Kennicott River Footbridge
McCarthy Footbridge
The end of McCarthy Road, where cars must stop; visitors walk across the Kennicott River, fed by glacial meltwater, into McCarthy and Kennecott.
McCarthy Road ends on the west bank of the Kennicott River, and the only way across is this footbridge, which is closed to all vehicles except bicycles and small vehicles. Below the bridge, grey-white glacial meltwater rushes past, and from the bridge you can see the terminus of the Kennicott Glacier upstream. On the west side of the bridge are a National Park information kiosk and private car parks, and after crossing there are paid shuttles running between McCarthy and Kennecott. Before the footbridge was completed in 2006, people crossed the river in hand-pulled cable baskets, and remnants of the old baskets can still be seen beside the bridge.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Kennicott Glacier
- McCarthy
- Kennecott Mill Town
- Root Glacier
- Bonanza Mine Trail
- Stairway Icefall
- McCarthy Road
- Gilahina Trestle