Bridge across Colorado River burns. See the damage

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The Oxbow Bridge in western Arizona collapsed into the Colorado River after being destroyed by fire on Aug. 1.

The fire, known as the “Oxbow 2 Fire,” burned approximately five acres near the Oxbow Recreation and Wildlife Area.

The wooden bridge, which connected Cibola, Arizona, to California, is now impassable.

A bridge connecting the rural Arizona community of Cibola in La Paz County to California was destroyed by fire.

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