Canyon Diablo (canyon)

Canyon Diablo (canyon)

Canyon Diablo is a canyon north of Two Guns in Northern Arizona.

The canyon passes three miles west of Meteor Crater. The community of Canyon Diablo, Arizona on the edge of the canyon about 12 miles northwest of the crater was the closest community to the crater when scientists began investigating the crater. Consequently the meteorite that hit the crater is officially called the Canyon Diablo meteorite. [ [http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/meteorites/impacts/crater.php http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/meteorites/impacts/crater.php amnh.org - Retrieved September 18, 2008] ]

The 1930 Canyon Diablo highway bridge, once used by U.S. Route 66 to cross the canyon south of the present I-40 bridges, is on the National Register of Historic Places. [http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Canyon_Diablo_Bridge]

The BNSF Canyon Diablo railroad bridge is a well-known railfan site. [http://www.somewherewest.com/Route66/Winslow-Williams/CanyonDiablo.html]

ee also

*Canyon Diablo, Arizona, a railroad ghost town nearby

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