Theodore Roosevelt Lake Bridge

Theodore Roosevelt Lake Bridge
Coordinates	33°40′26″N 111°9′25″W / 33.67389°N 111.15694°W / 33.67389; -111.15694
Carries	Two lanes of SR 188
Crosses	Theodore Roosevelt Lake
Locale	Gila County – Maricopa County, Arizona
Maintained by	AZDOT
ID number	AZ 2028
Characteristics
Design	Single Span Steel Arch bridge
Total length	2,198.9 ft (670.2 m)[1]
Width	37.7 ft (11.5 m)
Longest span	1,079.8 ft (329.1 m)[1] (tied-arch span)
History
Opened	1992[1]
Statistics
Daily traffic	1,522 (2014)
Location

The Theodore Roosevelt Lake Bridge is a vehicular bridge traversing Theodore Roosevelt Lake between Gila County and Maricopa County, Arizona. Prior to its completion, traffic on Arizona SR 188 travelled directly on top of the Theodore Roosevelt Lake Dam.^[2][3] The dam was originally designed to accommodate the width of two Ford Model-T automobiles, and had to be later reduced to a single lane road due increased vehicle widths.

Per the United States Bureau of Reclamation, in 1995, along with other notable bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge, the bridge was listed by the American Consulting Engineers Council as one of top twelve bridges designs in the United States,^[2] and is currently the "longest two-lane, single-span, steel-arch bridge in North America".^[2] The build contract was awarded to Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc. of Plain, Wisconsin,^[1] with an overall total cost of $21.3 million USD in 1992. ^[2]

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