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	Natural Bridge (Virginia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Natural Bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia is a geological formation in which Cedar Creek has carved out a gorge of the limestone mountainous terrain, forming an arch 215 ft 66 m high with a span of 90 ft 27 m.
		Natural Bridge is also known as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
		Natural Bridge was one of the wonders of the new world that Europeans visited during the 18th and 19th centuries.
	www.blacksburg.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Natural_Bridge_(Virginia) (444 words)

	Natural Bridge (Virginia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Natural Bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia is a geological formation in which Cedar Creek (a small tributary of the James River) has carved out a gorge of the limestone mountainous terrain, forming an arch 215 ft (66 m) high with a span of 90 ft (27 m).
		Natural Bridge has been designated a Virginia Historical Landmark and a National Historical Landmark.
		Natural Bridge is marketed as one of the seven natural wonders of the world, but this refers to a mention on an old list of seven natural wonders of the modern world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Natural_Bridge_(Virginia) (459 words)

	Natural Bridge History
		By the census figures, Natural Bridge is Alabama’s second smallest municipality, behind Gantt’s Quarry in Talladega County, with an official population of zero.
		For most motorists, Natural Bridge is a mere blink on U.S. Highway 278, a hidden northwest Alabama community whose best known features are the unusual rock formation that inspired the town’s name and a restaurant known for its catfish filets and hamburger steaks with gravy.
		It is known as the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies.
	www.wcgs.ala.nu /naturalbridgehistory.htm (1243 words)

	Mohawk Trail - Natural Bridge
		Natural Bridge is located on Route 8, 1/2 mile north of downtown North Adams.
		The brook flowing under the Natural Bridge bears his name - Hudson Brook; doubtless the Mohawk Indians who traveled through this part of the Hoosac range long before the arrival of white settlers had their own name for the wondrous bridge and its surroundings.
		Natural Bridge State Park is a day use facility, open seven days a week from Memorial Day through Columbus Day.
	www.berkshireweb.com /mohawktrail/natbridge.html (638 words)

	Natural Bridge of Virginia
		This has allowed Natural Bridge to slip back somewhat into the bucolic rolling topography dominated by open vistas of corn and wheat fields and green pastures sprinkled with the fl Angus cattle of the valley’s abundant farms and surrounded in the hills and mountains by the verdant expanses of the Jefferson National Forest.
		Natural Bridge is essentially all that remains of an ancient collapsed cavern.
		He wrote, "Natural Bridge will yet be a famous place, that will draw the attention of the world." By purchasing the bridge at his own expense, building a cabin for visitors, and promoting it widely, he certainly did an exemplary job of protecting it and making it available to the public.
	www.cei.org /utils/printer.cfm?AID=1355 (6957 words)

	Arizona - Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
		Background: The natural bridge was discovered by David Gowan, a Scotsman, in 1877 while hiding from Apache Indians, and so impressed was he by the unusual, secluded location that he persuaded his family to emigrate and live there.
		The bridge is not immediately apparent, as beyond the park buildings stretches a flat meadow that seems to cover all the ground between the canyon walls.
		The creek actually runs a hundred feet lower in a narrow gorge, the edge of which is hidden by trees, flows under the bridge beneath the meadow and continues downstream through a rather wider canyon.
	www.americansouthwest.net /arizona/tonto_natural_bridge/state_park.html (554 words)

	Shenandoah Bicycle Tour - Natural Bridge to Lexington, Virginia
		Natural Bridge has been in private ownership since King George III granted it to Thomas Jefferson on July 5, 1774.
		Natural Bridge and the surrounding area is a well developed tourist attraction.
		From the Bridge a path leads to a saltpeter mine used in munitions production during the war of 1812, a cave entrance were we could hear an underground river and a waterfall.
	www.tomswenson.com /vaday5.htm (870 words)

	Karstgeology: Natural Bridge
		Definition: A natural arch, bridge or tunnel is a void beneath still standing bedrock, usually of short extent, and allowing human passage from one end to the other, at least part of the time.
		Natural bridges and arches - like in Arches NP in USA - are formed by multiple erosive processes, like fluvial erosion (flowing water, rivers), frost erosion and wind erosion.
		Natural bridges and tunnels in karst areas are the ruins of caves.
	www.showcaves.com /english/explain/Karst/NaturalBridge.html (310 words)

	Natural Bridge State Park
		You can also examine the natural marble arch for which the park is named and learn the wonders of geological history from the fascinating rock formations throughout the park.
		The "natural bridge" is a marble arch created centuries ago by melting glaciers.
		Natural Bridge State Park is located in the northern part of the Berkshires in western Massachusetts.
	www.mass.gov /dcr/parks/western/nbdg.htm (202 words)

	NATURAL BRIDGE - LoveToKnow Article on NATURAL BRIDGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		S.E. of Lexington, the county-seat It is served by the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Norfolk and Westerr railways.
		In the vicinity of the village, which is about 1 coo ft above sea-level, is the great natural curiosity from which it derives its namea bridge of natural rock 90 ft. long and from 50 to 150 ft. wide, which spans Cedar Creek at a height of 215 ft. above that stream.
		A royal grant dated the 5th of July 1774 conveyed to Thomas Jefferson a tract of 157 acres, including the Natural Bridge on Cedar Creek, and t did not pass from his estate until 1833.
	www.1911ency.org /N/NA/NATURAL_BRIDGE.htm (204 words)

	What is the difference between a natural arch and a natural bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The definition of what a natural arch is applies to natural bridges in the same way it applies to all other types of natural arch.
		The preferred use of the term ‘natural bridge’ is as a type label based primarily on genetic attributes (see Natural Arch Classification and Taxonomy).
		A natural bridge is a type of natural arch where a current of water, such as a stream, clearly was a major agent in the formation of the opening (hole).
	www.ccsi.com /~jwilbur/nabs/na_bdef.htm (403 words)

	Natural Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The bridge is the remains of an old limestone cave whose roof, along with the rest of the cave, collapsed, causing the stream to flow in a canyon exactly in the same manner as at the Natural Bridge of Virginia.
		The Natural Bridge itself is about 250 feet wide, with the stream flowing in a slight curve beneath it.
		Panama's Natural Bridge has been used as a point of interest by Boy Scouts in past years and is a favorite objective for hikes and campouts.
	www.czbrats.com /MiNombre/natbridge.htm (450 words)

	Natural Bridge State Park, Wisconsin.
		It seems like a long drive from Highway 12 on County C to Natural Bridge State Park although it is only 11 miles.
		Natural Bridge State Park was established in 1973.
		A self-guided nature trail explains the many ways native plants were used through out history by Native Americans and the first European settlers of this area.
	www.devilslakewisconsin.com /naturalbridge.html (411 words)

	Natural Bridges National Monument (National Park Service) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Natural Bridges protects some of the finest examples of ancient stone architecture in the southwest.
		Natural Bridges was established in 1908, making it the oldest National Park Service site in Utah.
		Repeatedly occupied and abandoned during prehistoric times, Natural Bridges was first used during the Archaic period, from 7000 B.C. to A.D. Only the rock art and stone tools left by hunter-gatherer groups reveal that humans lived here then.
	www.nps.gov /nabr (168 words)

	Natural Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Natural Bridge was formed in 1992 to focus on the specialized needs of an emerging growth industry: science-backed companies developing and supplying the ingredients, products and technologies that support the nutraceutical and functional food markets.
		Natural Bridge has served clients with over $140 billion in revenue.
		Natural Bridge has drawn on our industry experience to develop a proprietary knowledge base and specialized analytical tools.
	natbridge.com (132 words)

	The "Natural Bridge" of Twin Springs Canyon
		Above the bridge, clambering up the slope to investigate the hole, you see that the bridge is made of layers of unconsolidated alluvium about ten feet in depth on top of only a few feet of solid rock.
		If the bridge is entirely natural, this one surely formed akin to the large bridges in the west - the spring was in a weak area of rock, and the water flow eroded back along the weak rock creating a tunnel.
		One possible scenario for the formation of the natural bridge is that back when the water table was higher, the spring eroded to the uphill side of the bridge.
	tchester.org /sgm/places/natural_bridge.html (1101 words)

	Alexander in Natural Bridge, Virginia
		Natural Bridge, off Interstate 81 in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, claims to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
		According to legend, the bridge was discovered by the Monacan Indians in the 16th Century.
		According to the National Geographic Society, the Seven Natural Wonders of the World are: The Grand Canyon; Mount Everest; the harbor of Rio de Janeiro; Iguazú Falls in Argentina; Yosemite Valley’s giant sequoias; The Nile River; and the Aurora Borealis (the northern lights).
	www.leaptoad.com /ahp/naturalbridge.html (763 words)

	ABC News: Natural Coral Bridge Collapses in Aruba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The bridge, the largest of its kind in the Caribbean, was 25 feet high and 100 feet long, said Tourism Minister Edison Briesen.
		The bridge, a formation of coral limestone cut out from thousands of years of pounding waves and strong winds, was a popular picnic spot.
		The bridge's collapse brought more bad news to an island that has been under the scrutiny of the U.S. media for three months since the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1091315 (379 words)

	Natural history (from carnivore) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is a major centre of research and education on the natural sciences.
		Most natural bridges are erosion features that occur in massive, horizontally bedded sandstone or limestone.
		Some bridges, such as the Natural Bridge near Lexington, Va., are formed by the collapse of a cavern's roof that may leave remnant portions as bridges.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-51562 (1008 words)

	Natural Bridge State Park
		This natural bridge of sandstone, 35 feet high, was carved by the uneven dissolving of mineral deposits holding the sand grains together.
		Unlike natural bridges, which form over streams, this arch, like those in the Southwest, is up high on a ridge.
		Beneath the Bridge is a natural rockshelter, which was excavated in 1957 by archeologists.
	www.uwgb.edu /dutchs/geolwisc/geostops/NaturalBridge.HTM (357 words)

	Natural Bridge
		Natural Bridge State Park is situated just outside the Daniel Boone National Forest but contains some of the best views within the gorge area.
		The 900 tons of stone that span between two ridges was formed by millions of years of wind and rain and the view of it and from it is impressive.
		A tree took out the bridge and the trail is in a general state of disrepair.
	www.redrivergorge.org /html/natural_bridge.html (2062 words)

	11. Landmarks III: The Natural Bridge
		Although Jefferson retained ownership of the Natural Bridge until the end of his life, his desire to see "accommodations there" was fulfilled beginning in 1815.
		One of several manuscript accounts of travel to the Natural Bridge held by Special Collections, this unfinished narrative is of particular interest because the writer fails to describe the bridge itself.
		This painting of the Natural Bridge was presented to the University of Virginia in memory of Mary Paxton Troutmann of Glasgow, Rockbridge County, Virginia, by her husband, Dr. Henry Troutmann, Class of 1916, the first student night librarian at the Alderman Library.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /small/exhibits/nature/bridge.html (1391 words)

	Trinity County, California--Natural Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Natural Bridge is a natural limestone arch thrown across this narrow ravine by nature.
		The exterior mass of the bridge was solid until water, through the course of time, forced itself through the soft limestone, creating the passage.
		Natural Bridge is administered by the Hayfork Ranger District of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
	www.trinitycounty.com /stnf-nb.htm (460 words)

	Florida State Parks - NATURAL BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD STATE HISTORIC SITE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On March 5, Union General Newton advanced past the East River Bridge, causing Confederate troops from the Fifth Cavalry to withdraw to the Newport Bridge on the St. Marks River.
		Natural Bridge State Historic Site serves as a monument for the famous battle that took place at the location.
		The Battle of Natural Bridge is re-enacted every year in March on a weekend near the anniversary of the actual battle.
	www.abfla.com /parks/NaturalBridge/naturalbridge.html (743 words)

	Happy Trails - Natural Bridge
		Though I had avoided Natural Bridge in the past because of the commercialism of it all, it turned out to be a wonderful place.
		To tour the Bridge alone is $8.00 for adults and $4.00 for children.
		The great part about Natural Bridge’s Cave was that our small group had a guide all to ourselves and she was into lizards and bats.
	www.trailz.org /tr13.html (664 words)

	Natural Bridge State Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At low water, the river flowed under a natural rock bridge, but in July 1988, the bridge that gave the area its name collapsed.
		The Natural Bridge footbridge is legal access to Teepee Mountain, Contact Mountain, and Green Mountain.
		Natural Bridge State Monument is located 27 miles south of Big Timber on Secondary 298.
	visitmt.com /categories/moreinfo.asp?IDRRecordId=3097&SiteId=1 (131 words)

	Kachina Natural Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Kachina Natural Bridge is the westernmost of three large meander natural bridges found in Natural Bridges National Monument in southeastern Utah.
		Owachamo Natural Bridge is a rare example of an old meander natural bridge.
		Kachina Natural Bridge can be seen (poorly) from the paved park loop road, or can be reached by a mildly strenuous hike of about a half mile from a marked parking lot on that road.
	www.ccsi.com /~jwilbur/nabs/meander3.htm (204 words)

	Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
		It is believed to be the largest natural travertine bridge in the world.
		The bridge stands 183 feet high over a 400-foot long tunnel that measures 150 feet at its widest point.
		The discovery of the small and beautiful valley between Pine and Payson was documented in 1877 by David Gowan, a prospector who stumbled across the bridge as he was chased by Apaches.
	www.pr.state.az.us /Parks/parkhtml/tonto.html (619 words)

	Natural Bridge State Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The trail to Natural Bridge from the parking lot is one of the most traveled trails in Kentucky State Parks.
		From the trailhead behind the Gift store, to Natural Bridge is approximately ¾ mile (one way travel distance), and in that distance you ascend more than 500 feet.
		There are several places along the top of the ridge, including the top of Natural Bridge, in which there are sheer drops from the trail edge, and no guardrails.
	www.uky.edu /KGS/coal/webgeoky/fieldtrip/naturalbridge.html (413 words)

	Bodhi Path: Natural Bridge, Virginia
		Bodhi Path Natural Bridge opened its doors in 1997 to teach Buddhist philosophy and meditation to all who are interested.
		Located in Rockbridge County between Natural Bridge and Lexington, the center is less than one hour north of Roanoke.
		The Center is located in the Shenandoah Valley because of the tranquil nature and beauty of the area as well as its accessibility to transportation, cultural institutions, and population centers.
	www.bodhipath.org /virginia (161 words)

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