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Poteau River Bridge

Le Flore County, Oklahoma

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Note: The following information comes from the National Bridge Inventory and has not been verified.
Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Poteau River on Witte Street
Location
Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built ca. 1940; replaced 1998
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 144.0 ft.
Total length: 460.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.06833, -94.59833   (decimal degrees)
35°04'06" N, 94°35'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/354264/3881789 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Poteau East
Inventory numbers
OK 40E1347N4733000 (Oklahoma off-system bridge number)
BH 40790 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built during 1940s (4,230)
Functionally obsolete (5,829)
Le Flore County, Oklahoma (72)
Lost (28,368)
Lost 1998 (437)
Lost during 1990s (4,140)
Oklahoma (2,030)
 Poteau River (13)
Replaced by new bridge (19,292)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,415)
Through truss (16,700)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,504)
Truss (35,366)

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Poteau River Bridge
Posted December 6, 2016, by Luke

That's the bridge the NBI data is for, so James should merge this entry with the duplicate entry: https://bridgehunter.com/ok/le-flore/bh37490/

Poteau River Bridge
Posted December 6, 2016, by J Lance (bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I don't think this bridge exists or existed. Witte is old OK 112 and the original OK 112 bridge is still extant as a footbridge.