Corduroy Creek Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:	Corduroy Creek Bridge
Crosses:	Corduroy Creek
Locale:	Near Show Low, Arizona
Architect:	Pleasant-Hasler Construction Co.
Design:	Deck arch
Material:	Steel
Length:	250feet
Width:	24feet
Mainspan:	180feet
Begin:	1937
Complete:	1938
Closed:	1994
Extra:	Corduroy Creek Bridge Embed: yes Added: September 30, 1988 Mpsub: Vehicular Bridges in Arizona MPS Refnum: 88001613

The Corduroy Creek Bridge was a steel arch highway bridge on US 60, located near Show Low in Navajo County, Arizona.

History

The 180feet span ribbed girder arch bridge was built in 1937–38 with a total length of .

In 1994 the nearby Cedar Canyon Bridge was substantially widened and upgraded, using the identical arch from the Corduroy Creek bridge to double the width of the Cedar Canyon bridge while rehabilitating the deck structure.^[1]

The Corduroy Creek bridge was replaced with an I-beam girder bridge.^[2]

See also

• • • • • List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Arizona
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Navajo County, Arizona

External links

• • Arizona DOT page on Cedar Canyon Bridge widening
• Cedar Canyon Bridge widening project

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cedar Creek Bridge . November 7, 2008 . Gallery of Arizona Bridges . Arizona Department of Transportation . November 7, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081114124813/http://www.azdot.gov/Highways/bridge/Gallery/Cedar_Canyon.asp . November 14, 2008 . dead.
2. Web site: Cedar Canyon Bridge and Corduroy Creek Bridge . November 7, 2008 . Arizona State University/Ron Foluch . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100625093154/http://enpub.fulton.asu.edu/structures/SlideCollection/ThumbNails/CCBridge.htm . June 25, 2010.