My Granddad, Uncle, and Dad owned a cabin in the Kinzua valley that was later filled with water to make the reservoir. Thank you for taking me on a walking trip to the bridge and lower down as I can't walk very well anymore and would never see what you showed me. I have a black and white photo of my granddad taking a picture from the bottom up. I can't thank you enough for making this old girl happy. The train whistle was an eerie sound effect that happened at the right time.
My wife and I rode the train across the bridge in the 90's. We got on in Kane. The train stopped before the bridge so anyone that didn't want to cross could get off. The train would cross and let you off while the engine unhooked and looped around and hooked up for the ride back. Before it did that it would back out on the bridge so you could take pictures. After it hooked back up it would stop and get the ones from the other side that didn't want to cross. It had closed cars and an open car. It was very sad that it was destroyed.
I remember riding across the bridge in the late 90’s too. My dad and I drove down a week or so after we saw in the news it collapsed from the storm. It was and still is pretty sad.
Hey Cliff, way to tough it out for all of us who can't do this ourselves. I had my left leg amputated above the knee a year ago and have had numerous back surgeries making it difficult to walk. I have a computer enabled prosthetic leg that makes walking easier. Thanks for taking the hike that I would like to. I wasn't a fan of heights either. ☺
If you ever go again, check out the museum. Fantastic pictures and exhibits. I was there right after it first happened, it was amazing with the trees blown down, benches twisted, etc. Awesome place!
We were some of the first to see the new "remodeled " bridge....we went to see the bridge the morning after the tornado hit... not knowing about the tornado. The park rangers were in total shock, like they had just watched someone die. Couldn't walk on the bridge or go anywhere but the platform on the side. You could see exactly where the tornado had traveled along the side of the bridge...basically it just ran parallel to it, tagged it in the middle, and continued up the other side. I'm so glad you finally got to visit it, Cliff!
I live close enough to this place that I was one of the few people who rode the real train before the tornado hit.. I was only around 4 years old though! (2003?) Plus before they upgraded the skywalk the entire walkway way just the old railroad-ties, lucky for me I love heights~
In the late 60s, we would go there. Would walk across to the other side and down a trail, cross the creek and back up the side we came from. Those were the days.
I'm glad to see you now have a video of this spot! I've been there twice. It is a rough trip to make in one day without spending the night. There is a lot of the state I haven't seen but I think this is the best destination in PA.
Hi Cliff. I grew up in McKean County. Derrick City. Walked that bridge years ago. Thanks for this video. I'm so glad they've continued to let public enjoy this landmark. Thanks for all your adventures. Really enjoy your channel. Take care
Fantastic view. It is awesome that the rails are there. 👁 Please come back in full color fall that would be amazing! Way to be brave👍. Great explore, thank you.👋🥾🥾🍨One last look.
If you go by the dam area There are supposed to be some remains of the towns of corydon and kinzua. They were submerged in the reservoir when dam was built. I grew up somewhat in warren
So glad you made it out there. Very cool place. Hope you get back in the fall season Cliff, it's breathtaking. Lots of history up this way. Thanks for taking us on the journey.
Great video. Thanks for sharing. I took our family there in summer1997 as part of a vacation up to Niagara Falls. We walked across the entire bridge. There was a periodic train crossing that we had to work around. The view was spectacular. We went down to the base of the bridge. Although the middle section was taken down by the tornado, it looks even nice in some ways with the improved walking trails and lookouts. A fall foliage trip would be a super thing.
I rode one of the last steam train excursions across the bridge. They stopped at the other end and left passengers off to take photos. I walked under the bridge and picked a few blueberries and was surprised to see that the steel was rusted badly with some piers completely loose. When I heard that the bridge fell, I thought that it would have taken little wind to topple it. One thing that amazed me was the little amount of time that it took to erect it, look that up and ask yourself why things are so complicated today.
Wow! That was a beautiful view and interesting history. The sound of the train echoing through the valley did sound as though it was coming overhead onto the tracks.
Just discovered your channel this weekend. Awesome job, keep up the good work. I was fortunate enough to ride across that bridge on the Knox and Kane RR in the early 90's. Awesome ride, though I remember that the ride was incredibly rough. Worst rail bed I've ever been on, train beat you to death getting there. The adventure was awesome. They stopped the train to let you get out and walk to the midpoint of the bridge. Broke my heart when I saw that the Aqueduct was wiped out by a tornado.
WOW. Watching you on the walkway triggered my anxiety right along with yours haha. Its funny my wife and I have walked it before and it didn't bother me at all..... I hope you had a good trip.. You were in my favorite area of the state...
I loved that bridge. We used to have our family reunions there. My brother and I walked across it, one year, and we were almost to the other side, when a kid, in front of s, put his foot through one of the boards, up to about mid calf. Needless to say, we went under the bridge, on the trail, to get back to the other side. We had some fun out there. It is amazing in the fall out there. Yes, it was referred to as the 8th wonder of the world, I believe.
Wow! That railway bridge is so high it just does not look capable of ever carrying a train when it seems the construction just looks flimsy. I read that the bolts were rusty so any force such as a Tornado will destroy anything like this. The height is very overwhelming thats for sure. Its amazing how they constructed it back in the 1900's and wonder how they ever could achieve that. Thanks Cliff for the video, amazing history!
Hi Cliff, wow that skyway was so tall and a bit scary too. They did a good job with restoring that section, it's hard to take it all in just how big it is and also how strong Mother Nature can be. Thanks for sharing. xx💖
Cliff, even watching on a small TV my stomach lurches when you give the view of heighte. I remember when they built the dam. My cousin drove us from the Seneca nation to the dam when they flooded the Indian reservation.
No damage to the piers. They were stripped from their footings because when it was first rebuilt they didn't replace the old style bolts with stronger bolts in the footings to save money and the bolts are what failed
I commented in another one of your videos and said you should visit here. I didn't realize you did! It popped up in my feed and I immediately watched it. It made me want to cry seeing the wreckage again. I have seen a documentary on this incident. In the 1990's, I rode one of the excursion trains from Kane, PA and crossed the bridge. It was awesome. When you looked out the window you could barely see the bridge next to you and it felt like you were going to fall off the track. It freaked me out and I am usually not afraid of heights; but, that was unsettling. At the other end of the bridge, the train stopped and left you off for the train to turn around and take you back to Kane. You could get under the trellis' at that end of the bridge and take the coolest camera shoots looking down all the trestles that crossed the ravine. It had a tunneling effect. The trellis' looked like they almost went to infinity. If I can find the shot, I will post it here. This made me so sad to see this wreckage again. Thanks for doing this video. I am glad you got to visit. You should have stayed the night; and visited the Kinzua Dam. If they are releasing water, it is an awesome sight as well. Here's a little history about the train excursions that crossed the bridge: After 28 years of inactivity, the Knox and Kane Railroad offered excursion passenger trains from Marienville (48 miles to the South by rail) to and across the bridge starting in 1987. These steam driven trains continued until 2002 and were the last trains to ever cross the bridge. You could also catch one of these trains from Kane, PA. As you commented, being surrounding by all that wreckage and hearing that train whistle is very eerie!
What an awesome adventure, there is another very cool railroad bridge not too far in Letchworth State Park, New York State. Very high, beautiful and can be intimidating if prone to heights!! Walked across it many years ago and never forgot it. Great video and keep em coming.
Wow that was totally awesome. Think I could manage that bridge , def not that glass piece. Not too sure about looking over tho it’s enuf when you do it but it was such a gorgeous view. The force of nature is a wonderful thing. Was terrible it was ruined but it’s also awesome to see the twisted metal, it had a Beauty all of its own. Thanks so much for taking me along just loved it. Please stay safe
Beautiful! You were braver than I would have been with the heights! I was at Kinzua State Park, way back in 1973 camping with a friend and her family. I don't even remember the bridge - just the steep valley. I was young, so I'll chalk it up to that. lol Thanks for taking us along! PA sure has some beautiful places to visit. I need to get out more in my own home state, while I still can!
Beautiful, even the wreckage looks like artwork from above! Would be great once colors change, might have to make a repeat visit! Thanks so much, stuck in house again because of smoke from near Mt. Wilson! This is much more fun!
I rode the train across the bridge in the 90's. Two of my friends jumped off the train on the way back and walked over the bridge to the station. This video shows some pretty ominous views. Very cool.
In 1983 I walked all yhe way across the bridge with friends. I was 18 years old and still have pics! That bridge was sturdy and it being restored actually weekend the bridge. The Tornado was a category 1 and many a winds blew threw that vally before 2003! They should have left it alone. I lived near by in Shinglehouse PA and Graduated in 1983 and didn't ever look back!
Hey Cliff, Thank you so much for taking us to this amazing park! The bridge and wreckage below are awesome, not to mention the spectacular view from the observation platform! I can only imagine how beautiful it would be when the foliage is at peak color! Keep healthy and safe on your travels!!
It is SO neat! We were just there a week ago. We spent 3 days in Bennezette. I really wanted to do the trails but we were running out of time. Next time!
For your information the name is pronounced Kin-Zoo not Kinzuaa. My wife, son and I where there the day the bridge came down. The tornado came from the west (left side of the bridge as you look out off the viewing platform) so when you look at the carnage of the bridge at the bottom, it's hard to believe any thing fell to the left. One more interesting point. The clear (now translucent) plexiglass was actually clear when it was first instilled. I totally freaked a lot of people out and when I walked out on it when the bridge opened back up after the tornado . Everyone was just standing back to afraid to get to close to the glass. This is still one of our favorite sites when the leave start changing (which they are just now doing).
Thats a very beautiful area there Cliff. That bridge is all the way up and down there. Im scared of heights too and i would have been very edgy about going across too. Tornadoes can do some much damage when they are on the ground. That was a lot of damage there from that one.
I walked out there right after the skywalk was put it. It was very windy!!! The glass panels in the walking surface were creepy....I don't like heights either unless I have something secure to hold onto! Oh, the look on your face when you mentioned the glass plates......😲🤭!!!!! I have not hiked the trail yet, maybe that will happen on our May trip upstate. I have not seen the visitor center either.
My cousin and I were offroading around there the day it happened. And we were in the town of Warren when the storm came. Tornado siren was going off. It was a scary storm.
I live not too far from the Kinzua Bridge. Johnny Cash wrote a song about the Kinzua and the removal of the Indians. It's an awesome place, and I have lived here for 50 years.
That looks so pretty. Seeing that glass there reminded me that there is a glass bridge in China. There are videos on youtube about it. I think I might have brought that up before. I don't remember. There is a part on it that looks like it is breaking when you walk on it. It's not, it's a special effect. I would like to look at it and see people go on it, but I wouldn't be one of them.
Lovely area. Even though you're don't like heights walking that bridge must be better the other decaying one. Something with a smooth, broad walkway, strong solid construction is great for getting used to heights or at least letting yourself enjoy the stunning vistas now and then. It was odd to hear the train while seeing the twisted bridge, perfect timing. I really hope you can get back when the trees turn, it would be gorgeous with blazing colors as far as the eye could see. After a winter snow or ice storm, with the sun shining making everything glisten, the place would be magical .
If it makes you feel a little lightheaded when you go to the edge and look down, you have vertigo. I had it all my life, a doctor identified it and I got help for it. Ever so slowly I learned to be okay with it as ong as I dont push myself. Sometimes I can get closer to edges than others. But it makes a world of difference that I know now what it i Caution: it can make you.pass out, so NEVER step to an edge that is as low as your waist so you cannot fall over. I am not kidding! It all comes from the middle ear. Some people have it worse than others. Even pilots can have it and learn to live with it. Airplanes do not bother me, only high places connected to the earth. This railroad bridge would call for a partner to hang on to or I just stare ahead and not move my head! Once I move my head with open eyes, I feel it at once! You are not alone.... :) -ways over high gullies.
I get dizzy watching hights on TV and videos. I dont even have to be there. Ive had this fear my entire life, butvit got worse when my swim teacher decided to THROW my 4 year old behind off of the high dive, because i refused to jump. Even Ferris wheels make me cry
another amazing place! beautiful view and unbelievable what the tornado did. thanks you so much for taking us all along. After watching your videos I keep saying I wanna move to PA! Michigan 1st of all would never have turned that into a state park then either just let it set there and rot or tear it all down. I can't wait to see where you take us once the fall colors are on.
My Granddad, Uncle, and Dad owned a cabin in the Kinzua valley that was later filled with water to make the reservoir. Thank you for taking me on a walking trip to the bridge and lower down as I can't walk very well anymore and would never see what you showed me. I have a black and white photo of my granddad taking a picture from the bottom up. I can't thank you enough for making this old girl happy. The train whistle was an eerie sound effect that happened at the right time.
That's interesting. I would love to know more on the subject. Especially filling the valley with water to make a reservoir.
My wife and I rode the train across the bridge in the 90's. We got on in Kane. The train stopped before the bridge so anyone that didn't want to cross could get off. The train would cross and let you off while the engine unhooked and looped around and hooked up for the ride back. Before it did that it would back out on the bridge so you could take pictures. After it hooked back up it would stop and get the ones from the other side that didn't want to cross. It had closed cars and an open car. It was very sad that it was destroyed.
Bob S I did that too. I think I did it in 2000.
It was powered by a Chinese 2-8-2 type steam locomotive.
I remember riding across the bridge in the late 90’s too. My dad and I drove down a week or so after we saw in the news it collapsed from the storm. It was and still is pretty sad.
That place is amazing in fall. Just to be able to see the scenery as the leaves change is spectacular.
Luckily I’m going there today, and it’s fall!
Hey Cliff, way to tough it out for all of us who can't do this ourselves.
I had my left leg amputated above the knee a year ago and have had numerous back surgeries making it difficult to walk. I have a computer enabled prosthetic leg that makes walking easier.
Thanks for taking the hike that I would like to. I wasn't a fan of heights either. ☺
Awesome; my favorite PA state park
I usual watch your videos, then go and experience it for myself. This one? NOPE! I am having a panic attack watching the video
If you ever decide to visit, do it in the fall, the view is beautiful.
Cliff you are doing really great. I could not go out there for anything in the world. It gives me the creeps just watching you. Bravo! Great jobl
If you ever go again, check out the museum. Fantastic pictures and exhibits. I was there right after it first happened, it was amazing with the trees blown down, benches twisted, etc. Awesome place!
I can't even imagine what it sounded like in that valley when that bridge collapsed at the same time a tornado was blowing through.
We were some of the first to see the new "remodeled " bridge....we went to see the bridge the morning after the tornado hit... not knowing about the tornado. The park rangers were in total shock, like they had just watched someone die. Couldn't walk on the bridge or go anywhere but the platform on the side. You could see exactly where the tornado had traveled along the side of the bridge...basically it just ran parallel to it, tagged it in the middle, and continued up the other side. I'm so glad you finally got to visit it, Cliff!
I live close enough to this place that I was one of the few people who rode the real train before the tornado hit.. I was only around 4 years old though! (2003?)
Plus before they upgraded the skywalk the entire walkway way just the old railroad-ties, lucky for me I love heights~
The railroad that runs by there is the buffalo and Pittsburgh railroad im a local railfan
In the late 60s, we would go there. Would walk across to the other side and down a trail, cross the creek and back up the side we came from. Those were the days.
Thank you
I'm glad to see you now have a video of this spot! I've been there twice. It is a rough trip to make in one day without spending the night. There is a lot of the state I haven't seen but I think this is the best destination in PA.
Hi Cliff. I grew up in McKean County. Derrick City. Walked that bridge years ago. Thanks for this video. I'm so glad they've continued to let public enjoy this landmark. Thanks for all your adventures. Really enjoy your channel. Take care
Fantastic view. It is awesome that the rails are there. 👁 Please come back in full color fall that would be amazing! Way to be brave👍. Great explore, thank you.👋🥾🥾🍨One last look.
I've seen many photos of this colossus, but never had an idea of the massive scale. Thanks!
Great video. God blessing to you.
My grandparents who lived in Venango County took me there in the 80s before the tornado. Very cool to see it again
Simply amazing, you have outdone yourself yet again Cliff!
Your videos are always very interesting. Great content and depth. You're a real handsome guy, Cliff. Take care.
If you go by the dam area There are supposed to be some remains of the towns of corydon and kinzua. They were submerged in the reservoir when dam was built. I grew up somewhat in warren
So glad you made it out there. Very cool place. Hope you get back in the fall season Cliff, it's breathtaking. Lots of history up this way. Thanks for taking us on the journey.
great road trip all together, but the last stop was pretty great. I love that all the twisted steel was left on the ground to see
Great video. Thanks for sharing. I took our family there in summer1997 as part of a vacation up to Niagara Falls. We walked across the entire bridge. There was a periodic train crossing that we had to work around. The view was spectacular. We went down to the base of the bridge. Although the middle section was taken down by the tornado, it looks even nice in some ways with the improved walking trails and lookouts. A fall foliage trip would be a super thing.
Thanks for taking us along. That bridge would have my stomach in knots.
I’m going tommmow
I walked across that bridge 34 years ago. before the tornado. There were no walkways and it was scary
I rode one of the last steam train excursions across the bridge. They stopped at the other end and left passengers off to take photos. I walked under the bridge and picked a few blueberries and was surprised to see that the steel was rusted badly with some piers completely loose. When I heard that the bridge fell, I thought that it would have taken little wind to topple it. One thing that amazed me was the little amount of time that it took to erect it, look that up and ask yourself why things are so complicated today.
Always enjoy your videos. Thanks.
The ruins remind me of an Erector Set all jumbled around. Thanks again bro.
metalhead86deadhead92 that’s what I was thinking. Had a set when I was a kid.
That place is marvelous, the view from the platform and from below just beautiful.
Thank you for sharing .
We used to throw frisbees off of it, they would catch the up drafts and just hover forever.
Wow! That was a beautiful view and interesting history. The sound of the train echoing through the valley did sound as though it was coming overhead onto the tracks.
Just discovered your channel this weekend. Awesome job, keep up the good work. I was fortunate enough to ride across that bridge on the Knox and Kane RR in the early 90's. Awesome ride, though I remember that the ride was incredibly rough. Worst rail bed I've ever been on, train beat you to death getting there. The adventure was awesome. They stopped the train to let you get out and walk to the midpoint of the bridge. Broke my heart when I saw that the Aqueduct was wiped out by a tornado.
Very cool-thanks!
My husband and kids were on the train. Long trip! It's such a beautiful place.
Very cool site. Nice video. Thank you.
WOW. Watching you on the walkway triggered my anxiety right along with yours haha. Its funny my wife and I have walked it before and it didn't bother me at all..... I hope you had a good trip.. You were in my favorite area of the state...
I loved that bridge. We used to have our family reunions there. My brother and I walked across it, one year, and we were almost to the other side, when a kid, in front of s, put his foot through one of the boards, up to about mid calf. Needless to say, we went under the bridge, on the trail, to get back to the other side. We had some fun out there. It is amazing in the fall out there. Yes, it was referred to as the 8th wonder of the world, I believe.
I remember walking on that whole bridge. That stupid tornado. I lived in Mckean county for years! Kinzua is a lovely park!
Went this bridge this past Sunday and OMG is it spectacular! Thanks for the suggestion.
Wow! That railway bridge is so high it just does not look capable of ever carrying a train when it seems the construction just looks flimsy. I read that the bolts were rusty so any force such as a Tornado will destroy anything like this. The height is very overwhelming thats for sure. Its amazing how they constructed it back in the 1900's and wonder how they ever could achieve that. Thanks Cliff for the video, amazing history!
Hi Cliff, wow that skyway was so tall and a bit scary too. They did a good job with restoring that section, it's hard to take it all in just how big it is and also how strong Mother Nature can be. Thanks for sharing. xx💖
Cliff, even watching on a small TV my stomach lurches when you give the view of heighte. I remember when they built the dam. My cousin drove us from the Seneca nation to the dam when they flooded the Indian reservation.
It is so amazing what a tornado can do &frighting
No damage to the piers. They were stripped from their footings because when it was first rebuilt they didn't replace the old style bolts with stronger bolts in the footings to save money and the bolts are what failed
Isn't that always the way?
I commented in another one of your videos and said you should visit here. I didn't realize you did! It popped up in my feed and I immediately watched it. It made me want to cry seeing the wreckage again. I have seen a documentary on this incident. In the 1990's, I rode one of the excursion trains from Kane, PA and crossed the bridge. It was awesome. When you looked out the window you could barely see the bridge next to you and it felt like you were going to fall off the track. It freaked me out and I am usually not afraid of heights; but, that was unsettling. At the other end of the bridge, the train stopped and left you off for the train to turn around and take you back to Kane. You could get under the trellis' at that end of the bridge and take the coolest camera shoots looking down all the trestles that crossed the ravine. It had a tunneling effect. The trellis' looked like they almost went to infinity. If I can find the shot, I will post it here. This made me so sad to see this wreckage again. Thanks for doing this video. I am glad you got to visit. You should have stayed the night; and visited the Kinzua Dam. If they are releasing water, it is an awesome sight as well.
Here's a little history about the train excursions that crossed the bridge: After 28 years of inactivity, the Knox and Kane Railroad offered excursion passenger trains from Marienville (48 miles to the South by rail) to and across the bridge starting in 1987. These steam driven trains continued until 2002 and were the last trains to ever cross the bridge. You could also catch one of these trains from Kane, PA.
As you commented, being surrounding by all that wreckage and hearing that train whistle is very eerie!
What an awesome adventure, there is another very cool railroad bridge not too far in Letchworth State Park, New York State. Very high, beautiful and can be intimidating if prone to heights!! Walked across it many years ago and never forgot it.
Great video and keep em coming.
I remember going there in the late sixties just a pathway thru the woods to drive in
You did better than me. I got queasy just watching this on tape! No way I could go out there!
Thanks for making the trip ! I know it was an effort to hike it.
Wow that was totally awesome. Think I could manage that bridge , def not that glass piece. Not too sure about looking over tho it’s enuf when you do it but it was such a gorgeous view. The force of nature is a wonderful thing. Was terrible it was ruined but it’s also awesome to see the twisted metal, it had a Beauty all of its own. Thanks so much for taking me along just loved it. Please stay safe
Nice nostalgic effect with the distant train whistle. Visited this place last year and well worth the trip.
Thinking Cliff is filming a remake of "Back To The Future III" when the whistle started up.
Beautiful! You were braver than I would have been with the heights! I was at Kinzua State Park, way back in 1973 camping with a friend and her family. I don't even remember the bridge - just the steep valley. I was young, so I'll chalk it up to that. lol Thanks for taking us along! PA sure has some beautiful places to visit. I need to get out more in my own home state, while I still can!
Haven’t been there in years and haven’t seen it seen the collapse! Love your videos! 👍
you should see it in the fall with the leaves, a forebearer of mine, col. kane built it, use to fish under it.
Great video, this is definitely on my PA (home) bucket list.
Beautiful park...unreal how much the tornado destroyed!!!
Beautiful, even the wreckage looks like artwork from above! Would be great once colors change, might have to make a repeat visit! Thanks so much, stuck in house again because of smoke from near Mt. Wilson! This is much more fun!
Thanks for taking us out on to the bridge. You were quite brave going all the way to the viewing platform.
Love your video's Keep them coming. I look for them every evening. Thank you.
Nice place thanks for sharing
Awesome
Great views from the bridge and the ground!
Truly breathtaking!!! This was a fascinating hike, Cliff, thanks for the experience-loved it!!!!!!!
My favorite place
I'm going there in about three weeks!
I remember that tornado. It was bad across pa.
Was there today well worth the hike down and back up..lots of people thou..
I rode the train across the bridge in the 90's. Two of my friends jumped off the train on the way back and walked over the bridge to the station. This video shows some pretty ominous views. Very cool.
Im from Erie been there several times before the collapse. walked acrossed many times.
Hey Ray I’m from Erie too. Small world
What a beautiful place and amazing to see the power of a tornado Well done for dealing with the heights Great video Thankyou
Walked that entire bridge as a youngin. . .beautiful country. . .don't cook outside near dusk, you'll get uninvited guests. [grin] Lots of 'em. . .
Haha. I get those guests (lack bear) walking across my porch all summer long, any time of the day. I love them.
Great story!!! Thanks :)
In 1983 I walked all yhe way across the bridge with friends. I was 18 years old and still have pics! That bridge was sturdy and it being restored actually weekend the bridge. The Tornado was a category 1 and many a winds blew threw that vally before 2003! They should have left it alone. I lived near by in Shinglehouse PA and Graduated in 1983 and didn't ever look back!
Awesome place for a family day, thanks for sharing.
My grandfather had a job during the original construction
Hey Cliff, Thank you so much for taking us to this amazing park! The bridge and wreckage below are awesome, not to mention the spectacular view from the observation platform! I can only imagine how beautiful it would be when the foliage is at peak color! Keep healthy and safe on your travels!!
It is SO neat! We were just there a week ago. We spent 3 days in Bennezette. I really wanted to do the trails but we were running out of time. Next time!
For your information the name is pronounced Kin-Zoo not Kinzuaa. My wife, son and I where there the day the bridge came down. The tornado came from the west (left side of the bridge as you look out off the viewing platform) so when you look at the carnage of the bridge at the bottom, it's hard to believe any thing fell to the left.
One more interesting point. The clear (now translucent) plexiglass was actually clear when it was first instilled. I totally freaked a lot of people out and when I walked out on it when the bridge opened back up after the tornado . Everyone was just standing back to afraid to get to close to the glass.
This is still one of our favorite sites when the leave start changing (which they are just now doing).
Yes, my hubby is from Clearfield County and he and his parents had been there often. It is definitely pronounced KIN-zoo.
Cliff, really enjoyed your awesome video! I don't like heights either. Beautiful scenery tho!
Thats a very beautiful area there Cliff. That bridge is all the way up and down there. Im scared of heights too and i would have been very edgy about going across too. Tornadoes can do some much damage when they are on the ground. That was a lot of damage there from that one.
I walked out there right after the skywalk was put it. It was very windy!!! The glass panels in the walking surface were creepy....I don't like heights either unless I have something secure to hold onto! Oh, the look on your face when you mentioned the glass plates......😲🤭!!!!! I have not hiked the trail yet, maybe that will happen on our May trip upstate. I have not seen the visitor center either.
I've been there before & right after it happened, in the fall it's beautiful with the leaves changing.
My cousin and I were offroading around there the day it happened. And we were in the town of Warren when the storm came. Tornado siren was going off. It was a scary storm.
Wow your camera is awesome focusing! You should go to Nicholas on, Pa for that railroad bridge.
I live not too far from the Kinzua Bridge. Johnny Cash wrote a song about the Kinzua and the removal of the Indians. It's an awesome place, and I have lived here for 50 years.
you and me both on the vertigo....You are way braver than I am Cliff....you could not pay me enuff to go walk on that bridge...oooh 😳😨😬😱
Wow that's an amazing place. Definitely love to visit that.
This has been on my places to see list, such an amazing view and thank you for sharing.
Can you imagine being anywhere near that bridge when it collapsed? It must've been absolutely terrifying. Great video as always!
Neat video Cliff! Yeah, I hate heights as well so don't feel bad. Keep them coming, bro!
This video was so much fun to watch. I enjoyed the history and watching it so much. You are the best!
That looks so pretty. Seeing that glass there reminded me that there is a glass bridge in China. There are videos on youtube about it. I think I might have brought that up before. I don't remember. There is a part on it that looks like it is breaking when you walk on it. It's not, it's a special effect. I would like to look at it and see people go on it, but I wouldn't be one of them.
Lovely area. Even though you're don't like heights walking that bridge must be better the other decaying one. Something with a smooth, broad walkway, strong solid construction is great for getting used to heights or at least letting yourself enjoy the stunning vistas now and then.
It was odd to hear the train while seeing the twisted bridge, perfect timing. I really hope you can get back when the trees turn, it would be gorgeous with blazing colors as far as the eye could see. After a winter snow or ice storm, with the sun shining making everything glisten, the place would be magical .
If it makes you feel a little lightheaded when you go to the edge and look down, you have vertigo. I had it all my life, a doctor identified it and I got help for it. Ever so slowly I learned to be okay with it as ong as I dont push myself. Sometimes I can get closer to edges than others. But it makes a world of difference that I know now what it i Caution: it can make you.pass out, so NEVER step to an edge that is as low as your waist so you cannot fall over. I am not kidding! It all comes from the middle ear. Some people have it worse than others. Even pilots can have it and learn to live with it. Airplanes do not bother me, only high places connected to the earth. This railroad bridge would call for a partner to hang on to or I just stare ahead and not move my head! Once I move my head with open eyes, I feel it at once! You are not alone.... :)
-ways over high gullies.
I get dizzy watching hights on TV and videos. I dont even have to be there. Ive had this fear my entire life, butvit got worse when my swim teacher decided to THROW my 4 year old behind off of the high dive, because i refused to jump. Even Ferris wheels make me cry
@@lilacsnroses247 That is NOT what I call a "teacher"!
But I would have a few other choice names...
I wonder who the brave soul was that took the first train over that structure?
another amazing place! beautiful view and unbelievable what the tornado did. thanks you so much for taking us all along. After watching your videos I keep saying I wanna move to PA! Michigan 1st of all would never have turned that into a state park then either just let it set there and rot or tear it all down. I can't wait to see where you take us once the fall colors are on.
Awesome job showing everyone around the bridge/skywalk. I remember riding across once or twice in the late 90’s at some point.