Historical Marker · No. 94887

Navajo Bridge

Marble Canyon, Coconino County · Arizona
Erected by the Kansas City Structural Steel Co

The steel arch that ended Lees Ferry stands here, dedicated in 1929 after Kansas City ironworkers raised it above the Colorado. Three plaques crowd this end of the span, recording its designation as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, its place on the National Register, and the roster of Arizona highway officials who oversaw it. The bridge was built in cooperation with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, on the edge of the Navajo Nation. When it opened, the river crossing six miles upstream fell silent for good.

What the plaque says

There are three markers on this end of the Navajo Bridge. (Marker on left:) National Historical Civil Engineering Landmark American Society of Engineers 1852 Designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers Completed 1928 Commemorated 1998. Marker in center Navajo Bridge Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior August 31, 1981. Marker on the right 1927 State of Arizona 1928 Navajo Bridge Arch 616 feet. Total Length 834 feet. Height 467 feet, Arizona State Highway Commission Geo W.P. Hunt, Governor L.P. Mcbride, Chairman - H. Thompson, Vice Chairman - F.C. Steger, Commissioner J.F. McDonald, Commissioner - Floyd Williams, Commissioner - M.C. Hankins, Secretary Engineering Organization W.C. LeFebvre, State Highway Engineer - W.W. Lane, Chief Engineer - R.A. Hoffman, Bridge Engineer L.C. Lashmet, Desiging Engineer - R.C. Perkins and W.R. Hutchins, District Engineers R.C. Bond, Resident Engineer - W.K. Claypool, Inspector In Cooperation With The United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Hubert Work, Secretary C.H. Burke, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Fabricated and Erected by the Kansas City Structural Steel Co..

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