Driving across the (empty!) Royal Gorge Bridge near Canyon City Colorado

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• published: 17 Jan 2013
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Since it was an off-season *brutally bitter cold* day and the bridge was empty, I took advantage of the lack of pedestrians or other vehicles to make a video crossing the bridge. The speed limit is 10 mph, but really should be 5 which is a safe crawl and what I did to make the video and the prior crossing. On my first crossing I went up to 10 mph for a second and truly cannot believe that they even allow or would want anyone going that fast on a bridge built in 1929!! Even at 5 mph the wood decking (which I didn't know about until my first crossing before the video!!) moves up and down excessively as it seems to be quite loose!! Luckily for me there was no wind and the bridge was still and my underwear escaped unscathed!! Going to this park isn't really a big deal (especially with so much else to see in Colorado) but I was in the area and figured I might as well get it off my list of things to see and do and the record cold snap presented the otherwise nonexistent opportunity to make a video without any other vehicles there or people walking the bridge :)