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Red River Bridge

Jefferson County, Oklahoma, and Clay County, Texas

Photos 

Oblique View Looking Northeast

Photo taken by Rick Mattioni in August 1999

Enlarge

BH Photo #144422

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Red River on OK 79 / TX 79
Location
Jefferson County, Oklahoma, and Clay County, Texas
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1939
Builder
- Virginia Bridge Co. of Roanoke, Virginia
Design
21-span Parker pony truss bridge with two stringer approach spans.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 2,255.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1996
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.13276, -98.09263   (decimal degrees)
34°07'58" N, 98°05'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/583664/3777248 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Waurika West
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
1,100
Inventory numbers
NRHP 96001518 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
OKNBI 073500000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29094 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2015)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 33.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1939 (773)
Built during 1930s (11,767)
Clay County, Texas (5)
Have street view (27,060)
Jefferson County, Oklahoma (23)
Lost (24,960)
NR-listed (2,961)
Oklahoma (2,005)
Owned by state (16,041)
Parker pony truss (383)
 Parker truss (1,683)
Pony truss (16,240)
Red River of the South (52)
Replaced by new bridge (16,758)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,408)
State line crossing (854)
Texas (2,474)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,889)
Truss (32,951)
Virginia Bridge Co. (53)

Update Log 

  • June 9, 2020: Updated by Nathan Holth: Demolished and replaced.
  • January 12, 2018: Updated by David Backlin: Available for reuse
  • October 25, 2012: New Street View added by Sheldon Wiens
  • November 20, 2009: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Builder's name added.
  • August 6, 2009: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Bridge design updated, photos added.
  • October 27, 2008: Updated by Rick Mattioni: National Register information added.

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Comments 

Red River Bridge
Posted June 9, 2020, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This bridge is demolished and replaced. I noted there are actually duplicate pages for this bridge, but each page has unique photos, information, and forum posts, so I defer to James for merging these two pages into one. https://bridgehunter.com/tx/clay/30390028201005/

Red River Bridge
Posted April 28, 2020, by Jason Smith (flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com)

And what happened to the truss spans? Scrapped??

Red River Bridge
Posted April 27, 2020, by Anonymous

This bridge has been replaced by a modern precast concrete slab bridge