Old Trails Arch Bridge

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15130 West Historic Route 66
Topock, AZ 86436
www.nps.gov/nr/travel/route66/old_trails_bridge_topock....

Historic road bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1915-1916
Designer: S.A. Sourwine
Builder: Kansas City Structural Steel Company
Type: Brace-Ribbed Through Arch
Length: 832 feet
Carried: Old Route 66
Crosses: Colorado River
Still in use: no
Also known as: Topock Bridge; Needles Bridge
Date added to NRHP: 9/30/1988
Other designations: Vehicular Bridges in Arizona Multiple Property Submission
Notes: Abandoned in 1945 when Route 66 was relocated north to the Red Rock bridge, which is now demolished. The arch bridge now carries a natural gas pipeline.

www.gbcnet.com/ushighways/US66/66_colorado_river.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Trails_Bridge
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Coordinates:   34°42'54"N   114°29'5"W

Comments

  • built in 1914!
  • This bridge can be seen in use as a highway crossing as noted above in the 1939 film Grapes of Wrath, as the Joad family crossed into California on Route 66.
  • Also in the opening of Easy Rider 1969.
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