MOST BEAUTIFUL - Long Span Steel Bridge, Rio Grande Gorge, NM
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The Snowdog
N 36° 28.578 W 105° 43.854
13S E 434523 N 4037027
The Rio Grande Gorge Truss Bridge, which takes US 64 across the Rio Grande Gorge in New Mexico, is considered (by some) to be the most beautiful long-span steel bridge in the USA.
Waymark Code: WM12X2V
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2020
Views: 3
A sign at the east end of the Rio Grande Truss Bridge denotes it as the "Most Beautiful" long-span steel bridge in the United States, as designated in 1966 by the American Institute of Steel Construction, a non-profit trade organization that also specifies a portion of the US building codes for steel structures. You can read more about the bridge (and this award) at the Wikipedia page linked below.
Type of documentation of superlative status: Sign at bridge; documentation at AISS web site
Location of coordinates: East End of Rio Grande Gorge Truss Bridge
Web Site: [Web Link]
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