Footbridge and Tobacco Road

Footbridge and Tobacco Road.

This foot bridge crosses a deep ravine.    Underneath the footbridge is a path that in the 18^th Century was known as Tobacco Road. 

Tobacco, in the 17th and 18th centuries, was a valuable form of currency. ...

Pennington Footbridge

Memorial to Elias Pennington, pioneer rancher, farmer, miner, freighter and lumberman. In 1857, he came from Texas with his twelve children settling in various locations around southern Arizona for several years. Near this site, in 1863, Pennington set up a ...

Allande Footbridge

Memorial to Pedro Allande, first resident commander of the Royal Presidio of Tucson and energetic captain of the Mexican Dragoons, regular Spanish army. Near this site he was wounded severely in his right leg during the attack of May 1, ...

Garcés Footbridge

Memorial to Francisco Garcés, explorer and first Franciscan missionary to the Pima village at the foot of Sentinel Peak. In 1770 Garcés and the Pimas constructed at that site the first substantial building in Tucson, a mission residence with two ...

Footbridge

Not far from the Guardlock, the canal passed under a wooden bridge. Cut stone abutments on each bank supported the simple wooden truss structure. This was the first of four bridges that crossed the canal on it two mile path ...

The Novotny Footbridge

Novotného Lavka

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Novotného Lavka • Nazvaná mlyná?e Karla Novotného R. 1878. Lemuje ji soubor býv. Starom?stských mlýnu z let 1432-1436 s vodárenskou v?ží R. 1489, barokn? pr?stav?ný a po a bombardování R. 1848 rožší?ený. Po požáru .R. 1878 ...

Rusk Footbridge

(546 feet long, 4 feet wide)

First built 1861 as the means for residents east of valley to get to town during rainy seasons.

Rebuilt in 1889 by T.H. Barnes, engineer building New Birmingham (now ghost town, to the east).

Maintained ...