On the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
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Thru the Rockies, not around them; The Royal Gorge, America's best-loved travel wonder. "So, today, I am going for the third or fourth time, I have forgotten which, up thru the Royal Gorge, one of the finest scenic spots in the whole of the United States." Excerpt from address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, at Pueblo, Colo., July 12, 1938. The famous Hanging Bridge clings to the massive granite walls of the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River, just 30 feet apart at this point. The World's Highest Bridge spans the gorge, 1053 feet above tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Salesman's Sample |
