Talk:New River Gorge Bridge
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The New River Gorge Bridge carries U.S. Highway 19 over the New River at a height of 876 feet (267 m), making it the second highest vehicular bridge in the world, the highest vehicular bridge in the Americas, and the second-highest bridge in the world. Before the 2004 opening of the Millau Viaduct in France, it was the highest vehicular bridge in the world. The Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado (a suspension bridge), in the United States has a higher deck than either the New River Gorge Bridge or the Millau Viaduct, at 321 m (1,053 ft) above the Arkansas River.
It does seem redundant but is it? I don't think so. Second Highest vehicular is not the same as second highest overall. So I think it needs rewording for clarity (or footnoting?) but should be put back. IMHO. I may make the change later if there is no strong opposition. (the thing to think about is that the Royal Gorge is not a vehicular bridge)++Lar: t/c 23:39, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Parachutist just died
Someone should edit the page because some guy just died today Sun Oct 22 after parachuting off of it and their festival
[edit] "Overcomed by"?
On the bottom of this page, there is a list of the previously longest steel arch bridge and the one which surpassed this bridge. But the wording is "overcomed by". Is "overcomed" even a word? Why not use something that sounds better, such as "surpassed by"? Wadester16 18:38, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
