The Glen Canyon Bridge or Glen Canyon Dam Bridge is a steel arch bridge in Coconino County, Arizona, carrying U.S. Route 89 across the Colorado River.

2025年1月2日 · We’re talking about the Glen Canyon Dam Bridge, which, when it was built in 1959 was the highest arch bridge in the world. It’s no longer the highest in the world– that honor goes to Chenab Rail Bridge in India – but at 700 feet high, it’s still way up there.

2022年2月9日 · Crossing the Colorado River about 12 miles (20 km) east of Grand Canyon National Park, the bridge was a necessary component in the construction of the massive Glen Canyon Dam, a concrete gravity arch structure that is just as large as the much more famous Hoover Dam near Las Vegas.

An aerial view of Glen Canyon Dam from upstream, showing the spillways to lower left and right, the Glen Canyon Bridge and the electric switchyard to the right of the bridge. Glen Canyon's overall design was based on that of Hoover Dam – a massive concrete arch-gravity structure anchored in solid bedrock – with several significant changes.

Glen Canyon Bridge, a 1271 foot steel arch across the Colorado River, was a critical link in the construction of Glen Canyon Dam. When completed in 1959 it was the highest arch bridge in the world

The spectacular arching bridge adjacent to Glen Canyon Dam was built by the Kiewit-Judson Pacific Murphy Corporation. The bridge’s central arch is 680 feet over the Colorado River, and at the time of its construction it was the tallest bridge in the world.

Glen Canyon Dam is the principal water storage unit of the Colorado River Storage Project. Built in a virtually inaccessible area, it is one of the major engineering and construction achievements in the United States. Glen Canyon Dam impounds …

2023年5月10日 · Just downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam is the Glen Canyon Bridge, which is a steel arch bridge that also spans the Colorado River. It was built at the same time as the dam as a way to provide a vehicular crossing of the river and to connect the northern and southern portions of US Route 89.

Walk out onto the high, long bridge and marvel at the Dam and the Colorado River as it flows downstream toward the Grand Canyon. There is also a fascinating short documentary film about the construction of the Dam that plays throughout the …

2025年1月30日 · Not a hike - just a walk across a wire-fenced bridge over the dam. You can drive through Glen Canyon / Lake Powell to get a much pic of the dam, and Navajo mountain