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Steel deck arch bridge across the Rio Grande Gorge 10 miles northwest of Taos, and roughly 600 ft above the Rio Grande, is the tenth highest bridge in the US
7am to 6pm
Summer Park Hours
May 31 to September 6
7am to 9pm
Fall to Spring Hours
September 8 to May 27
9am to 5pm
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Overview
The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, locally known as the "Gorge Bridge" or the "High Bridge", is a steel deck arch bridge across the Rio Grande Gorge 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Taos, New Mexico. Roughly 600 ft above the Rio Grande, it is the tenth highest bridge in the United States.
The bridge was started in 1963 and completed in 1965. It was dedicated on September 10, 1965 and is a part of U.S. Route 64, a major east-west road. The span is 1,280 feet (390 m): two 300-foot-long (91 m) approach spans with a 600-foot-long (180 m) main center span.
In 1966 the American Institute of Steel Construction awarded the bridge "Most Beautiful Steel Bridge" in the "Long Span" category.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Rio Grande Gorge Bridge", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
