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Canadian River Bridge

Hughes County, Oklahoma
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Canadian River Bridge

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in December 2008

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Overview
Parker through truss bridge over Canadian River on Walnut Street/D3799 in Calvin
Location
Calvin, Hughes County, Oklahoma
Status
Open to traffic
History
Constructed for one of the first Oklahoma Highways, from Caney, Kansas to Atoka. Bridge is open but bypassed by new alignment of 270/75
Builder
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 190.0 ft.
Also called
Calvin Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.97601, -96.24057   (decimal degrees)
34°58'34" N, 96°14'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/751910/3873861 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
715 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Calvin East
Inventory number
BH 38265 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1919 (347)
Built during 1910s (6,730)
Calvin, Oklahoma (2)
Have street view (9,897)
Hughes County, Oklahoma (21)
Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. (73)
Oklahoma (1,642)
 Open (28,313)
Parker through truss (947)
Parker truss (1,267)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Through truss (9,210)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • November 14, 2011: New Street View added by James McCray
  • January 14, 2010: Updated by John Cross: Elevation and coordinates
  • March 15, 2009: New photo from Gene McCluney
  • December 11, 2008: New photo from John Cross
  • December 2, 2008: Added by Gene McCluney

Sources 

  • Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
  • John Cross - jcross [at] cross-photography [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Canadian River Bridge
Posted July 22, 2012, by Anonymous

It is the truth. Concrete just doesn't cut it.

Canadian River Bridge
Posted July 21, 2012, by Jerry Stockton (jerrysto [at] crosstel [dot] net)

This is a picture of the bridge that collapsed near Calvin, OK. in 1976.

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Canadian River Bridge
Posted July 31, 2009, by Wes Kinsler (wkinsler [at] wkinsler [dot] com)

This bridge has outlived at least one of it replacement bridges. It was by-passed sometime in the the 1960's. This bridge collapsed on May 21, 1976. I have not found any links on the Internet; however, in July 1976 "The National C. B. Truckers' News" carried some information about the bridge collapse.