Course of the Colorado River Topock Marsh in Topock Gorge and widens into Lake Havasu, formed by Parker Dam. Lake Havasu provides recreation as well as the home of the retired U.K. London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, now the New London Bridge. Near Parker Dam are the first two major diversions of the lower Colorado: the Colorado River Aqueduct, which travels west to Los Angeles and San Diego, California; and the Central Arizona Project, which sends water east towards Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. The intermittent Bill Williams River joins the Colorado from the east in Lake Havasu, just above Parker Dam. The river
Lake Havasu City, Arizona to the spirit of Jack the Ripper, whose soul is transported to America in one of the bricks of the London Bridge. The director Andy Sidaris has directed three soft-core adult films in Lake Havasu: 1989's "Savage Beach", 1990's "Guns", and 1992's "Hard Hunted". In the film "Falling Down" (1993), Robert Duvall's character Sergeant Prendergast speaks about how he plans to retire in Lake Havasu City. MTV featured Lake Havasu during its Spring Break coverage in 1995. The comedy-adventure "Border to Border" was filmed in Lake Havasu in 1998. Actor Curtis Armstrong and Lisa Arturo were the leads, with a