Dead Indian Canyon Bridge

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Dead Indian Canyon Bridge
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Nearest city Desert View, Arizona
Coordinates 35°55′58″N111°38′29″W / 35.9327°N 111.6414°W / 35.9327; -111.6414 Coordinates: 35°55′58″N111°38′29″W / 35.9327°N 111.6414°W / 35.9327; -111.6414
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1933
Built byVinson & Pringle
Architect U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Architectural styleWarren deck truss
MPS Vehicular Bridges in Arizona MPS
NRHP reference No. 88001603 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 30, 1988
Dead Indian Canyon Bridge, 2020 Dead Indian Canyon Bridge - Desert View.jpg
Dead Indian Canyon Bridge, 2020

The Dead Indian Canyon Bridge, near Desert View in Coconino County, Arizona, is a Warren truss bridge built in 1933 as part of developing public highway approach from the east to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

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It is located on an abandoned grade of State Route 64 (SR 64) over Dead Indian Canyon, 150 yards (140 m) south (upstream) from the current SR 64 roadway. [1] [3] It is 301.83 feet (92.00 m) in length. [3]

It was designed by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads and was built by contractors Vinson & Pringle of Phoenix. [3]

According to HAER documentation, "Dead Indian Canyon Bridge is significant for its association with the Cameron Approach Road, constructed in 1931–35 as the first modern automotive road linking the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park to the eastern Navajo Reservation and regional highways in northeastern Arizona. The bridge is also illustrative of roads and road structures built within special federal legislative authority to connect western national parks through a park-to-park highway system." [3]

It was also deemed significant as the last-built and the longest of Arizona's deck truss bridges. [2]

It is located 13.2 miles (21.2 km) east of Desert View, [1] on SR 64, which, although designated a state highway, was managed by the federal-level National Park Service. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "National Register Information System  (#88001603)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Fraser, Clayton B. (April 1, 1987). "HABS/HAER Inventory: Dead Indian Canyon Bridge". National Park Service . Retrieved October 15, 2021. With accompanying photo
  3. 1 2 3 4 Anderson, Michael F. "Dead Indian Canyon Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record . Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved October 15, 2021.

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