Throughout the world are structures showcasing amazing architecture.  The Kinzua Bridge in NorthWestern Pennsylvania is such a structure.  It was once deemed the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ and stood as the world’s longest and tallest railroad bridge at 310 feet high and 2052 feet long.

Although no longer in use, the bridge is now part of Kinzua Bridge State Park, and offers ‘A Walk Across the Sky’ on a section of its tracks. Visitors are able to walk out along the rails to this amazing height and experience the thrills and views of what this amazing architectural structure provides.

The structure was first built in 1882, which when complete, allowed trains to cross the Kinzua Creek. The trains used the railway from 1882 to 1959 to mainly provide transport of coal that helped spur economic growth throughout the region.

The Kinzua Bridge lost its title for the tallest and longest bridge when the Garabit viaduct was built in France in 1884, boasting a height 401 feet tall.  Even still, the Kinzua remained an impressive structure.

The bridge includes 20 base towers of which the railroad tracks were built across.  In 2003 a tornado rampaged through the area; because anchor bolts of the towers to the foundations were corroded, sections of the bridge collapsed.  Instead of repairing the entire bridge, it was decided the Sky Walk would be created to offer tourists a perspective from its unique advantage point.  The bridge is appreciated for its interesting architectural designs.

Kardtects, card architects, can build bridges from cards.

Simple bridges can be made by placing cards upon two tops of others, length ways, or Pillars could be built, and then a bridge could be placed across those.

It is fun to see how long of a Card Bridge can be built.

One way to take up this challenge is to race with another Kardtect.  Mark a starting and end point, and then say, ‘Get Ready, Get Set, Go!’   Whoever reaches the end point first, without a fallen section of bridge, wins the challenge.

Another challenge could be who can build a certain height bridge.  For this race, builders would decide how many levels of Kardtects Squares needs built, twice, and then lay a card across the top for the Bridge.  Here is a 1 level card tower bridge:

They could start with 2 levels, then 5, to then the ultimate challenge of racing to build two 10 level high towers using the Kardtects Square method, and then who ever places a ‘Bridge’ across the two towers first, wins!

Kardtects Builds Fun in so many ways!

What are you building?