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Drowning Creek Bridge

Delaware County, Oklahoma

Photos 

North Embankment

Photo taken by David Backlin in August 2006

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BH Photo #126643

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Drowning Creek on S.H. 127
Location
Delaware County, Oklahoma
Status
Lost
History
Built 1918
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Span length: 51.8 ft.
Total length: 51.8 ft.
Deck width: 18.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.47413, -94.84121   (decimal degrees)
36°28'27" N, 94°50'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/335046/4038114 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Jay
Elevation
800 ft. above sea level
Inventory numbers
OKNBI 006530000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 37520 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,716)
Built 1918 (496)
Built during 1910s (9,633)
Delaware County, Oklahoma (12)
Lost (24,733)
Oklahoma (2,003)
 Owned by state (15,986)
Replaced by new bridge (16,577)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,073)
Steel stringer (6,222)
Structurally deficient (14,198)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,299)

Update Log 

  • October 2, 2011: Updated by Clark Vance: Updated to lost
  • October 1, 2011: New photo from Gene McCluney
  • October 23, 2008: New photos from David Backlin
  • October 5, 2008: Added by David Backlin

Sources 

  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
  • Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
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Drowning Creek Bridge
Posted October 1, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

That is a rather disturbing creek name.