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US77 South Canadian River Bridge

Cleveland County, Oklahoma, and McClain County, Oklahoma

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Nance Bridge

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Facts 

Overview
Lost deck truss bridge over South Canadian River on US 77 in Purcell
Location
Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, and McClain County, Oklahoma
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Future prospects
Scheduled for Replacement 2018
History
Built 1938, Closed Jan 2014 for emergency repairs, Reopened June 2014, replaced 2019
Builders
- Guy H. James Construction Co. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Contractor)
- Nelson Turner (Designer)
Design
Warren deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 3,642.2 ft. (0.7 mi.)
Deck width: 32.2 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 2, 2003
Also called
James C. Nance Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.01500, -97.35000   (decimal degrees)
35°00'54" N, 97°20'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/650544/3875950 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Purcell
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
17,400
Inventory numbers
NRHP 03000882 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
OKNBI 065930000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 28806 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 23 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1938 (859)
Built during 1930s (11,750)
Canadian River (43)
Cleveland County, Oklahoma (15)
Deck truss (1,733)
Doomed (1,075)
Guy H. James Construction Co. (4)
Have street view (26,957)
Lexington, Oklahoma (1)
Lost (24,760)
Lost 2019 (132)
Lost during 2010s (3,285)
McClain County, Oklahoma (15)
 NR-listed (2,961)
Nelson Turner (1)
Oklahoma (2,003)
Owned by state (15,999)
Purcell, Oklahoma (1)
Replaced by new bridge (16,598)
South Canadian River (7)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,989)
Total length over 2500 feet (916)
Truss (32,807)
US 77 (19)
Warren deck truss (604)
Warren truss (6,568)

Update Log 

  • April 20, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 12, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • January 31, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builders from forum comment
  • January 31, 2014: Updated by Zach Elliott: As of 1/31/14, this bridge is closed indefinitely.
  • April 5, 2011: New Street View added by Sheldon Wiens
  • October 27, 2008: Updated by Rick Mattioni: National Register information updated.

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US77 South Canadian River Bridge
Posted October 3, 2014, by David Backlin (us71 [at] cox [dot] net)

Bridge reopened June 2014 with 36 ton weight limit

South Canadian River US 77 Bridge
Posted January 31, 2014, by Zach Elliott (metallicarox2009 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Bridge has been closed indefinitely due to structural concerns. http://kfor.com/2014/01/21/popular-bridge-deemed-structurall...

South Canadian River US 77 Bridge
Posted September 21, 2007, by J. D. Turner (jdturner4 [at] cox [dot] net)

The resident engineer was Nelson Turner, and the contractor was Guy James Construction Co. It took about 9 months to construct, and was reportedly the longest bridge in Oklahoma at the time it was built.