Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-rib, open-spindrel, hinged arches. After the bridge was opened in 1913, it contributed immensely to the development of the Salt River Valley.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2

Survey number: HAER AZ-29

Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1920 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1991 Demolished

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1969 - 1980

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