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Yuma Crossing
A crossing of the Colorado River between Arizona and California, used in the Spanish colonial period and after.
Ocean To Ocean Bridge
A 1915 through truss bridge at Yuma, the first highway crossing of the lower Colorado and the only Pennsylvania truss in Arizona.
- Rank in Arizona
- #218of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 45.3 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Historic Site
The Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge is a through truss bridge spanning the Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona. Built in 1915, it was the first highway crossing of the lower Colorado, is the earliest example of a through truss bridge in Arizona and is the only Pennsylvania truss in the state. It first carried the transcontinental Ocean-to-Ocean Highway and then its successor, US 80, until a new bridge was built to the west in 1956. Between 1988 and 2001 the bridge was closed to vehicles and passable only on foot or by bicycle; after a major restoration it reopened to vehicles in 2002, with a rededication by the Quechan nation and the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area. It became part of Historic US 80 in 2018.
Where it is
Ocean To Ocean Bridge is a historic site near Yuma, in Yuma County. It is one of the historic sites in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Ocean To Ocean Bridge, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Nearby attractions
0.2 miles away
Yuma Territorial Prison
A prison that took inmates from 1876 to 1909, now operated as a museum by Arizona State Parks in Yuma.0.4 miles away
Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens
Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens, in Yuma, Arizona, is an 1870s adobe house with exhibits on the lower Colorado River region since the 1540s.
0.7 miles away
Colorado River State Historic Park
A state park in Yuma preserving the 1870s quartermaster depot that supplied the south-western frontier forts.
4.7 miles away
Desert Sun Stadium
A Yuma stadium built for the 1970 spring training season, home of the San Diego Padres until 1993 and converted for soccer in 2015.6.7 miles away
Morelos Dam
The last dam on the Colorado River, built in 1950 to divert Mexico's treaty share of the water to the Mexicali Valley.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Historic Site
- Destination
- Yuma
- County
- Yuma County
- State
- Arizona
- Designations
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 45.3 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 24.0
- Significance score
- 63.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 32.7287, -114.6156
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12