Jordan River Bridge

In Lehi’s earliest days, the Jordan River provided a natural boundary for wayward livestock and a formidable obstacle for citizens traveling westward to obtain wood for fire and fence posts. To solve the problem, a stock company was organized to build a bridge. It received a charter from the territorial legislature in 1853, and Lehi’s first city ordinance, passed on July 8, 1853, regulated the tolls for the bridge. Through the years, a handful of bridges have been built and torn down in the Lehi area. The last of these “old iron bridges” still stands at 9600 North 7700 West.