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Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Dec 11th, 2006
Share Rollout And “First Walk” Events Also Scheduled LAS VEGAS — December 8, 2007 — Grand Canyon West, a destination owned and operated by the Hualapai Tribe at the Grand Canyon’s western rim, announces March 28, 2007 as the official public opening date of The Skywalk. The Skywalk will be the first-ever cantilever shaped glass [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Oct 4th, 2006
Share DATE: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 WHAT: The process of welding the steel beams for the glass cantilever-designed bridge, The Skywalk, is now underway. Shortly after the steel is fitted and welded together a process called “Jack-and-Roll” will be used in order to extend the bridges cantilever “U” shape steel piece 4,000 feet over the [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on May 10th, 2006
Share It’s 10-feet wide and extends 70-feet from where it’s anchored to the rock. It has a deck made of tempered glass. That’s a description of a new $30 million structure being built in the Grand Canyon that’s expected to draw thousands. It’s the Hualapai Indian Tribe’s “Glass Walkway,” a structure that will be suspended [...]
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