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[robert netzlof]

-- On Mon, 5/21/12, John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> wrote:

>   Kinzua Bridge was bought by
> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1963 and assigned to Dept.
> of Conservation and Natural Resources for development of a
> state park.

Yes, and they bought it from Nick Kovalchick. My understanding at the time was that he sold it to the state at his cost, provided that they agreed to establish a park around it.

> After 40 years of state 'conservation',
> repairs had finally started when a tornado struck, taking
> out several of the spans.

Half the towers. Interestingly, the ones which had been repaired didn't fall. Then again, the tornado wasn't infinitely wide.

Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob