This picture is looking east the original bridge is to the left
The Navajo Bridge
is the bridge that made the Lee's Ferry crossing obsolete. The original bridge, built in the late 1920's,
was very narrow and could not hold today's traffic. That was probably
the major reason US 89 changed its alignment in the early 1960's so it
went through Page, AZ. With this change, US 89 now went over the new bridge
over at the newly built Glen Canyon Dam. I visited this
area before the new Navajo bridge was built over the Colorado River in
1994. On the old bridge, only one lane of traffic could pass over the bridge at one time.
You could park either north or south side of the bridge. There were no guard
rails or no official viewing areas so the drop off was much more dramatic and scary.
Today there is an interpretive center, parking and guard railed view points. The
old bridge is now a pedestrian walkway. The new stone work is quite impressive.
Parking is available for cars and pickup trucks, but unfortunately, no
provisions were made for RV's to park at this site. If you need to park a RV do so on the eastside of the bridge. Please note: The eastside is on the Navajo Indian Reservation and you are subject to Tribal laws.
