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The Oxbow Bridge, a key route connecting Cibola, Arizona, to California, was destroyed by fire.

The bridge collapsed into the Colorado River after the "Oxbow 2 Fire," which burned about 5 acres.

Boaters were urged to avoid the area due to debris and unmarked hazards.

The Oxbow Bridge has been destroyed by fire, cutting off a key route that connects the rural Arizona community of Cibola in La Paz County to California.

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

The route was now “impassable," the Bureau of Land Management said in a social media post .

The wooden structure had connected Levee Road to the west side of the Colorado River. It was destroyed by what officials called the “Oxbow

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