Royal Gorge
, narrow canyon cut by the Arkansas R., Fremont co.
4 mi/6.4 km W of Canon City, S central
Colo.; 10 mi/16 km long. Often called the
Grand Canyon of the Arkansas. The gorge was discovered in 1806 by an
expedition led by U.S. explorer Zebulon Pike. Its near-vertical walls
are more than 1,200 ft/366 m high in places.
One of the world's highest suspension bridges
(1,053 ft/321 m above the river) crosses the
canyon, and a cable RR ascends the canyon wall.
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