Residents of two rural Southern Arizona towns are celebrating the reopening of a freeway bridge that had been severely damaged earlier this year after two semi-trucks caught fire during an accident. The bridge over Interstate 10 was demolished and rebuilt in only six months, alleviating a 10-mile detour for residents on either side of the freeway.
Located 40 miles east of Tucson, the Mescal Road/J-Six Ranch Road Bridge was originally built in 1958 using steel girders, which warped due to the intense heat of the March 15 fire.