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Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Raiload Viaduct

Carter County, Oklahoma

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

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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 (RI; CRIP; ROCK)
- 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 

American Bridge Co. (1,277)
Ardmore, Oklahoma (8)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (314)
Beam (13,231)
Built 1902 (444)
Built during 1900s (6,508)
Carter County, Oklahoma (20)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (953)
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad (21)
Deck girder (4,823)
Girder (8,654)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (332)
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway (23)
 Lost (20,006)
Lost 2009 (280)
Lost during 2000s (3,800)
NR-listed (2,850)
Oklahoma (1,947)
Owned by city (4,729)
Pennsylvania Steel Co. (138)
Plate girder (6,621)
Railroad (13,881)
Span length 25-50 feet (14,264)
Through girder (3,222)
Timber stringer (3,475)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,757)

Update Log 

  • October 27, 2008: Added by Rick Mattioni

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