Longest Railroad Bridge Destroyed By Tornado

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When it was constructed in 1882 the builders of the Kinzua Aqueduct Bridge boasted that it was the Eighth Wonder of the World. Their hyperbole had some merit: at just over 300 feet it was the tallest railroad bridge on the planet and remained so for a number of years. Then, in 2003, to Pennsylvania came a tornado.