Oldest Bridges in Arizona

The oldest bridge in Arizona is the Forest 80 over Fish Creek in Maricopa County, built in 1900.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in Arizona, one timeline

187519001925195019752000today

1Forest 80 over Fish CreekAZ · 1900 · 30/day 2SR 179 NB over WashAZ · 1900 · 6.7k/day 3Pearce RD over Middle March CreekAZ · 1900 · 100/day 4Solomon Road over Stockton DrainAZ · 1900 · 700/day 5Buena Vista Road over San Jose CanalAZ · 1900 · 19/day 6Ash Creek Road over Ash CreekAZ · 1900 · 10/day 7Layton RD over Union CanalAZ · 1900 · 203/day 8W 8th Street over Union CanalAZ · 1900 · 3.7k/day 9Hollywood Road over Stockton DrainAZ · 1900 · 200/day 10Cosper Loop over Rocky John CanyonAZ · 1900 · 42/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

every bridge in Arizona by the decade it was built

Before 1900pre—

1900s'0014%

1910s'1012%

141

1920s'209%

633

1930s'303%

298

1940s'401%

728

1950s'501%

1.6k

1960s'602%

992

1970s'701%

1.2k

1980s'800%

1.1k

1990s'900%

1.2k

2000s'000%

602

2010s'100%

117

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

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Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 8,587 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible. 27 of the 29 bridges in the 1900s bar are recorded as built in exactly 1900, which is likely an estimate rather than a date.

The Oldest Bridges in Arizona

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
Forest 80 over Fish Creek	Maricopa	1900		Steel	30	Good
SR 179 NB over Wash	Coconino	1900	2008	Concrete Continuous	6,735	Fair
Pearce RD over Middle March Creek	Cochise	1900	1993	Wood or Timber	100	Fair
Solomon Road over Stockton Drain	Graham	1900	1995	Concrete	700	Fair
Buena Vista Road over San Jose Canal	Graham	1900		Concrete Continuous	19	Fair
Ash Creek Road over Ash Creek	Graham	1900		Concrete Continuous	10	Fair
Layton RD over Union Canal	Graham	1900		Steel	203	Poor
W 8th Street over Union Canal	Graham	1900	2002	Concrete	3,700	Fair
Hollywood Road over Stockton Drain	Graham	1900		Concrete	200	Fair
Cosper Loop over Rocky John Canyon	Greenlee	1900		Concrete Continuous	42	Fair
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
W Produce Row over Nogales Wash	Santa Cruz	1900		Steel	1,000	Fair
Old Blk Canyon HWY over Green Gulch	Yavapai	1900		Concrete	330	Fair
Old Nogales HWY over Small Wash	Pima	1900	1938	Concrete	6,995	Fair
Abrego DR over Small Wash	Pima	1900		Concrete Continuous	6,129	Fair
Selma Highway over Casa Grande Canal Ext	Pinal	1900		Wood or Timber	450	Poor
El Camino Viejo over Sand Tanks Wash	Pinal	1900		Concrete Continuous	132	Fair
Concho Creek RD over Concho Creek	Apache	1900		Concrete	260	Fair
Meade Lane over Rio De Flag	Coconino	1900	1970	Steel	1,357	Fair
Anderson Road over Rio De Flag	Coconino	1900		Concrete Continuous	310	Fair
Sitgreaves ST over Rio De Flag	Coconino	1900		Concrete Continuous	310	Fair
W. Cottage AVE over Rio De Flag	Coconino	1900	1960	Concrete Continuous	2,000	Fair
Comb Street over Chase Creek	Greenlee	1900		Steel	411	Fair
Sulfur Springs ST over Desert Wash	Cochise	1900		Concrete Continuous	2,200	Fair
Avra Valley Road over Small Wash	Pima	1900		Steel	971	Fair
Crown King RD over Middleton Creek	Yavapai	1900		Concrete	148	Fair
Moon Canyon AVE over Storm Drain	Cochise	1900		Concrete	300	Poor
Frisco AVE over Chase Creek	Greenlee	1901		Concrete	458	Poor
Bhbcb over Southern Pacific Rr	Greenlee	1907		Concrete	50	Fair
Fdr 287a over Pinto Creek	Gila	1910		Steel	25	Fair
Magma AVE over Queen Creek	Pinal	1910	1947	Concrete	2,319	Fair
4th Avenue over High School Wash	Pima	1910	2012	Concrete Continuous	7,162	Fair
SR 80 over Mule Pass-lowell Arch	Cochise	1911	1934	Concrete	4,769	Fair
Obed RD over Little Colorado River	Navajo	1912	2011	Steel	160	Good
SR 82 over San Pedro River	Cochise	1913	1953	Steel Continuous	672	Fair
Holbrook-winslow R over Chevelon Creek	Navajo	1913	1930	Steel	36	Fair
Penitentiary AVE over Colorado River	Yuma	1914	2002	Steel	5,430	Fair
IRR BIA RTE N6731 over Moenkopi Wash	Coconino	1915	1998	Steel	50	Poor
Wards Canyon RD over Soap Box Canyon	Greenlee	1915	1975	Steel Continuous	800	Poor
Williamson Vly RD over Walnut Creek	Yavapai	1915		Steel	140	Fair
City Parking Lot over Chase Creek	Greenlee	1915	1925	Concrete Continuous	358	Fair
SR 88; Fas 214 over Boulder Creek	Maricopa	1916	1937	Steel	1,169	Fair
River Road over Santa Cruz River	Santa Cruz	1916		Concrete	840	Fair
Hackney AVE over Graveyard Wash	Gila	1916		Concrete	1,188	Fair
Haskins RD over Pinal Creek	Gila	1916		Concrete Continuous	642	Fair
Bhbcb over Abandoned Rr	Greenlee	1917		Concrete	50	Fair
Woodruf-snwflake R over Little Colorado River	Navajo	1917	2017	Steel	105	Fair
Broadway ST over Bitter Creek	Yavapai	1917		Concrete Continuous	2,000	Fair
Old Trails Road over Old Trails Wash	Mohave	1917		Concrete Continuous	450	Fair
Arizona Street over Black Knob Drainage	Cochise	1917		Concrete Continuous	1,000	Poor
Zorrilla Street over San Francisco River	Greenlee	1917	2020	Steel	415	Fair
US 191 over Wash	Cochise	1918	2000	Concrete Continuous	1,056	Good
Bhbcb over Gila River	Greenlee	1918	1997	Concrete Continuous	50	Fair
US 60 over Pinal Creek	Gila	1920	1957	Concrete Continuous	22,518	Fair
SR 288 over Salt River	Gila	1920		Steel	99	Fair
SR 80 over Wash	Cochise	1920	1936	Concrete Continuous	4,769	Good
SR 80 over Wash	Cochise	1920	1936	Concrete Continuous	4,769	Good
IRR SR 87 over Pima Lateral Canal	Pinal	1920	1960	Concrete Continuous	11,494	Fair
8th Street over Graveyard Wash	Graham	1920	1931	Concrete	14,272	Fair
IRR US 70 over Wash	Graham	1920	1959	Concrete Continuous	3,521	Fair
Elgin Road over Babocomari Creek	Santa Cruz	1920	1999	Steel	2,473	Poor
County Route 134 over Santa Cruz River	Santa Cruz	1920		Concrete	110	Fair
Pinal View Drive over Icehouse Canyon	Gila	1920	1983	Concrete	3,504	Good
Albany Dr. over Icehouse Canyon	Gila	1920	1987	Concrete	150	Good
Marsh Station RD over Pantano Wash & Rr	Pima	1920	1989	Concrete	507	Fair
Marsh Station RD over La Cienega Wash	Pima	1920	1950	Steel Continuous	627	Fair
Jesse Hayes RD over Pinal Creek	Gila	1920	1965	Concrete Continuous	5,162	Poor
Turner Street over Live Oak Canyon	Gila	1920	1935	Concrete	250	Fair
Douglas Road over Mule Gulch	Cochise	1920	1946	Concrete Continuous	1,000	Poor
Chase Creek RD over Chase Creek	Greenlee	1920		Concrete Continuous	203	Fair
Ray Junction RD over Wash	Pinal	1920		Concrete	67	Fair
Ray Junction RD over Wash	Pinal	1920		Concrete	67	Fair
Ray Junction RD over Wash	Pinal	1920		Concrete	67	Fair
Bhbcb over Pumroy Canyon	Greenlee	1921		Concrete	35	Fair
Willis Street over Granite Creek	Yavapai	1921		Concrete	7,000	Fair
Reppy AVE over Bloody Tanks Wash	Gila	1921		Concrete	407	Fair
Cordova AVE over Bloody Tanks Wash	Gila	1921		Concrete	350	Fair
Inspiration AVE over Bloody Tanks Wash	Gila	1921		Concrete	250	Fair
Keystone AVE over Bloody Tanks Wash	Gila	1921		Concrete	441	Fair
Miami AVE over Bloody Tanks Wash	Gila	1921		Concrete	712	Fair
Old Clarkdale HWY over Mescal Gulch	Yavapai	1921		Concrete	60	Fair
US 60 Wb; Fap 022 over New River	Maricopa	1922	2010	Steel Continuous	27,868	Fair
Antelope Creek RD over Antelope Creek	Yavapai	1922		Concrete Continuous	200	Fair
West Goodwin ST over Granite Creek	Yavapai	1922	1965	Concrete	7,000	Fair
Sixth ST over Granite Creek	Yavapai	1922		Concrete Continuous	7,043	Fair
US 70 over San Simon River	Graham	1923	1948	Steel	6,912	Fair
I-8 Sfr over Gillespie Canal	Maricopa	1923	1949	Concrete Continuous	368	Fair
I-8 Sfr over Gillespie Canal	Maricopa	1923	1949	Concrete Continuous	130	Fair
I-8 Sfr over Wash	Maricopa	1923		Concrete	602	Fair
SR 89 Fap 025 over Copper Creek	Yavapai	1923		Concrete Continuous	1,135	Fair
Angel RD over Youngs Canyon	Coconino	1923	1940	Concrete	67	Fair
SR 88; Fas 214 over First Water Creek	Maricopa	1924	1969	Steel	1,169	Fair
W Pine Springs RD over Medium Wash	Coconino	1924		Concrete Continuous	25	Good
Old US 80 over Wash	Yuma	1924	1954	Concrete Continuous	448	Fair
Grove AVE over Butte Creek	Yavapai	1924	1957	Concrete	19,372	Good
Miller Vly RD over Miller Creek	Yavapai	1924	1957	Concrete Continuous	12,377	Good
W Gurley ST over Granite Creek	Yavapai	1924	1993	Steel Continuous	9,396	Fair
West Gurley ST over Butte Creek	Yavapai	1924		Steel	9,396	Fair
Old State 87a over Gila Riv Diversion Canal	Pinal	1925		Concrete	200	Fair
Old State RTE 87a over Gila River	Pinal	1925		Concrete	200	Poor

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