Talk about being in the wilderness, there are no street views available.
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| azdot "The bridge remains almost exactly as it was built, with very few alterations done over the decades....The bridge is also remarkable as the earliest and longest through-truss bridge still in its original location." [I presume it is the earliest and longest in the state of Arizona.] Arizona Department of Transportation posted Meet the OTHER Salt River Bridge, the one that's carried State Route 288 traffic in Gila County since 1920. This was one of the earliest bridges built after Arizona became a state. In 1918, the Bureau of Public Roads (a predecessor of the Federal Highway Administration) began scouting locations for a new road in the Tonto and Crook National Forest. The earth road would intersect with the Apache Trail near Roosevelt, and then 44 miles north to the town of Young. One of the new road's major components was a bridge over the Salt River, near the head of Roosevelt Lake. The design was completed in 1919 and the structure was up by the end of 1920. The bridge features a long-span steel truss, know as a Parker truss, with footings set directly into the solid-rock shoreline, as well as a concrete deck flanked by steel pipe guardrails. Although it's considered a remote crossing, the SR 288 Salt River Bridge is important in Arizona bridge history for three reasons: 1. It's the earliest documented example of a bridge constructed by the Bureau of Public Roads in Arizona; 2. It is the earliest and longest through-truss bridge still in its original location; 3. It's only one of four Parker trusses found in ADOT's statewide bridge inventory. Richard Maio: Beware the clearance. The sign states 12’-3”. I came to the bridge with my 13’-6” 5th wheel. No place to turn around. Would have to back almost a mile to turn around. Decided to check clearance, it was over 14’. Thank you God of Travel. Bruce Fassett: Back during 1978-81 "100 Yr Floods" it was one of the two bridges over the River. It was a way from Phoenix and Mesa. Kevin Walsh shared Photo by AZ DOT |
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| Chris Ader commented on AZDOT post |
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| C Hanchey Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) AZ 288 Salt River Bridge (Gila County, Arizona) 1920 Parker through truss bridge on Arizona Hwy 288 over the Salt River at the head of Roosevelt Lake in Gila County, Arizona. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 (NRHP No. 88001604). Bridge No. 37 in the 2004 Arizona Historic Bridge Inventory |
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| C Hanchey Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) |
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| ArizonaRoads The bridge has just one lane. |
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| GlobeMiamiTimes, photo by Patti Daley "It’s nearly 215 ft. [65m] span is supported by concrete abutments set Into solid rock shorelines. The bridge is technologically significant as one of only four Parker trusses in the state, and the earliest and longest originally located through truss." |
This is the takeout location for raft trips that begin at the US-60 Bridge. See those notes for more information about the rafting. The sign on the bridge in this photo says the following in English and, I presume, Spanish: "Danger Falls Ahead Exit Left Bank."
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| DarrensRides |
A 3:10 video of and from the bridge
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