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Glover River Bridge

McCurtain County, Oklahoma
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Photo taken by Gene McCluney in January 2008

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Glover River on OK 3
Location
McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1953
Builder
- Gragg Construction Co.
Design
West to east:
Five riveted, 5-panel Parker pony trusses
One riveted, 10-panel K-Parker through trusses
Three riveted, 5-panel Parker pony trusses
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Total length: 1,029.9 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.09808, -94.90304   (decimal degrees)
34°05'53" N, 94°54'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/324114/3774700 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Golden
Inventory numbers
OKNBI 131240000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29361 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2011)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 48.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
3,000

Categories 

10-panel truss (116)
Built 1953 (183)
Built during 1950s (2,383)
Gragg Construction Co. (4)
Have street view (9,897)
K-Parker truss (65)
K-Truss (77)
McCurtain County, Oklahoma (11)
 OK 3 (4)
Oklahoma (1,642)
Open (28,315)
Owned by state (9,809)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,217)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • March 24, 2011: New Street View added by Sheldon Wiens
  • November 23, 2009: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Builder's name added.
  • June 20, 2009: New photos from Wayne Kizziar
  • December 3, 2008: New photo from Gene McCluney
  • April 12, 2008: New photos from Wayne Kizziar
  • March 18, 2008: New photos from Wayne Kizziar

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Glover River Bridge
Posted June 22, 2009, by Tom (thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com)

Be careful guys, if the government finds out that we’re addicted to old bridges there’s a good chance they’ll have a program to correct us of the problem, and worse yet historic bridges will become illegal and be destroyed even faster than they already are.

Glover River Bridge
Posted June 22, 2009, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

No, you don't have to Bring Your Own Bridge, West Virignia and Ohio already have that one that they don't know what to do with.

Glover River Bridge
Posted June 22, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Cool!..........BYOB?

Glover River Bridge
Posted June 21, 2009, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

We start the second Tuesday of next week under the Bellaire Bridge. http://bridgehunter.com/wv/marshall/bh36178/ (You might want to wear a hard hat.)

Glover River Bridge
Posted June 21, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Hey J.R.

Just one question.......what night are the meetings on?

Glover River Bridge
Posted June 21, 2009, by Ian Anderson (macsignals [at] gmail [dot] com)

...which I think is to stop doing it, in which case, NO!

Glover River Bridge
Posted June 21, 2009, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Maybe it's time we start a support group.

Hi, I'm J.R. and I'm a bridge hunt-a-holic, and I'm usually in the "Uh-oh!" doghouse.

I've tried to quit, but I just can't help myself. When I'm driving through the countryside, the "Old Bridge Radar" goes off and before I know it, I'm out of the car and taking photos of yet, another bridge to research and post here.

So now that I've admitted that I have a "bridge problem," it's on to step 2...

Glover River Bridge
Posted June 21, 2009, by Ian Anderson (macsignals [at] gmail [dot] com)

Heh, you will NEVER be alone in the uh-oh department, at least as long as I'm here!

Glover River Bridge
Posted June 21, 2009, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Fear not - I have made the same mistake many times. When you have several similar bridges over the same stream in the same county it can get very confusing.

Glover River Bridge
Posted April 12, 2008, by Wayne Kizziar (wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net)

Have no fear J.R. as long as I am around you will never be alone in the "Uh-Oh" department :)

Glover River Bridge
Posted April 12, 2008, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

And here I thought *I* was the only one!

Thanks for reassuring me, Wayne!

Glover River Bridge
Posted April 12, 2008, by Wayne Kizziar (wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net)

Moved them back I had it right the first time. DUH!

Glover River Bridge
Posted April 12, 2008, by Wayne Kizziar (wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net)

Note , moved photos posted here to Little River Bridge McCurtin County, Oklahoma as I had misidentified it as The Glover River Bridge.