Glen Canyon Dam, Bridge, US 89
Arizona Dept. of Transportation: Atop a bridge in Page, just a couple miles from the Arizona-Utah state line is a picturesque view or, if you’re afraid of heights, an absolutely terrifying one.
We’re talking about the Glen Canyon Dam Bridge, which, when it was built in 1959 was the highest arch bridge in the world. The beginnings of the bridge began in the early 1900s, when the U.S. Reclamation Service, the predecessor to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, began planning a major dam of the Colorado River in the area of Lees Ferry in northern Arizona. In 1957, construction began on the Glen Canyon Dam and it was completed in 1963.
Utah.com: Glen Canyon Dam was completed in 1964, taming the waters of the Colorado River and creating massive Lake Powell, a popular recreation area along the Utah/Arizona border. Lake Powell is about 186 miles long and attracts almost 3 million visitors a year.The Carl Hayden Visitor center is located at the dam, and tours of the dam are available.
The dam is located at Page, Arizona, just a few miles south of the Utah border. It was constructed to allow electrical power generation, store water for the arid southwestern United States, and provide recreation opportunities.It is a concrete arch dam with a crest length of 1,560 feet. It contains 4,901,000 cubic yards of concrete. The dam is 25 feet wide at the crest and 300 feet wide at the maximum base. Construction started in 1956 and was completed in 1964. The dam was dedicated in 1966. Lake Powell took 17 years to fill to full pool. The lake has a storage capacity of 27,000,000 acre-feet, making it the second-largest man-made reservoir in the US.
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Glen Canyon Dam, Bridge, US 89
Arizona Dept. of Transportation: Atop a bridge in Page, just a couple miles from the Arizona-Utah state line is a picturesque view or, if you’re afraid of heights, an absolutely terrifying one.
We’re talking about the Glen Canyon Dam Bridge, which, when it was built in 1959 was the highest arch bridge in the world. The beginnings of the bridge began in the early 1900s, when the U.S. Reclamation Service, the predecessor to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, began planning a major dam of the Colorado River in the area of Lees Ferry in northern Arizona. In 1957, construction began on the Glen Canyon Dam and it was completed in 1963.
Utah.com: Glen Canyon Dam was completed in 1964, taming the waters of the Colorado River and creating massive Lake Powell, a popular recreation area along the Utah/Arizona border. Lake Powell is about 186 miles long and attracts almost 3 million visitors a year.The Carl Hayden Visitor center is located at the dam, and tours of the dam are available.
The dam is located at Page, Arizona, just a few miles south of the Utah border. It was constructed to allow electrical power generation, store water for the arid southwestern United States, and provide recreation opportunities.It is a concrete arch dam with a crest length of 1,560 feet. It contains 4,901,000 cubic yards of concrete. The dam is 25 feet wide at the crest and 300 feet wide at the maximum base. Construction started in 1956 and was completed in 1964. The dam was dedicated in 1966. Lake Powell took 17 years to fill to full pool. The lake has a storage capacity of 27,000,000 acre-feet, making it the second-largest man-made reservoir in the US.
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