Sanders Bridge

Photos

Overview

The Old Claymine Road Bridge used to be apart of a very old alignment (pre-1937) of Route 66.

Photo taken by James McCray in July 2009

BH Photo #143804

Overview: Pratt pony truss bridge over Puerco River on on an abandoned section of Claymine Road (former US 66) in Sanders
Location: Sanders, Apache County, Arizona
Status: Mounds of sand keep bridge closed to automobiles but open to pedestrians
History: 1923
Builder: - Monarch Engineering Co. of Denver, Colorado
Design: steel rigid-connected Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 75.0 ft.
Total length: 190.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 30, 1988
Also called: Old Route 66 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.21294, -109.33033 (decimal degrees)
35°12'47" N, 109°19'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 12/651971/3897934 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Sanders
Inventory numbers: NRHP 88001618 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
AZ 3074 (Arizona bridge number)
BH 43081 (Bridgehunter.com ID)