Mountain Fork River Bridge

Photos

Oblique view

Great old bridge. Looked to be original save for the portal knee braces being cut out.

Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar

BH Photo #113587

Overview: Through truss bridge over Mountain Fork River on US 70
Location: McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1948; Replaced 2016
Builder: - Oklahoma Paving Co. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Design: West to east:
Two riveted, 10-panel K-Parker through trusses
Three riveted, 5-panel Parker pony trusses
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Total length: 732.0 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.04167, -94.62333 (decimal degrees)
34°02'30" N, 94°37'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/350154/3767964 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Eagletown
Average daily traffic (as of 2014): 5,400
Inventory numbers: OKNBI 109640000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29366 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2015): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 34.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

April 28, 2017: Updated by Stephen Greer: Bridge has been replaced, not sure exact year, 2016 or 2017, was through area in late 2016, was still standing.
November 23, 2009: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Builder's name added.
April 12, 2008: New photos from Wayne Kizziar

Mountain Fork River Bridge

Posted July 2, 2008, by Brad Smith (bwana39 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I have Never seen the water that high. There is a raft company that does business right beside the bridge. Yep this is it, but, whew!