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Old Mill Avenue Bridge

Maricopa County, Arizona

Photos 

Mill Street Bridge (sb)

Looking East

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in August 2014

Enlarge

BH Photo #296410

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Salt River on southbound Mill Avenue in Phoenix
Location
Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1931
Builder
- Lynch-Canon Engineering Co. - builder
Design
Concrete two-rib open spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 1,576.8 ft.
Deck width: 35.8 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1981
Also called
Tempe Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.43340, -111.94161   (decimal degrees)
33°26'00" N, 111°56'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/412469/3699732 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tempe
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
7,288
Inventory numbers
AZ 9954 (Arizona bridge number)
NRHP 81000137 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10745 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 68.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,102)
Arizona (330)
Built 1931 (932)
Built during 1930s (11,749)
Deck arch (11,341)
Have street view (26,948)
Lynch-Canon Engineering Co. - builder (1)
Maricopa County, Arizona (33)
 NR-listed (2,960)
Open (39,884)
Open-spandrel arch (760)
Owned by city (5,402)
Salt River (Arizona) (10)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,223)
Tempe, Arizona (5)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,883)

Update Log 

  • September 30, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • April 19, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

Sources 

  • Nathan Holth
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Mill Avenue Bridge
Posted September 29, 2008, by Randy Brush

Thank you for tell about Mill Avenue Bridge. I have photo of old and new bridge. Old bridge is south boundand open to traffic. Add new bridge is north bound and open in august 1985. THANK YOU.