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Photo taken by Ron Brown in March 2007

Overview: Through truss bridge over Gila River on Old US 80
Location: Maricopa County, Arizona
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1927
Builders: - Lee Moore Contracting Co. of El Paso, Texas
- Topeka Bridge & Iron Works
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 199.8 ft.
Total length: 1,661.8 ft.
Deck width: 18.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.5 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Gillespie Dam Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +33.22716, -112.76936 (decimal degrees)
33°13'38" N, 112°46'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 12/335127/3677865 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Spring Mountain
Inventory numbers: AZ 8021 (Arizona bridge number)
BH 10743 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2010): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 48.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008): 394

October 29, 2012: New photo from Mark Stuempel
April 18, 2010: New Street View added by Kim Harvey
March 4, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Corrected GPS data
July 18, 2009: Updated by Kim Harvey: HAER documentation exists but photos not digitalized
November 7, 2008: New photos from Ron Brown
November 6, 2008: Updated by Ron Brown

Ron Brown - ronald [at] totacc [dot] com
HAER AZ-69 - Gillespie Dam Bridge, Spanning Gila River on Old US 80 Highway, south of, Arlington vicinity, Maricopa County, AZ
HAER AZ-69
Kim Harvey
Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu