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Poteau River Bridge near Shady Point

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in March 2007

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Overview: Through truss bridge over Poteau River on FAU 1492 near Shady Point
Location: Poteau, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built ca. 1920
Builder: - Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
Design: Main span: Pin-connected Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 358.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.8 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.13500, -94.65333 (decimal degrees)
35°08'06" N, 94°39'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/349371/3889265 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Panama
Inventory numbers: OKNBI 011700000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29223 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2010): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 175

Update Log

November 20, 2009: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Builder's name added.
December 2, 2008: Updated by Gene McCluney: corrrected data

Sources

Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
Rick Mattioni

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Poteau River Bridge

Posted July 1, 2012, by Melissa Jones (mrhsfan [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge near Shady Point has since been closed, though the locals still try to use it. I am attaching a couple of photos of the bridge as of a few months ago.