Scenic Caves Suspension Bridge
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Beagle-1
N 44° 29.259 W 080° 18.579
17T E 554892 N 4926269
Free of the earth, suspended high above the ground, you have the most spectacular view possible of Georgian Bay and the surrounding countryside. With a sturdy wire fence lining the walkway, even the smallest adventurer can see everything.
Waymark Code: WM2Y53
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 01/08/2008
Views: 111
Note: There is a fee to acccess this bridge.
Suspension Bridge Facts
How long is the bridge?
It's the longest suspension footbridge in Ontario -- 126 metres long.
How high is it?
It's 25 metres above the valley and stream
More than 300 metres above Georgian Bay
The towers are 11.5 metres high.
On a clear day, your can see 10,000 square ki lometres!
How strong is the bridge?
No one really knows exactly how much weight the bridge could actually carry. What the engineers and the codes look at is the most weight it might be expected to carry -- including the most people that could fit on it, the weight of snow and ice, and the effects of cold weather on the cables. Then they build it even stronger.
The foundations which hold the anchors are set in 40-cubic metres of concrete. They're 4 metres deep in the ground and weigh 118,000 kilograms.
The main cables are 6.35-cm. diameter galvanized bridge strands. They're 187 metres long and weigh 3600 kgs each.
Every 1.5 metres 1.27 cm. chain cable drops to support the deck. As they get shorter, the bridge platform gets higher (closer to the main cables). Each chain cable supports a steel beam, on which the deck-planks are bolted. Bottom cables run through the steel beams to control the sway and bounce.
Each deck board is a 3-metre-long, 8-cm. timber. The boards are bolted down with 25 bolts on each cross-beam. That's 1008 metres of boards and 2125 bolts!
How much will it swing?
The bridge is very flexible and will move with the wind and your weight as you cross it.
Visit Instructions:
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