Panorama of the Rio Grande del Norte Gorge Bridge and Sangre de Cristo Mountains - Taos New Mexico

by Silvio Ligutti

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Panorama of the Rio Grande del Norte Gorge Bridge and Sangre de Cristo Mountains - Taos New Mexico

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Silvio Ligutti

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Braving 40 MPH wind gusts I was able to position my photographic equipment over a chicken wire fence, right on the edge of the Rio Grande gorge. They were several other obstacles in the making of this photograph, but I tried as hard not to get any vibration from the wind. Thanks for looking. FAA watermark WILL NOT show on fine art print.


Info taken from https://taos.org/what-to-do/landmark-sites/rio-grande-gorge-bridge/

"Travel west on US Hwy 64 to reach the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, the second highest bridge on the U.S. Highway System. The bridge is a three-span steel continuous-deck-truss structure with a concrete-filled steel-grid deck. It was called the “bridge to nowhere” while it was being built because the funding did not exist to continue the road on the other side.

At 650 feet (200 m) above the Rio Grande, it is the fifth highest bridge in the United States. The span is 1,280 feet; two 300-foot-long approach spans with a 600-foot-long main center span. The bridge was dedicated on September 10, 1965 and is a part of U.S. Route 64, a major east-west road.

In 1966 the American Institute of Steel Construction awarded the bridge “Most Beautiful Steel Bridge” in the “Long Span” category. The bridge has appeared in several films, including Paul, Terminator Salvation, Natural Born Killers, Wild Hogs, and White Sands."

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October 24th, 2018

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