Kaibab Trail Suspension bridge

Photos

Kaibab Trail 2

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/az0048.photos.008801p/

BH Photo #226632

Crossing the Kaibab Suspension Bridge

Overview: Wire suspension bridge
Location: Coconino County, Arizona
Status: Open to pedestrians
History: Built 1928.
Builders: - Hazzard Wire Rope Co.
- Llewellyn Iron Works of Los Angeles, California
- Ward P. Webber (Design)
Design: Wire/cable suspension
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 440.0 ft.
Total length: 500.0 ft.
Also called: South Bridge
Black Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.10085, -112.08916 (decimal degrees)
36°06'03" N, 112°05'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 12/401959/3995683 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Phantom Ranch
Inventory number: BH 51595 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

April 24, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
February 25, 2019: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: corrected Street view per Nathan updates
February 25, 2019: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added names, Dimensions, Builders, ASCE Listing, Fixed GPS (Wrong Bridge Mapped), Added Date
August 15, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
October 17, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
June 7, 2013: New video from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
March 4, 2012: Added by Craig Philpott

Kaibab Trail Suspension bridge

Posted February 25, 2019, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This bridge is now a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2019/02/2...