Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Raiload Viaduct

Photos 

Photo taken by Cynthia Savage for a National Register of Historic Places nomination; Courtesy of the National Park Service

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BH Photo #360898

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost deck plate girder railroad viaduct over G Street N.E. and BNSF Railroad in Ardmore

Location

Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma

Status

Removed

History

Built 1902; Deck plate girder over G street added1909; Section between G Street and 1 Street filled in 1913; abandoned in 1980s; Removed between 2008-2010

Builders

- American Bridge Co. of New York (1902 TPG over Santa Fe ROW)
- Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania (1909 DPG over G Street)

Railroads

- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad (CO&G)
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway (GC&SF)

Design

Ralroad viaduct with two plate girder spans, and three wooden trestle segments crossing a city street and a railroad line.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 254.0 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 2007

Also called

RI - Ardmore Viaduct
RI/GCSF Overpass
CO&G - Ardmore Viaduct
CO&G/GCSF Overpass
CO&G/ATSF Overpass
RI/ATSF Overpass

Approximate latitude, longitude

+34.18069, -97.11794   (decimal degrees)
34°10'50" N, 97°07'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

14/673446/3783791 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Ardmore East

Elevation

860 ft. above sea level

Inventory numbers

NRHP 07001266 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 37896 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 27, 2008: Added by Rick Mattioni

Sources 

• Rick Mattioni
• Oklahoma Historical Society Listing
• Luke

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