Second bridge linking Laughlin and Bullhead City scheduled to open in June 2024

Interesting and long over due. I have not seen the 2nd private Veterans bridge in person yet.

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https://www.ktnv.com/news/second-bri...o-open-in-june

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LAUGHLIN (KTNV) — A second bridge connecting Laughlin to Bullhead City is scheduled to open on Friday, June 7.

Construction on the $60.6 million project began in November 2021.

The 724-foot-long bridge sits 35 feet above the river with one lane of traffic in each direction along with a multi-use trail on the south side for bicyclists, runners, and pedestrians. According to the county, the bridge can be restriped to accommodate four lanes of traffic and the multi-use trail.

The bridge is located eight miles south of Laughlin's other bridge, which opened in 1987. There is a third, privately-maintained bridge, called Veterans Bridge, six miles south of the new structure that connects Fort Mohave, Arizona via Aztec Road with the land at the Avi Resort & Casino on the Nevada side.

As for the new structure, a 3.5-mile road was constructed on the Nevada side, which connects with Needles Highway, just north of the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation. On the Arizona side, Bullhead Parkway was extended by half a mile to the bridge and was completed in October 2020.

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interesting! whats mama druff's take here tho

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interesting! whats mama druff's take here tho

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I will ask her when I call soon. Sometimes I have to wait for Druff to leave or go to sleep and then call her landline phone.

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Interesting and long over due. I have not seen the 2nd private Veterans bridge in person yet.

https://external-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net..._nc_sid=c63717

https://www.ktnv.com/news/second-bri...o-open-in-june

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LAUGHLIN (KTNV) — A second bridge connecting Laughlin to Bullhead City is scheduled to open on Friday, June 7.

Construction on the $60.6 million project began in November 2021.

The 724-foot-long bridge sits 35 feet above the river with one lane of traffic in each direction along with a multi-use trail on the south side for bicyclists, runners, and pedestrians. According to the county, the bridge can be restriped to accommodate four lanes of traffic and the multi-use trail.

The bridge is located eight miles south of Laughlin's other bridge, which opened in 1987. There is a third, privately-maintained bridge, called Veterans Bridge, six miles south of the new structure that connects Fort Mohave, Arizona via Aztec Road with the land at the Avi Resort & Casino on the Nevada side.

As for the new structure, a 3.5-mile road was constructed on the Nevada side, which connects with Needles Highway, just north of the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation. On the Arizona side, Bullhead Parkway was extended by half a mile to the bridge and was completed in October 2020.

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For those unfamiliar, Laughlin is a tiny town which is mostly casinos along the river.

The real population lives in Bullhead City, Arizona, which is directly across the river. Almost all of the Laughlin casino employees live in Bullhead. Some live in Needles, CA, which is sort of nearby.

For a long time, there was only one bridge across the river. This bridge was built by Don Laughlin himself in 1987. The problem is that once you go south of the main area of Laughlin, there's no easy way to get across. So anyone living southeast of Laughlin, in Bullhead, needed to go all the way north to cross over, which was way out of the way. This new bridge opening corrects that issue.

The third privately-owned bridge connects people to the Avi Resort and Casino, a weird Indian-owned place which is a good deal south of Laughlin. It postures as if it's a high end resort, but it's actually kinda run down.

fyi , El charro Mexican restaurant in bullhead city , basically on the other side of the river from harrahs is phenomenal. better than any of the spots I have tried in vegas

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fyi , El charro Mexican restaurant in bullhead city , basically on the other side of the river from harrahs is phenomenal. better than any of the spots I have tried in vegas

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Thank you for this info.

Need to update this thread, the bridge did open in June 2024.

Jun 08, 2024- Second bridge connecting Laughlin to Bullhead City officially opens

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fyi , El charro Mexican restaurant in bullhead city , basically on the other side of the river from harrahs is phenomenal. better than any of the spots I have tried in vegas

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The heights (residential area) across the river from Laughlin is known as Old Bullhead City. Bullhead City is just south of there.

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fyi , El charro Mexican restaurant in bullhead city , basically on the other side of the river from harrahs is phenomenal. better than any of the spots I have tried in vegas

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I will be there next week (Druff can confirm, LOL) and will def try this place. Thanks for the recommendation.

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fyi , El charro Mexican restaurant in bullhead city , basically on the other side of the river from harrahs is phenomenal. better than any of the spots I have tried in vegas

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I will be there next week (Druff can confirm, LOL) and will def try this place. Thanks for the recommendation.

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let me know if they still have it. me and my girl have considered going there for a couple days (we in Vegas) to have that , hiking ,Culver's and a couple other things .

aquarius laughlin is a lot of fun

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I will be there next week (Druff can confirm, LOL) and will def try this place. Thanks for the recommendation.

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let me know if they still have it. me and my girl have considered going there for a couple days (we in Vegas) to have that , hiking ,Culver's and a couple other things .

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I’ll def post it up here.

Made it here tonight. The place is def Teir 1 Mexican- inside is clean, updated and a friendly/prompt staff. Lots of people here and fast service too.

I got the wet shredded beef burrito and it was pretty good, 4/5. Will come back here in the future, but saw a lot of nice Mexican joints on the Arizona strip side.

I think Druff would approve.

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Made it here tonight. The place is def Teir 1 Mexican- inside is clean, updated and a friendly/prompt staff. Lots of people here and fast service too.

I got the wet shredded beef burrito and it was pretty good, 4/5. Will come back here in the future, but saw a lot of nice Mexican joints on the Arizona strip side.

I think Druff would approve.

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Looks good, will try that out, theres a few cool looking places in Bullhead City, haven't checked any out yet but soon!

nice El charro trip report .. I think they are best known for their fajitas .

cool ,odds of going to Laughlin has shot up for us .

Note- there are two additional independent Mexican restaurants I will try. Will update as I do, but in a new dedicated thread here.

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Note- there are two additional independent Mexican restaurants I will try. Will update as I do, but in a new dedicated thread here.

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please, for the love of god, don't.

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Note- there are two additional independent Mexican restaurants I will try. Will update as I do, but in a new dedicated thread here.

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Just post it in this thread.

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Note- there are two additional independent Mexican restaurants I will try. Will update as I do, but in a new dedicated thread here.

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Just post it in this thread.

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Ok, then can you give me the ability to change the title in post #1?

I took the photo myself from earlier in the thread. However this one i just really liked, and I took from FB. Im in the area and this is exactly what the Belle looks like, pretty sure photo was taken within past few weeks.

Busy weekend some off road race event

If anyone in the area has a vehicle there comfortable going 4 miles off road, this area is epic - Telephone Cover right off the Laughlin Casino Strip near the dam, very nice and free. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/53qjkPkWnLU?sfnsn=wa

I just got the official notice today, looks like I am moving to the Arizona side of the Colorado River, Druff can confirm. I will def be trying out all of the local independent Mexican restaurants.

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I just got the official notice today, looks like I am moving to the Arizona side of the Colorado River, Druff can confirm. I will def be trying out all of the local independent Mexican restaurants.

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Nice - I am pondering a place here, or near here, along the river. Its gorgeous and I can be sitting down in MGM grand LV etc within 75 mins. I will either just do it and not stay there/here the summers (too hot) or ill wait till summer to decide what im gonna do - but i think property in the Laughlin Nevada side is calling me name - why you going to the AZ side? Just curious, it is much more built up - you get about 90k people in that area compared to like 8800 in Laughlin.

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I just got the official notice today, looks like I am moving to the Arizona side of the Colorado River, Druff can confirm. I will def be trying out all of the local independent Mexican restaurants.

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Nice - I am pondering a place here, or near here, along the river. Its gorgeous and I can be sitting down in MGM grand LV etc within 75 mins. I will either just do it and not stay there/here the summers (too hot) or ill wait till summer to decide what im gonna do - but i think property in the Laughlin Nevada side is calling me name - why you going to the AZ side? Just curious, it is much more built up - you get about 90k people in that area compared to like 8800 in Laughlin.

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The Arizona side just works for me now the at I will be doing business there. Several factors- cheaper cost of living, no 1 hour time difference and AZ is a constitutional carry state for firearms on top of already having myAZ CCW. i also want to put my money and retirement funds into the local AZ economy vs Clark County across the River that is doing just fine.

Add- I also want to get a Kawasaki KRX and they can be street legal in AZ. The Druff and I can go desert running.

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Those things look fun, but how often do they flip?

Now that I'm old, I think of stuff like that.

I think about the risks I used to take when skiing, and I'm pretty shocked I didn't get more injured than a broken arm and two fractured shoulders. Nowadays I'm the old guy who is keeping out of everyone else's way.

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Those things look fun, but how often do they flip?

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As far as I know, they dont flip at all. No reports or nothing I have heard or seen.

From Google-

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A Kawasaki KRX, specifically the Teryx KRX 1000, is designed with a robust frame and Rollover Protective Structure (ROPS) to prevent it from easily flipping over, making it relatively resistant to rollovers when ridden responsibly on appropriate terrain; however, like any off-road vehicle, it can still flip if put in extreme situations or handled poorly.

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I would not buy a Polaris RZR, but this 2012 video is some of the best desert running I've seen. This is why I am moving to Arizona and then maybe Nevada once fully retired...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62C_HUX9hE8

Looks like fun in the video.

This has appeal to me, but seeing the thing bounce like that over the rocks and holes, I can only imagine how my back would feel after the whole ride!

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Looks like fun in the video.

This has appeal to me, but seeing the thing bounce like that over the rocks and holes, I can only imagine how my back would feel after the whole ride!

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A smart driver stays on the dirt trails and roads and avoids those rocks and holes.

They are also street legal in Arizona with the proper mods-

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There are open trails in Laughlin as well. And up in Tonopah, Nevada, they take them out on the streets.

Goldfield, Nevada...

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Yes, tell me the title you want and I'll change it.

Anyway, I saw the Riverside Casino in the pic.

Stayed there for 1 night earlier this year. Ran a bit of video poker there, now I get fail offers to stay there free weeknights (with a lol $18 resort fee) an a few buffets.

Whatev.

Maybe I'll take 'em up on it one of these days for a change in scenery, perhaps in the spring.

One nice thing about living in Arizona, you can still drive to Las Vegas and have the whole hotel and Vegas experience. I dont want to give that up.

Driving those knobby tires on hot pavement is an expensive luxury especially if you need to pay someone to mount the new rubber for you.

Get a trailer like everyone else.

Also, the CCW. In your mind you playing Slingblade on Landman?

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Driving those knobby tires on hot pavement is an expensive luxury especially if you need to pay someone to mount the new rubber for you.

Get a trailer like everyone else.

Also, the CCW. In your mind you playing Slingblade on Landman?

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The locals swap out their tire sets themselves, not a big deal. Just have a street set and dirt set. People still trailer on trips and extensive outings. Seriously not a big deal.

As for CCW, get some training and an education on he topic and it will make more sense to you. Liberals don’t understand the concept of CCW, but it is a lifestyle and good to have.

in another thread i mentioned i have a can-am side by side and have been completely satisfied with the purchase. would gladly buy more of their products.

I think I captured the spirit of my John Deere Gator





I have OCD and too much time on my hands. I couldn’t stop. We have a gingerbread competition at work and I’m taking it down

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I think I captured the spirit of my John Deere Gator





I have OCD and too much time on my hands. I couldn’t stop. We have a gingerbread competition at work and I’m taking it down

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what do you use it for?

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I have OCD and too much time on my hands. I couldn’t stop. We have a gingerbread competition at work and I’m taking it down

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what do you use it for?

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Maintenance runs that thing around the property and plowing in the winter. Thing is bulletproof.

I ran Honda CR dirt bikes off road out where Country978 lives until the conservation police and the developers killed the fun. Too old now for the stupidity anyway

Paid the bakery at the supermarket to make the trees for me. Lol. I’m so sick

Have no idea what my cost basis for this gingerbread property is now

I’m also missing my young liberals party meetings - so there is that too

Ah, Goldfield....

It's a ghost town almost 200 miles north of Vegas, towards Reno.

In the late 2000s, I talked to a girl in a chat room who claimed to be from Goldfield, and said she worked at a McDonald's there. I was pretty sure it had no population, and couldn't picture a McDonald's, though maybe there could be one off the freeway.

She eventually told me she was joking about the whole thing, and was actually from Vegas. She was a cute blond girl in her mid-20s, and we had loosely discussed meeting up, but it just never ended up happening. One day, a dude who had been friends with her for a long time confided in me that she was afraid to meet me because of various health issues. He said that the health issues made her, among other things, extremely fatigued and it was hard for her to go out normally. I asked her about it, and she told me about it in more detail. She said she really liked me but was just so afraid of meeting and having me see her like this. I told her that I would never judge her for such a thing, and I'd be happy to meet up with her when she was ready. She seemed very relieved, and said we could meet up very soon.

Then... nothing. Not too long after that, I was completely ghosted. I figured she was too embarrassed once I knew the truth about her conditions, and just wanted away from me, and back into the online fantasy world of being like everyone else.

About a year later I looked at her Myspace out of curiosity, and it hadn't been updated since around the time she stopped talking to me. I did a little research and saw that she died within weeks of our last conversation. Sad.

Still haven't made it out to Goldfield.