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Yellowstone Natural Bridge Yellowstone Natural Bridge area. Yellowstone Natural Bridge is a natural arch in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.The arch is at an elevation of 7,983 feet (2,433 m) and can be reached by hiking a little more than a mile from the Bridge Bay marina parking lot.
The first bridge on this site was built in 1903. Chittenden describes the process in his 1915 history of Yellowstone: The Arch Bridge over the Yellowstone. Until 1903 there was no bridge across the Yellowstone in the vicinity of the Falls and the right bank of the Grand Canyon was practically inaccessible to the public.
Fishing Bridge Extant Timber stringer: 1937 1983 East Entrance Road Yellowstone River: Lake Teton: WY-10: Obsidian Creek Bridge Extant Steel built-up girder: 1910 1983 Indian Creek Campground Obsidian Creek Lake Teton
The Zone of Death is the 50-square-mile (130 km 2) area in the Idaho section of Yellowstone National Park in which, as a result of a reported loophole in the Constitution of the United States, a person may be able to theoretically avoid conviction for any major crime, up to and including murder.
In Wyoming, $23 million will help repair an 85-year-old, 200-foot-high bridge that carries vehicles — and, sometimes, herds of buffalo — over the Gardner River in Yellowstone National Park. Without preservation, the bridge could have to close within five years, the Federal Highway Administration said.
The North Entrance Road was the first major road in the park, necessary to join the U.S. Army station at Fort Yellowstone to the Northern Pacific Railroad station at Gardiner. The road includes the Roosevelt Arch at the northern boundary of the park and winds through rolling terrain before crossing the Gardner River and joining the Grand Loop ...
In 1985, the Sunlight Creek Bridge was built across the Sunlight Gorge, carrying Chief Joseph Scenic Byway (Wyoming Highway 296) and two pedestrian walkways. [6] At 285.4 ft (87.0 m), it is the highest bridge in Wyoming. [7]
Created in 1872 as the United States was recovering from the Civil War, Yellowstone was the first of the national parks that came to be referred to as America’s best idea. Nearby communities ...