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Poteau River Bridge

Le Flore County, Oklahoma
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Hwy 112 Old and New in Poteau

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in April 2007

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Overview
Truss bridge over Poteau River on Old OK 112
Location
Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1940 by WPA
Builder
- Works Progress Administration
Design
Riveted Parker through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.06073, -94.60278   (decimal degrees)
35°03'39" N, 94°36'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/353844/3880951 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Poteau East
Inventory number
BH 37490 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1940 (689)
Built during 1940s (2,798)
Closed (2,075)
Le Flore County, Oklahoma (55)
OK 112 (1)
Oklahoma (1,642)
 Parker through truss (947)
Parker truss (1,267)
Poteau River (14)
Through truss (9,211)
Truss (23,575)
Works Progress Administration (147)

Update Log 

  • February 21, 2011: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added coordinates
  • December 2, 2008: New photo from Gene McCluney
  • October 2, 2008: Added by David Backlin

Sources 

  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
  • Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
  • J Lance - bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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