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Polecat Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned through truss bridge over Polecat Creek on old alignment of Slick Rd.
- Location
- Kellyville, Creek County, Oklahoma
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned
- History
- Built c.1915, bypassed in 1965.
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.92173, -96.22576 (decimal degrees)
35°55'18" N, 96°13'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/750313/3978823 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Kellyville
- Inventory number
- BH 58585 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 17, 2019: New photos from Mark Brown
- September 23, 2017: New Street View added by Dave King
- October 28, 2013: Added by Rick Mattioni
Sources
- Rick Mattioni
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Mark Brown - markwbrown66 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Polecat Creek Bridge
I may be reaching here, but it kinda looks like this one is narrow and heavy enough to have been a railroad bridge. Perhaps the previous comment also points to this?
Polecat Creek Bridge
Is this the bridge that was just passed over before the tragic train wreck of 1917? Or was the one closer to Hwy 66 the bridge?
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Historic maps show no tracks other than the present ones, so the train must've crossed the RR bridge near Rte 66 shortly before the head-on collision.