Lindsey Mayes Bridge
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 on S437 over Neosho River near Sportsmens Acres.
- Location
- Mayes County, Oklahoma
- History
- Replaced by Prestressed Stringer 1979
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Also called
- Neosho River Bridge (derelict)
- 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 17, 2018: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added name per forum
- October 17, 2018: New photos from Jay Bissell
- 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
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
If the water was down you could motorboat right through that puppy!
That Google image of the span in the river is awesome
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.
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.
You can see the lost span in the river from this Google image.
One of the 3 remaining spans was swept away by flooding Dec. 2015.
http://www.newson6.com/story/30856546/flooding-wipes-out-par...
Here is one of this beautiful derelict.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ok/mayes/bh38282/
I grew up in this area. Locally, this is/was known as Lindsey Mayes Bridge. I remember back in the 60's when I was a kid, one span collapsed into the river due to an overweight truck pulling a dozer on a trailer. I could always tell which span was the replacement because it was silver while the others were rusty red. If you look at some of the older pic's or Google Earth Streetview, you can still see the difference. It was the span that is in the river now.
There was also a park at the north end, on the west side of the road. It had picnic tables, grills, etc. It is abandoned and overgrown now.