Roosevelt Lake is a 22-mile long reservoir on the Salt River, 40 miles northeast of Phoenix. Trish and I, along with friends David & Elaine, Terry & Lisa, set up camp there for 3 days last week. Tom, a fraternity brother who lives in Casa Grande, joined us for one night. We were near the marina, good privacy, quiet, with a lovely view of the Lake and surrounding mountains. Our rigs are pictured below.
At one time, Roosevelt Dam was the highest masonry dam in the world, and Roosevelt Lake was the largest man-made lake in the world. That time is long gone. The dam was built in 1906-11, cost $1 million, was dedicated by Teddy himself in 1911. It was renovated and expanded 77' upward in 1989-1996 at a cost of $430 million. Inflation, you know.
Concurrently with the dam renovation, a new bridge was built just above the dam. At 1080' in length, it's the longest single-span, steel-arch, two-lane bridge in North America. Before the bridge was built, the road went across the top of the dam.
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