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

[desertrunner]

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



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

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.

[sonatine]

interesting! whats mama druff's take here tho

[desertrunner]

interesting! whats mama druff's take here tho

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.

[Dan Druff]

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



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

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.

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.