Old Trails Bridge

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East of the California–Arizona state line, south of I-40, the arched Old Trails Bridge welcomes the Mother Road to California under endless blue skies. You might recognize the bridge: the Great Depression–era Joad family used it to cross the Colorado River in the movie version of John Steinbeck’s novel Grapes of Wrath.

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