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Date: 06/09/05 09:07
Remains of Kinzua (PA) Viaduct to be Preserved
Author: dsktc

From today's Pittsburgh Post Gazette:

"MOUNT JEWETT, Pa. -- The Kinzua Viaduct, once the longest and tallest railroad bridge in the world, hasn't been much of a tourist attraction since it was mangled by a tornado in July 2003.

"But officials say $1 million in state funds released yesterday to rehabilitate Kinzua Bridge State Park is the first step in preserving the bridge's ruins."

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05160/519045.stm

Dave

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Date: 06/10/05 10:35
Re: Remains of Kinzua (PA) Viaduct to be Preserved
Author: Krokodil

This is also an intersting website, explaining among other how this disaster happened.

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/info/kinzuabridgereport/main.html

ThomasE

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Date: 06/11/05 14:54
Re: Remains of Kinzua (PA) Viaduct to be Preserved
Author: dsktc

From today's PG:

"Gov. Ed Rendell did release $700,000 in state funds yesterday as a
down payment on $7 million in restoration work set for the Kinzua
Bridge in a state park in McKean County."

The author of the story later correctly uses
stabilize [the remaining bridge piers] ilo restore.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05162/519904.stm

Dave

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