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. The bridge was originally built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to facilitate transportation of materials for the Glen Canyon Dam, which lies adjacent to the bridge just upstream. The two-lane bridge has an overall length of with a deck above the river, making it the one of the highest bridges in the United States. The bridge was the highest arch bridge in the world when completed in 1959.

See also

List of highest bridges

References

U.S. Route 89

Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System

Road bridges in Arizona

Transportation in Coconino County, Arizona

Bridges over the Colorado River

Steel bridges in the United States

Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States

Buildings and structures in Coconino County, Arizona

Glen Canyon Dam Bridge