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10 December 2017
Beautiful place. It's a must see. The power and ability of man to build this bridge and the power of mother nature to destroy it in an instant. The way this park is build to preserve this is awesome. And the glass walkway is something to see.
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28 November 2017
Awesome place to check out. The visitors center/museum is great. Skywalk is amazing as well. We hope to go back in the summer bro walk on some of the trails and make a day of it!
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26 November 2017
I've been here 3 or 4 times over the last several years. On our last stop the construction was complete. The new visitors center is very cool with steam punk looking exhibits and lots of interesting info. The kids love the overlook.
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18 November 2017
The place is beautiful! The visitor center is also lovely and has a nice short exhibit about the bridge. Highly recommend hiking down the trail to the actual ruins as well. It's also all free!
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30 September 2017
Was wonderful! Has a beautiful visitor center, fully equipped with restrooms and elevators for handicap accesibility!
Very informative with much information inside the center to read and can photograph.
Has lots of handouts to take with you.
The front of the building is beautifully landscaped with flowers and other plants as you enter from the parking lot from the park what there's picnic tables to enjoy a picnic lunch. Also a food truck if you haven't brought any food and are hungry and wentv to hang around and enjoy the wooded area longer!
At the back of the center there are doors at the lower level to take you out on to a trail up to the remainder of the Kinzua Bridge and look out over. Or you can go down to the right and into the woods and onto another trail that goes under the bridge!
Very beautiful, as I said before! You will enjoy it, if you like the outdoors and a little adventure!response / report this review -
20 September 2017
While on our Motorcycle road trip across Pennsylvania I had marked this as a point of interest. Great place to stop. Really cool how they decided to keep this intact for visitors to venture out onto for some great views. Well worth the stop!
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16 September 2017
This is an amazing historical site. The 2 exhibits that they have are really neat! The history, nature and science in it is great, and the kids loved it. There are 2 ways to enjoy the Viaduct remains and the extent of the F1 tornado power: The Skywalk to get an amazing view of the valley and a trail to go down to be close to the remains of the old bridge. - make sure you bring your hiking shoes, though!!!
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11 September 2017
An absolutely incredible place. We were able to arrive early enough (before 10am on a Saturday) that there were little to no people there. However by 11, the parking lot was full and overflowing into the back up lot. The vistas were breathtaking, and we hiked all the trails, including the one into the valley. Do note, while the trek down is steep, it is relatively easy going down hill. The climb back up the hill really took a beating on me and my group of moderately experienced hikers. Definitely wear good fitting sneakers, this is not the kind of trail for flip flops or other foot ware. The trail into the valley is both a mixture of steep angle loose gravel fill and natural boulder steps (each step is about 1.5 feet high). Bring your camera, and plan to spend about 2-3 hours. A must go.
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12 August 2017
This was a very informative visit to learn about the Kinzua Bridge and its history, I only wish I was able to cross it in a train before its demise. Still a great view of the valley and the remaining bridge area. This cost $0.00. Thank You PA. Gear views and a great walk on the trails. Thank PA for keeping places like this available for people that I joy history and the great outdoors. The sky way walk is cool and the glass at the end is an experience.
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06 June 2017
Fantastic new visitor center & walking paths for a really cool location. The scenery is gorgeous. You can walk out on the reconstructed bridge and right next to the tornado-stricken old one. Very well done.
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01 June 2017
A great thing to visit if you're in the area. The visitors center is great and I loved seeing all the details within. Walked the trail beneath the bridge. Truly amazing! A must see!
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29 April 2017
Awesome Bridge and the time we reached made it a more memorable. We reached there by 8:30 PM and the bridge was good to go but we were just worried about anything getting wrong because nearby to that valley we were the only persons anyone can imagine in a radius of 50 miles it was getting dark but the sounds of the valley, wind, water and specially nocturnal animals made it all worth.
Altogether it was one of the best place anyone can visit while finishing there 2000 miles long road-trip.response / report this review -
26 February 2017
Years ago a tornado took out the rail bridge. Now it has been retrofitted with a walkway out to the end of what is left. Ending in a glass floor. It is neat for anyone especially if you know someone afraid of heights. Down in the gorge there is a trail that takes you around the wreckage of what fell. Downfall: the gorge does have snakes, if that bothers you. But, I took my 5 yr old down there to walk around if that shows you how [not] worried I was about it. Also You are technically not supposed to climb on the wreckage. But dog gone it, It looked fun so I did it anyway. Great place to get some scenic family photos while you are there.
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11 January 2017
Perfect place for a trip with the whole family! The collapsed structure of the bridge is extremely interesting and perfectly preserved. The still standing part has a viewing platform at the top and can be walked upon. There is also a short trail that leads into the valley bellow, straight to the pillars. The surrounding nature is just breathtaking. There is a visitors center with a large exhibition showing the history of the bridge, interesting engineering facts and more - it is very interactive, modern and focused on the children as well. I would have loved to spend more time here - I can easily imagine staying for at least half a day.
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