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Neosho River Bridge (derelict)
Description
Only 2 of the original 5 spans remain. A third span was lost in a flood on December 29, 2015. Some of the spans indicate a 1910's time frame. Originally carried road known now as N4370 currently carried on replacement concrete bridge which is roughly 900 feet long.Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned through truss bridge over Neosho River near Sportsmens Acres. This is really the Neosho River.
- Location
- Mayes County, Oklahoma
- History
- Replaced by Prestressed Stringer 1979
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.23813, -95.22606 (decimal degrees)
36°14'17" N, 95°13'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/299959/4012659 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Locust Grove
- Inventory number
- BH 38282 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 2, 2017: New photos from Mark Brown
- December 31, 2015: New photos from Chris Meiners
- October 1, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: changed name back to Neosho River Bridge
- October 1, 2011: Updated by Gene McCluney: Corrected name of river.
- July 1, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
- December 3, 2008: Added by Gene McCluney
Sources
- Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
- Luke
- Mark Brown - markwbrown66 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Neosho River Bridge (derelict)
That Google image of the span in the river is awesome
Neosho River Bridge (derelict)
One of the sections that still remain. Is a Camelback Truss, the Far North truss.
The other one is a Parker.
Since there is only 3-4 Camelbacks left in the State , i thought this should be noted.
Neosho River Bridge (derelict)
One of the sections that still remain. Is a Camelback Truss, the Far North truss.
The other one is a Parker.
Since there is only 3-4 Camelbacks left in the State , i thought this should be noted.
Neosho River Bridge (derelict)
You can see the lost span in the river from this Google image.
Neosho River Bridge (derelict)
One of the 3 remaining spans was swept away by flooding Dec. 2015.
http://www.newson6.com/story/30856546/flooding-wipes-out-par...
Grand River Bridge (derelict)
Here is one of this beautiful derelict.
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If the water was down you could motorboat right through that puppy!