Hansen Bridge over Snake River Gorge Idaho
June 1, 2, & 3rd, 2007. We are in Burley/Heyburn, Idaho on the Snake River, staying in Heyburn Riverside City RV-Park 679-8158 full hookups $21 in a very nice RV-Park located on the Snake River next to the Heyburn-Burley Chamber of Commerce Tourist Information Center and a city park (US-30 on the northeast side of the Snake River Bridge.)
Hansen Bridge over the Snake River Gorge in southern Idaho
This is the new Hansen Bridge over the Snake River Gorge. And looking downstream from the bridge the gorge continues. The Snake River Gorge is carved through hundreds of feet of lava. Several things grip visitors. First is the unbelievable volume of lava since hundreds of feet are visible on the walls of Snake River Gorge.
Snake River Gorge as viewed from Hansen Bridge overlook
Back in Burley 20-miles or so east of here there is no gorge. Gorges are created when the earth along existing flowing water begins to uplift. As the land uplifts water begins cutting through the hard lava rock. The gorge will get deeper and deeper as the uplift continues. The walls of the Snake River Gorge are solid lava rock.
Hansen Bridge over the Snake River Gorge in Idaho
New Hansen Bridge over the Snake River Gorge
From the viewing point I can not get the entire bridge support system in the picture. However, as the kiosk says it is 400' feet to the bottom of this river gorge.
Canyon walls of the Snake River Gorge are lava rock.
Caldron Linn on the Snake River
Caldron Linn is 10-miles upstream from this bridge on the Snake River and in this same gorge I would suspect.
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