Picture of London Bridge being built

[gn7]

Interesting, so the blocks are just facade?
In the early days didn't you turn directly off 95 to access LB and Island rather than go around the block?


CH3NO2

Yep, just a jacket. Actually, the stones you see were always just a cladding when it was originally build. The originally bridge was all granite, but the best pieces were always reserved for the cladding, and they were cut much more precise. Like the pyramids. The stones you see are crude compared to the limestone that was used to cover them. Those were near perfection and polished.
You didn't "exactly" turn straight off the 95 back then, the 95 you see today wasn't there. The highway turned into Lake Havasu Ave and pretty much ended around there. You left and entered town from Parker on McCulloch. I can remember when you needed a stout truck or 4X4 to go to Parker from Site 6.

Also, the 95 back then didn't end up at the 40 where it does today at the Pilot station. It went to Kingman. So if you wanted to go to Needles, you had to go to Kingman first, then back to Needles. The road to Kingman is still out there. Right after the new 95 was built, there was talk of making a dragstrip on the old Kingman road, but it was deemed too dangerous due to being too narrow and too remote. As if going back to Havasu was some sort of live saving measure. Shit, you would already be half way to Kingman, which is where your ass would end up anyway.