Navajo Bridge

This place is great. Great condor watching. The Colorado River meanders far far below you. Eran the Ranger have such a great informative speech on the rocks and river regulations. Nicest ranger I have ever met. Also ranger Begay is awesome too.

Well I almost drove on and passed on this one. My brain was full with Zion, Vermillion Cliffs, a washed out road, North Rim Grand Canyon, Coral Sands an more. I am so happy I did stop to visit this little walking bridge. There is a visitor center with bathrooms and a history display for those who need one more souvenir, and more details. I went out on the bridge and looked at the Colorado and snapped a few. I started back, not having interest in the street vendors on the far side. When my phone rings and my wife calls and says come across the bridge there are condors. I did a 180 and went for it. Wow the day of 3 condors was here. Three of them just sitting and posing. For those who don’t know, the California Condor is a very curious bird. This almost made them extinct. They are also the largest bird in North America with an impressive 9 foot plus wingspan. The locals told me the rangers try to shoo them away however they keep coming back. If you are lucky maybe you will see them too. I now love this bridge.

We stumbled upon Navajo Bridge while taking the scenic route from the Grand Canyon to Zion. It’s definitely a great point to stop off and enjoy the beauty of the Colorado below and the Marble Canyon that it carved.
The drive here is pretty amazing as well.
If you are looking for services nearby, there is a gas station just up the road with a good selection of food and a nice restroom.

The historic Navajo bridge (834 feet across and 467 feet above river) was built in 1929 and spans across the Colorado River at Marble Canyon in Arizona. This bridge is now a foot bridge – a new, bigger one opened for traffic in 1995.
The foot bridge provides stunning views and is cool for viewing rafters. On our very first walk we saw 5 condors and took a 1,000 pictures of them perching, chasing each other and soaring. It is an extraordinary place to see condors with a wing span of 8 to 10 feet soaring above the Colorado River.

Driven over it several times and glad I finally stopped. The old bridge is pretty neat and neat to see the architecture of the new bridge. It’s a lot higher than I thought! Great views of the river below and condor nesting site. Visitor center was closed though. Nice place to stretch your legs.

Architecturally Rad. Love the contrast between the stark steel and red rocks.
The old bridge could not safely handle the increased flow of traffic so they built the current bridge along side it. The old bridge turned into a tourist spot, offering beautiful views over the Colorado river.
Be careful if you decide to venture onto the bridge it can get pretty windy at times and it feels like you could blow over and into the river. Yikes! If you happen upon it on a non windy day then enjoy stretching your legs as you walk across the mighty Colorado upon this beautiful steel beast.

This bridge is b*tching. It’s truly a sight to see.
Even more pimpin is the drive here. the desert is so beautiful. The night sky radiates with divine awesome-​ness. I’ve never seen such illumination in the dark in my life~!
I ventured through here after hiking parts of north rim grand canyons! and figured lets go to south rim but through south-​middle utah and north-​middle arizona. Accidently drove by. Initially i thought, wtf is the point of this bridge? we have road right here… then bam… never mind haha.