KINZUA BRIDGE STATE PARK

The 329-acre Kinzua Bridge State Park, located in McKean County, is the home of the Kinzua Viaduct. The Viaduct, once known as the longest and tallest railroad structure at 2,053 feet long and 301 feet high, was partially destroyed by a tornado in 2003. In 2011, this engineering masterpiece was refurbished as a new pedestrian walkway where visitors can walk 600 feet out on the remaining support towers & gaze for miles out into the Kinzua Gorge as well as glimpse down into the partial glass platform at the end of the walkway. The Kinzua Bridge, which spanned the Kinzua Creek was originally built in 1882. At the time if its construction it was the longest railway bridge in the world and was designated a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.