Day Trip: A View From Above

Day Trip: A View From Above

PHOTO BY HUCK BEARD When it was completed in 1882, the Kinzua Viaduct in Mount Jewett was the longest and tallest railroad structure in the world. More than a century later, in 2003, the majority of the viaduct was destroyed by a tornado, but that was not the end of Kinzua. In many ways, it was only the beginning. The totaled viaduct was repurposed into a pedestrian walkway in 2011, drawing visitors from near and far to Kinzua Bridge State Park,…