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 December 31, 2020, by Anonymous

Clipped from The Valliant Tribune newspaper July 26, 1925

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!