Walnut Canyon - Truss Bridge - Winona, Arizona, USA.
N 35° 12.711 W 111° 25.286
12S E 461642 N 3896618
A Parker through truss bridge over Walnut Creek on an old alignment of Historic Route 66. The bridge now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Located at Townsend-Winona Road in Winona, Arizona.
Waymark Code: WMND2W
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 02/17/2015
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The Historic Route 66 bridge, carried the Mother Road from its inception in 1926, is no longer fit for vehicles, due to impact damage & rust, as can be seen in this listings photo gallery. The bridge is safe for pedestrian & cycle traffic.
"In 1922, the United States Bureau of Public Roads undertook a 23-mile road-building project along the Winslow Highway that stretched between Flagstaff and Angel through the Coconino National Forest in Arizona. The largest structure built as part of the project was the Walnut Canyon Bridge, which spans the canyon crossing Walnut Creek one mile northwest of Winona. Soon after its completion in 1924, the road and the bridge became part of Route 66." Text Source: (
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Facts from the Bridgehunter web Site:
"Parker through truss bridge over Walnut Creek on an old alignment of Historic Route 66 now Townsend-Winona Road. Winona, Coconino County, Arizona.
Status: Open to pedestrians History: Built 1924 Design Steel Rigid Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 124.0 ft. Deck width: 19.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 30, 1988 Also called Walnut Canyon Bridge
Old Route 66 Bridge Winona Inventory numbers NRHP 88001660 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
Arizona Historic Bridge Inventory 09225
BH 43082 (Bridgehunter.com ID)Text Source: (
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