Rating:
58585
{83}%
2 votes
Polecat Creek Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Rick Mattioni in October 2013
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BH Photo #269315
Description
Pin-connected through truss bridge with deck and approached removed.
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
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.