tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233646.post-19464081358140691172006-10-23T15:40:00.000+08:002006-10-23T15:48:54.378+08:00<a href="http://imageshack.us/"><img src="http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6848/227ed4.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Glass Bridge will be suspended 4,000 feet above the Colorado River on the very edge of the Grand Canyon. On May 2005, the final test was conducted and the stucture passed engineering requirements by 400 percent, enabling it to withstand the weight of 71 fully loaded Boeing 747 airplanes (more that 71 million pounds).<br /></div><br /><span id="fullpost"><br />The bridge will be able to sustain winds in excess of 100 miles per hour from 8 different directions, as well as an 8.0 magnitude earthquake within 50 miles.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us/"><img src="http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5137/425em4.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />More than one million pounds of steel will go into the construction of the Grand Canyon sky walk..................<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us/"><img src="http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1865/327ch1.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" border="0" /></a><br /><br />GREAT THINGS ARE DONE WHEN MEN AND MOUNTAINS MEET,<br /><br />THIS IS NOT ACHEIVED BY JOSTLING IN THE STREET................<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30233646-1946408135814069117?l=niezom.blogspot.com'/></div>nizamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800616389451359569noreply@blogger.com0