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02/16/2007

First Look: Grand Canyon's Glass Skywalk

The Grand Canyon Skywalk brings the idea of walking on air to life, using a million pounds of steel and ninety tons of 4-inch thick tempered glass along the way. When it's completed, it will be able to withstand the weight of up to 800-persons, each weighing 175-pounds. First live construction shots after the jump.
In addition to tuned mass dampers used to minimize vibration from wind and pedestrians, the bridge will be built to withstand extremely high winds and earthquakes. The glass bridge construction of the Skywalk began March of 2004. It will be rolled onto the edge of the canyon between February 27 and March 2, 2007 after passing several days of final testing to replicate weather, strength and endurance conditions of its final destination
[via Gizmodo - SciFi]

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Posted at 02/16/2007 06:10am by ben
that looks freaking terrifying.
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Posted at 02/16/2007 11:56am by sjaak
I've been there a couple of years ago. This would be very interested.
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Posted at 02/16/2007 1:59pm by JCS007
I had a fear of heights before looking at this post. Now that fear has grown by just looking at pictures....
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Posted at 02/16/2007 2:07pm by pezric
I don't think my bladder would be able to handle that.
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Posted at 02/16/2007 4:31pm by nate
i will be rich im gonna build a rope bridge with clear plastic steps about 100 feet away and charge ppl a 1/4 of the price..:@) and yes the indians can use it for free.
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Posted at 02/16/2007 6:20pm by Tree
Incredible piece of work!!
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Posted at 02/16/2007 7:22pm by Kal
The philosophical question that pisses everybody off: WHY?
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Posted at 02/20/2007 09:53am by Haz fotos en el Cañon del Colorado sin jugarte la vida. Grand Canyon SkyWall at Fotomaf. Colección de Instantes. Photoblog. Fotos y noticias.
[...] Pero ¡No mas locuras!Con el SkyWall usted podrás fotografiar a 1300 m de altura por encima del río Colorado y sin tener que jugarse la vida. ¿Te atreverías a andar el camino de cristal?En Techblog tenéis fotos de las obras que ya están muy avanzadas, impresionante ¿No?Pero, ¿No os parece una atentado contra una maravilla de la naturaleza?  En fin, que el turismo lo justifica todo [...]
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