Even before Route 66 was created, the National Old Trails Road entered California from Arizona via this bridge, which was constructed in 1916. The structure can be seen in the 1940 film adaptation of "The Grapes of Wrath." It now only carries pipelines, not cars, across the Colorado River.
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