Antelope Hill Highway Bridge
National Register of Historic Places

Antelope Hill Highway Bridge

Tacna, Yuma County, Arizona
Listed
June 27, 1979
Type
Structure
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
79003444

About this property

The Antelope Hill Highway Bridge (also known as the Antelope Hill Bridge) is a historic bridge over the Gila River in Tacna, Arizona, U.S. It was built between 1914 and 1915 as a ten-span concrete girder bridge. The bridge served as an integral piece of the Ocean to Ocean Highway between Yuma and Phoenix from 1915 to 1922, when it was bypassed by an alternate route through Gila Bend, paralleling the Gillespie Dam. The bridge and original highway were bypassed mainly due to damage caused by flooding along the river floodplain it was constructed on. After being repurposed for traffic traveling north from Yuma, the bridge was finally abandoned in 1929 following completion of the McPhaul Suspension Bridge. The ruins of the old bridge are currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Location

Tacna, Yuma County, Arizona
32.71473, -114.01528

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Mohawk Valley School
Industrial
3.3 mi
McPhaul Suspension Bridge
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23.8 mi
Camp Horn Monument
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Questions about this property

When was Antelope Hill Highway Bridge listed on the National Register?

Antelope Hill Highway Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 1979.

What type of historic resource is Antelope Hill Highway Bridge?

Antelope Hill Highway Bridge is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Antelope Hill Highway Bridge?

The period of significance for Antelope Hill Highway Bridge is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1914.

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