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Big Creek Bridge

Le Flore County, Oklahoma

Photos 

I think this is a repurposed former Railroad truss. Notice the pin-connections are at deck level rather than below. This is a very narrow bridge for a one-lane bridge. Piers appear to be of newer design than the bridge, which also suggests this bridge was moved in, after being retired at original site.

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in May 2007

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BH Photo #128957

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Big Creek on 4041C
Location
Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built or relocated in 1938; replaced 2016
Design
Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 155.8 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 21.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.76909, -94.49868   (decimal degrees)
34°46'09" N, 94°29'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/362853/3848459 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Loving
Elevation
720 ft. above sea level
Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
100
Inventory numbers
OKNBI 064970000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29230 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2014)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 24 (out of 100)
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Categories 

6-panel truss (646)
Built 1938 (859)
Built during 1930s (11,749)
Formerly NR-eligible (444)
Laced endposts (159)
Le Flore County, Oklahoma (72)
Lost (24,747)
Lost 2016 (271)
Lost during 2010s (3,284)
Oklahoma (2,003)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
 Owned by county (20,783)
Pin-connected (3,901)
Pratt through truss (5,393)
Pratt truss (9,300)
Replaced by new bridge (16,589)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,398)
Through truss (15,072)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,921)
Truss (32,796)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • January 4, 2013: Updated by Tony Dillon: Fixed wayward coordinates
  • January 18, 2010: Updated by John Cross: Elevation and corrected coordinates
  • January 18, 2010: New photos from Wayne Kizziar
  • December 1, 2009: Merged with duplicate listing
  • November 11, 2008: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Bridge creek crossing updated.

Sources 

  • Rick Mattioni
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Wayne Kizziar - waynekizziar [at] gmail [dot] com
  • John Cross - jcrossiam [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Big Creek Bridge
Posted May 19, 2018, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Judging by photo 4, I'm going to say that this was a relocated railroad bridge.

Big Creek Bridge
Posted May 19, 2018, by Tony Anderson (scout2tony [at] gmail [dot] com)

Visited site today, 19 May 2018. New concrete bridge in place.

Big Creek Bridge
Posted December 2, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I would say that the 1938 date refers to the relocation of this span. This looks more like an 1890's bridge with all the lacing and the pinned connections.