The Black River Bridge near Carrizo, Arizona was funded in 1911 and built in 1912.

[1] It spans the Black River, bringing an army road, now Indian Route 9, over the river from Fort Apache to the railroad at the former town of Rice, Arizona (which is now within San Carlos, Arizona).

[2] It was deemed significant as one of the earliest public works projects by the Arizona Territorial government, and the only timber bridge that it built.

[2] Further, the 1929-built superstructure "is technologically significant as the oldest of the four multi-span deck trussed trestles" identified in a 1986–87 inventory/study of historic Arizona highway bridges performed for the Arizona Department of Transportation by Clayton Fraser, covering 610 pre-1945 vehicular bridges.

[2][3] According to Fraser, the bridge is "one of the most visually striking spans in Arizona" and "represents an important aspect of the state's bridgebuilding history.