In Great Britain officials realised that the bridge was sinking into the River Thames thanks to an increase in modern day traffic. They put it up for sale in 1962 and developer from Arizona Robert McCulloch brought it. The bridge was dismantled and coded and shipped to Long Beach California and then trucked to Arizona Lake Havusa. It took 40 craftsmen 4 years to construct the bridge working with a coded diagram and an original 1824 plan. In October 1971 it was opened and dedicated by The Lord Mayor of London.

It seems that is not the only thing that went to Arizona a few British ghosts seemed to have tagged along as well; the most popular being reported is a man and women dressed in old fashioned clothing walking across the bridge seemingly unaware of their surroundings.