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Billy Hocker Bridge
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Billy Hocker Bridge
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch
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BH Photo #465463
Description
Short-lived first crossing at this location.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bridge over South Canadian River on US 77
- Location
- McClain County, Oklahoma, and Cleveland County, Oklahoma
- Status
- Destroyed by flooding
- History
- Built 1899-1900; destroyed by flooding 1904
- Builders
- - J.A. Fariss
- J.W. Hocker
- Also called
- First Purcell Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.01473, -97.34727 (decimal degrees)
35°00'53" N, 97°20'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/650794/3875924 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 87981 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 31, 2020: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
- January 31, 2020: Added by Tony Dillon
Sources
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com