Glen Canyon Bridge over Colorado River, Arizona

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Title Glen Canyon Bridge over Colorado River, Arizona
Photo Number p1081n0299
Description Photo shows the bridge over the Colorado River's Glen Canyon, just downstream from the site of Glen Canyon Dam
Creator McConkie, Wayne Russell
Date 1959; 1960; 1961
Textual Date Circa late 1950s, early 1960s
Keywords Arizona; Bridges; Rivers; Colorado River; Glen Canyon
Subject Bridges--Arizona--Glen Canyon--Photographs; Bridges--Arizona--Coconino County--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Coconino County (Ariz.); Arizona
Latitude 36.9356
Longitude -111.4834
Additional Information Glen Canyon Bridge was constructed in 1957-1959 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to facilitate transportation of materials for construction of the Glen Canyon Dam in the 1960s. The bridge is 1,271 feet (387 m) long and rises over 700 feet (210 m) above the river. It was the highest arch bridge in the world at the time of its completion in 1959. U.S. Highway 89 passes over it
Collection Number and Name P1081 Wayne Russell McConkie Photograph Collection
Collection Name Wayne Russell McConkie
Relation is Part of Utah River Running Archives
Donated By/Purchased From Slides loaned for scanning by Sheldon McConkie in April 2004
Rights
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6br9gmg
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 974649
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6br9gmg
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