The Oxbow Bridge in western Arizona served as a shortcut to Yuma before it collapsed into the Colorado River on Aug. 1.

The Oxbow Bridge, connecting Cibola, Arizona, and California, collapsed due to a brush fire on Aug 1. Multiple agencies are ...

The Oxbow Bridge, which served as a shortcut to Yuma, burns and collapses into the Colorado River on Aug. 8, 2025, in Cibola, Arizona.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs declared an emergency Monday, Aug. 11 following the collapse of the Oxbow Bridge in Cibola during a wildfire Aug. 1. This followed the La Paz County ...

The bridge had served as a critical crossing point over the Colorado River for emergency services, according to the governor's declaration.

It took less than two hours for the bridge to completely collapse, according to a farmer in nearby Blythe, California.

A bridge connecting the small western Arizona community of Cibola to California was destroyed by a wildfire earlier this ...