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Lexington-Purcell Toll Bridge
Photos
Oklahoma Historical Society
BH Photo #465436
Description
Lawyer and banker Dorsett Carter paid $59,870.00 to have this bridge built.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Double-intersection Warren through truss bridge over South Canadian River on US 77
- Location
- McClain County, Oklahoma, and Cleveland County, Oklahoma
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1911 by the Central States Bridge Company; replaced 1938 with a 34 span deck truss.
- Builder
- - Central States Bridge Co. of Indianapolis, Indiana
- Design
- (15)9-panel, Lattice through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.01477, -97.34735 (decimal degrees)
35°00'53" N, 97°20'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/650786/3875929 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 87969 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 17, 2020: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- January 30, 2020: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
- January 30, 2020: New photos from Tony Dillon
Sources
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com