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Cantilever glass skywalk to be built over Grand Canyon.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)
Advanced Materials & Processes, April, 2006
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Grand Canyon West, a destination owned and operated by the Hualapai Tribe at the Grand Canyon's western rim, announces new features planned for The Skywalk, the first-ever cantilever shaped glass bridge to suspend more than 4000 feet above the Colorado River and extend over the edge of the Grand Canyon.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Approximately ten feet wide, the bridge's deck will be made of tempered glass several inches thick. It will extend 70 feet from the edge, and feature five-foot glass railings on each side. The floor of the structure will be comprised of 41 pieces of layered ...
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