Pedestrian Bridge over Bladder Dam on Temp Town Lake (Salt River) in Tempe, AZ

(Archived Bridge Hunter, broken link; Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

Marko R, Sep 2014

BridgeHunter calls this a basket-handle through arch. But I believe in a regular basket-handle bridge, the arches just touch at the top rather than crossover each other.

BridgeHunter, 2014 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley

Dwayne Ratleff posted
Bridge on the Salt River Arizona.

Dennis DeBruler: Which town is in the background?

Carolyn Susor: Dennis DeBruler Tempe

Dennis DeBruler: Carolyn Susor Thanks. Found it: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ePcdnSMjSLvbo4oh7

tylin, Credit: Tom Paiva Photography

The above photo, which is older, reminded me of the 1999 inflatable rubber bladder dam that was replaced in 2016 by a gated dam.

water-quality

"Two Manitowoc 3100 series 2 cranes, with 180 feet of cable each, were used to lift the four assembled 87.5-ton bridge structures onto its bearing locations." [tylin]

4:04 video @ 0:20

The bridge was built over the bladder dam.

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This view catches the crossed-arch design particularly well.

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