km/h) "Thank...
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    the world till the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado opened in November 1929. The Monument of the Dead is on one side of the bridge on the Sidi M'Cid hill...
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    January 2020. "Bungee | Skycoaster | Colorado Springs | Royal Gorge Bridge". Royal Gorge Bridge & Park. Retrieved 29 January 2020. "Land - Seacoast Adventure"...
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  • was to fly under the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, while Weston was meant to pass over it. Instead, Weston impacted the bridge at an estimated speed...
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    New River (Kanawha River tributary) (category New River Gorge National Park and Preserve)
    The non-automotive Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, USA, a suspension bridge, has a higher deck than the New River Gorge Bridge, at 1,053 ft (321 m)...
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  • vicinity Roebling Suspension Bridge, between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky Royal Gorge Bridge, Colorado Tobin Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts Ammann...
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    Nancy Kwan (category People educated at the Royal Ballet School)
    stunt performer Kenny Bates and he gripped hands and leaped off the Royal Gorge Bridge. They fell 900 ft before being restrained by wire rope 200 ft over...
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    helicopter for the first time 2000: Jumping off the Royal Gorge Bridge, also known as the highest suspension bridge in the world 2006: Opening and jumping out...
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    The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset...
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    Clock Rees's Universal Dictionary article on Clepsydra, 1819 The Royal Gorge Bridge Water Clock Archived 2007-05-01 at the Wayback Machine "Clepsydra" ...
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    concrete bridge that suits all levels, this area has no current as it is completely protected from the river. "Rakaia River". View from Rakaia Gorge Bridge -...
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    Tahoe Via Ferrata, Palisades Tahoe, California. Other routes include Royal Gorge Bridge in Cañon City, Colorado; Picacho Peak in Arizona's Picacho Peak State...
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    To Residents". Kktv.com. Retrieved 2013-07-01. "Major fire erupts in Royal Gorge area: 3,800 acres burning". "East Peak Fire". InciWeb. "Colorado Wildfire...
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  • Suspension Bridge across the Avon Gorge in Bristol The Royal Albert Bridge across the River Tamar from Devon to Cornwall Maidenhead Railway Bridge across...
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    history. It was concurrent with the Royal Gorge Fire in Fremont County, which threatened the Royal Gorge Bridge. Firefighters achieved 100% containment...
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