<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Grand Canyon Skywalk Location in USA </Td> </Tr> <P> The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a horseshoe - shaped cantilever bridge with a glass walkway in Arizona near the Colorado River on the edge of a side canyon in the Grand Canyon West area of the main canyon . USGS topographic maps show the elevation at the Skywalk's location as 4,770 ft (1,450 m) and the elevation of the Colorado River in the base of the canyon as 1,160 ft (350 m), and they show that the height of the precisely vertical drop directly under the skywalk is between 500 ft (150 m) and 800 ft (240 m). </P> <P> Commissioned and owned by the Hualapai Indian tribe, it was unveiled March 20, 2007, and opened to the general public on March 28, 2007 . It is accessed via the Grand Canyon West Airport terminal or a 120 - mile (190 km) drive from Las Vegas . The Skywalk is east of Meadview and north of Peach Springs with Kingman being the closest city of some size . </P> <P> David Jin, an entrepreneur who had been involved with tourism and the Hualapai Nation for some time, had the idea of extending a platform out over the edge of the Grand Canyon . With the help of architect Mark Ross Johnson, that idea evolved into a rectangular walkway and eventually the "U" - shaped walkway that has now been constructed . </P>

Where is the glass platform at grand canyon