The Over The River Experience
For Over The River, there will be eight separate areas of fabric panels that highlight the contours of the banks of the river. Seen from underneath, the translucent fabric will enhance the contrast of the clouds, mountains and vegetation. These waves of fabric will play off the natural lighting throughout the day, transitioning from shimmering pink in the morning light, to shiny silver in the mid-day sun, to golden as the sun sets.
From the water level, rafters, kayakers and canoeists on the Arkansas River will view blue sky, white cloud formations and the undulating mountain skyline through the fabric. Cars and buses on US-50 will also get a unique view of Over The River from the roadway, where the fabric will reflect the colors of the sky. The eight distinct areas will total 5.9 miles of fabric panels, varying in length from 0.3 to 2.5 miles. They will be suspended 8 to 25 feet above the water. Between the waves of fabric panels, there will be a total of 34.1 miles of interruptions, leaving the river and natural landscape untouched. Each pause between fabric panel sections will vary in length from 0.7 to 15.5 miles.
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 Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado In Progress |
