Royal Gorge Bride

  官方网站在这里：http://royalgorgebridge.com/ ，这个网站做的不错，一进去就很吸引你，看着就刺激。看看Wiki上的介绍，该桥建于1929年，从1929到2001该桥一直是全世界最高的桥，然后被天朝的六广河大桥给超过了，然后在2003年又被天朝的北盘河（翻译不准）大桥给超过了，历史就是这样发展的，没有最好，只有更好。不管她如何被超越，这座有近九十年的桥还是非常值得我们体会的。我们在网站上购的票，没买那些太过刺激的项目，我是恐高的，这是没办法自己控制的，小妞同学想玩一定会拉着我，这样就很不划算了，妞妈肯定会在一旁兴灾乐祸的，所以常规门票足以。

The Royal Gorge Bridge is a tourist attraction near Cañon City, Colorado within Royal Gorge Bridge & Park, a 360-acre (150 ha) amusement park located along the edge of the Royal Gorge around both ends of the bridge. The bridge crosses the gorge 955 feet (291 m) above the Arkansas River and held the record of highest bridge in the world from 1929 until 2001 when it was surpassed by the Liuguanghe Bridge in China. The Royal Gorge Bridge maintained the title of the world's highest suspension bridge until the Beipan River Guanxing Highway Bridge was completed in 2003, also in China.The bridge remains the highest bridge in the United States and was among the ten highest bridges in the world until 2012.

The main span of the bridge between the towers is 880 feet (268 m), the total length is 1,260 feet (384 m), the width is 18 feet (5.5 m) and the towers are 150 feet (46 m) high. The steel base structure is covered with 1292 wooden planks. Passenger vehicles are allowed to cross the bridge but only before park attractions open or after they close, times depending on season. Oversize vehicles including large trucks, RVs and buses are not permitted to cross.

The bridge was built in six months between June and November 1929 at a cost of $350,000. In 1931, the Incline Railway, or simply the Incline (also known as a funicular), was added beside the bridge to reach the bottom of the gorge. In the 1950s, a miniature railroad was built by the edge of the gorge and an aerial tram was opened in 1969. In the early 1980s, the bridge was renovated with new cable anchors, suspension rods and paint. A Skycoaster attraction was added in 2003 with riders being swung out over the edge of the gorge.

In June 2013, a wildfire destroyed most of the park's buildings and the aerial tram, and damaged the Incline. The bridge sustained only slight damage to the wooden deck and was otherwise unharmed, along with the Skycoaster. The park was rebuilt and partially reopened in August 2014. The park had a grand reopening in May 2015 with new gondolas and a new zip-line crossing the gorge on the east side of the bridge.

　　2013年该桥发生过一次人为导致的火灾，桥没受太大的损失，但有些设施被烧坏了，有条小铁路直接到谷底的就不运行了，我们这次看到了。进去之后先坐缆车，这也是人家建议的路线，先坐缆车过去，然后从桥上走回来。我们坐着缆车从峡谷上过去，真不敢往下看，峡谷里有网，缆车有些许的晃动，晃动还伴着吱吱地声音，连大气都不敢喘一下。小妞到了那一头竟然要求再来一次，右她的强烈要求下，妞妈陪着坐了回去。

　　我们从桥上走回去的，桥上的木板很厚，给人一种比较放心的感觉，但当公园里的巡逻车经过的时候感觉就不一样了，当时以为桥只能走人人，没想到还能走车。桥上风大，站在栏杆边挺吓人，拿着手机拍了一张照片，真怕手机给吹下去。令人惊奇的是桥上还有牌子写着，不准钓鱼，得多疯的人到这里钓鱼啊，三百多米长的线，还不一定能钓到，收放线就得半天。