Glen Canyon Bridge

Before the dam could rise, crews needed a way across the gorge, and the Glen Canyon Bridge answered it. Completed in 1959 after two years of work, the steel arch stands 700 feet above the Colorado and was the highest of its kind in the country when finished. It carried the workers, concrete, and machinery that built the dam just upstream. Today it links Arizona and Utah on U.S. Highway 89, one of the few road crossings of the river for many miles.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Antelope Canyon — 7.9 mi
  Tsé bighánílíní — where the water runs through the rock

More markers nearby

• Glen Canyon Dam — steps away
• Major John Wesley Powell — steps away
• Hydroelectric Power — steps away
• Colorado River Storage Project — steps away