A retired wind turbine blade that once generated electricity at a Colorado wind farm has found an unexpected second life in Atlanta, as a pedestrian bridge. According to the Georgia Tech Research News Center, a 15-metre (about 50-foot) blade weighing roughly 7,000 pounds was transported from Colorado and installed across a creek at Beaverbrook Park in northwest Atlanta. The project has created the first bridge of its kind in the United States, turning a decommissioned piece of renewable-energy infrastructure into a functional part of a public park.
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