Thunder Road

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Thunder Road

Thunder Road in 2005
Carowinds Location Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Coordinates 35.100424°N 80.942573°W / 35.100424; -80.942573 Park section County Fair Status Defunct Operated April 3, 1976 to July 26, 2015 Cost $1.6 million Rider height 48 inch minimum Replaced by Carolina Harbor expansion
Statistics
Builder	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
Designer / calculations	Curtis D. Summers
Type	Wooden - Twin
Track layout	Out and Back
Riders per train	24
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Height	93 feet
Top speed	58 mph
Length	3819 feet
Inversions	0
Duration	2:10
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Thunder Road was a Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters wooden roller coaster located at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. It was a twin roller coaster, featuring two individual tracks that ran parallel each other.

The coaster was built across the Carolinas state line. The coaster began in South Carolina and then crossed into North Carolina.

History

Thunder Road closed on July 26, 2015 and was replaced by the Carolina Harbor waterpark expansion. In 2019, Copperhead Strike opened, with one turn occupying the former plot of Thunder Road.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Bunny hill Micro bunny Hill Bunny hill Hill 4 hills

The design of the ride was based upon Rebel Yell, another wooden racing coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, USA.

Trains

4 trains with 4 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.

Incident

On April 5, 1999, a sensor failure caused a collision between a train and an empty train in the station. Sixteen riders were onboard, seven of whom were injured. The roller coaster reopened on April 9 following a replacement of all sensors.

Images

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  The back of the ride

External links

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  Thunder Road on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

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  Thunder Road (left side) on Coaster-Count.

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  Thunder Road (right side) on Coaster-Count.
• Thunder Road on the parks website

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