Crossing Glen Canyon Dam Bridge, near Page, Arizona
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- Ken Lund
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- 2002-02-14 05:30:00
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Arizona, USA
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- During our 2002 Winter Olympics break during undergrad (because the Olympics were in Utah), we took a quick road trip to the Grand Canyon. We stayed our first night in Page, Arizona. The Glen Canyon Dam Bridge crosses Glen Canyon at Glen Canyon Dam. The Glen Canyon Dam is the second largest dam on the Colorado River at Page, Arizona, USA. The dam's main purpose includes generating electrical power, storing water for the arid southwestern United States, and providing water recreation opportunities. The dam generates an average of 451 megawatts, which contributes 6% of the total electricity generated in Arizona. 13% of the electricity generated in Utah, in which most of Lake Powell resides, calculates to a figure that saves over 5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. The dam has a maximum capacity of 1300 megawatts but only utilizes an average of 451 megawatts. Damming the Colorado River caused the Glen Canyon, which lies to the north of the dam, to become flooded and has subsequently created the large reservoir called Lake Powell. The Glen Canyon Dam is located upstream from the Grand Canyon National Park and has a 216m high concrete arch dam that controls the water flow from the upper to the lower Colorado River drainage basins. The dam controls a drainage basin of 281,671 km2 and also functions as a barrier for upstream-downstream migratory aquatic organisms. Navajo Generating Station, a 2,280 megawatt coal-fired power plant, is located in the nearby area. Despite continuing opposition from many environmental groups, the dam, Lake Powell, and the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area remain popular tourist destinations. Continued population growth in the western and southwestern United States places more demands on the system of dams and reservoirs on the Colorado River for water, power, and recreational purposes which are important to the infrastructures and economies of the western United States. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Canyon_Dam_Bridge
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