The new bridge will take some of the traffic volume off the existing four-lane bridge that connects Highways 95 and 68 in Arizona with Highway 163 in Nevada, according to the Associated Press. The project includes adding a 3 1/2 mile, two-lane approach roadway in Nevada from the Needles Highway to the Colorado River Bridge and a 0.2 mile approach roadway in Arizona from the western end of the Bullhead Parkway to the Colorado River Bridge.Ĭonstruction is slated to begin by year’s end and work crews have 730 days to complete the project, according to the bid agreement. Harry Reid, $4.5 million from Bullhead City and $1.1 million from Clark County. Another $20.9 million will come from the federal government, earmarked in 2005 by then Sen. Nearly $26 million of the project’s cost will come from the Regional Transportation Commission. to build the five-span, 724-foot long bridge. The Clark County Commission Tuesday approved the lowest submitted bid of $52.4 million from contractor Fisher Sand and Gravel Co. Artist's rendering of the planned bridge linking Laughlin and Bullhead City, Arizona.Ī new bridge is set to be constructed linking Laughlin and Bullhead City, Arizona, across the Colorado River.
