historic navajo bridge

This was an unexpected surprise. The views here are fantastic and they look to have a great visitor center which also looks to be often or always closed. Certainly pull over and walk the bridge. Well worth it.

On our trip to Arizona, we left Page and drove to Flagstaff. We took a detour on highway 89 a with the sole purpose of seeing the Navajo bridges. There is a double set of bridges which cross the Colorado River. We walk across the bridges from one side to the other and back. It was a remarkable view of the Colorado River. We stopped at the visitor center on the other side, the restrooms were closed for construction. This part was very disappointing. Overall, I would recommend anyone in the area to stop and check out the bridges.

Heading to Flagstaff from The Valley of Fire State Park in Vegas on hwy89a. The drive along the vermillion cliffs is gorgeos ( see my review of Vermillion Cliffs Scenic HwY). We stooped at the bridge to stretch the legs and take photos of the Colorado river and the marble canyon and the mountains. WOW! I wish we had time to explore the aforementioned but we WILL be back! The original bridge was too narrow so the made it the walking bridge and built a new one. The walking bridge allows you to walk over the canyon. The water below is VERY deep and a pretty green. The complimentary colors of the surrounding limestone with a spattering of snow and the cloudy sky with sun peeking through and giving a peek of the mountains was really breathtaking! Indain crafter had some nice things to sell and were very friendly. There is a visitor center and bathroom but it was closed. Maybe because it's January? Only portapottys were available.

This is where you can cross the Colorado River on foot. We walked across the old Navajo historical bridge and right at the middle soaked in the beautiful cliffs of Marble Canyon and the deep green river beneath. Totally awesome, very at peace with nature and kept wondering how did this bridge got build 80+ years ago.

We came from Page with destination Grand Canyon and need to do a detour from about 100 miles to see the brigde. It was worth the driving ! Absolutely !!It's great to see the two brigdes next to eachother. The water of the Colorado is running soooooooo deep below you ! The river looked quite rude and the water was very brown cause of the sand and stones. Pitty we could not do a bungee jump from the bridge (sometimes they do). A bit pitty was that the visitor center was closed due reconstruction but yeah, the bridge is still open for walking visitors so give it a chance to stop.

There were several condors drafting in, around and above both the old bridge and the new. Beautiful jewelry with friendly vendors and a nice little museum and gift shop. Nice quick tourist stop.

The restrooms/center were closed, so we had to park at the other end...not a big deal. We walked across and walked back. The green water through the canyon was interesting, but I wouldn't go out of your way to see this.

The green Colorado river is somehow unfamiliar to me.I imagined that it would be a perfect place to have bungee jumping. Even it's a suitable place to commit suicide~ Oh~~~ That's a joke! Don't be serious~ Even if someone wants to, this place will change his mind!

This was on our way as we took 89A, because of the construction on 89, wanted to see it anyway, awesome view from here, kinda scary at first to look down, because the river is WAY down there, but worth the walk out on it, and see the new bridge that traffic is on now, and how they carved into the rock to anchor the bridge, very interesting.. worth the stop..

Had to take a detour to get here because 89 is washed out between page and here. Then we get there and the visitors center is closed. I am very glad I got to see these dual bridges and walk across Marble Canyon, but I think everyone else was annoyed at adding an hour to our driving time for a 30 minute stop.

We stopped here on our way from Grand Canyon to Page.I couldn't believe there wasn't a charge to go on the bridge but there isn't! VIsitor center was closed but lots of informative signage to give you the facts. Amazing views! Saw some kayakers on the beach below us. There were also a few Navajo ladies there with some beautiful crafts they had made. Bought a really awesome change purse for only $20. Cool stop!

While driving from Bryce to the North Rim we stopped here to stretch our legs. What we got was an unexpected surprise. Three Condors flying very close to the bridge. One of them flew within 10 yards of us so we could get a very good look. They are very impressive at that distance. We'll worth the short stop

We stopped here on our way to the North Rim. Unfortunately the visitor center was closed for remodeling so we walked across the bridge and took pictures. Their are great views of the canyon from the bridge and it is fun to say you walked across the Grand Canyon but it would have been nice to learn more about the bridge and see some information about it.

I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how this bridge could be built without being able to support it from below.Quit an achievement for the workers who had to risk their lives day in day out. The view from the bridge is spectacular and I took some nice artistic pictures of the steel structure.

This is the crossing point over the Colorado River in Marble Canyon. Two bridges, the older (now pedestrian only) and newer vehicular bridge are side by side. For many GC area visitors, this is their best view of the Colorado. On the south side are several Navajo vendors with better than average art and jewelry for sale.