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no immigration clearance. At each end of the crossing, it is 220 feet (67 m) high, and in the centre, it averages 200 feet (61 m) above the river depending on the level of the water below. Its span is 1,770 feet (540 m). The rapids entering the whirlpool below the Aero Car move at an estimated 35 to 37 km/h (22 to 23 mph), and the flow of the water coming through the river is about 2,800 cubic metres per second (2.3 acre⋅ft/s; 740,000 US gal/s; 620,000 impgal/s) in the summer months, and 1,400 cubic metres per second (1.1 acre⋅ft/s; 370,000 US gal/s; 310,000 impgal/s) in the winter months. From the Aero Car, sightseers can see
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