The Great Cnyon have made a "path aereo"
He opened the so-called "road aereo" (Skywalk) built on the Grand Canyon in the state of Arizona, USA Reports AP.
The first visitor to the "air route" has been the astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to step on the Moon. Their feelings to go through this corridor transparent with the ground, placed on a height of 1.2 km on the bottom of the Grand Canyon, has summarized as great.
Among the first visitors to the "air route" have been representatives of the Native American Hualapai tribe, which lived in the territories of that area of the Grand Canyon. The hualapai, which have the reserves to about 150 kilometers from the scene of the "air route", have collaborated actively building the lookout, which has to attract many tourists.
For the tourists the usual viewpoint is open on 28 March 2007.
The costs of contruccion, which started in March 2004, are valued at about 30 million dollars. The construction consists of two parts, a building on the edge of the precipice, and a veranda with horseshoe shape that stands about 20 feet above the canyon.
According words of the creators of the lookout, the building is designed for a much higher charges to which really will take. The lookout is capable of supporting a load of 35 thousand tons, winds of up to 160 kilometers per hour and earthquakes up to 8 on the Richter scale.
It is thought that simultaneously may enjoy the lookout about 120 visitors. Tickets for the "air route" will cost about 25 dollars. It is expected that in the first year of operation the lookout receive the visit of some 600,000 people, expand in the following years until million people annually.. . via