Kinzua Dam Glass Floor

Today the 600 feet of bridge that survived has become one of the state s most spectacular sky walks promising visitors a stunning view of the forest floor and the remains of the bridge scattered haphazardly some 300 feet below.

Kinzua dam glass floor.

Kinzua bridge state park. Ever since the skywalk was constructed in 2011 users have explored the history of the bridge and tornado at the kinzua bridge state park visitor center and park office. The kinzua bridge state park visitor center is a state of the art building facility that will orient visitors to the kinzua bridge as well as the surrounding area. But despite the vicious storm part of the kinzua bridge refused to collapse.

The skywalk features a walkway with a set of railroad tracks leading to the end of the overlook which has a partial glass floor. A glass bottomed section at the end of the walkway provides views of the gorge below. A picnic pavilion makes a great home base for leisurely strolls 600 feet out onto the sky walk where you can gaze across miles of breathtaking scenery view mangled support towers and peer down into the kinzua gorge through a glass floor at the end of the walkway. The kinzua viaduct was once the highest and longest railroad viaduct in the world.

Work on the original kinzua viaduct was completed in 1882 and it was once the highest and longest railroad viaduct in the world. The kinzua sky walk extends out 624 feet into the kinzua gorge offering panoramic views.