Old OK 18W Arkansas River Bridge

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1927 Arkansas River Bridge

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in November 2008

BH Photo #128847

Old OK 18 Arkansas River Bridge eastbound

Parker through truss bridge built in 1927 over the Arkansas River on a former alignment of OK 18W. Heading eastbound.

Video posted by J Lance

Old OK 18W Arkansas River Bridge westbound

Parker through truss bridge built in 1927 over the Arkansas River on a former alignment of OK 18W. Heading westbound from Pawnee to Osage County.

Video posted by J Lance

Overview: Through truss bridge over Arkansas River on 5902C
Location: Pawnee County, Oklahoma, and Osage County, Oklahoma
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1927
Builder: - Green Beekman of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Total length: 2,213.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.50392, -96.84363 (decimal degrees)
36°30'14" N, 96°50'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/693286/4042314 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Doga Creek
Average daily traffic (as of 2014): 200
Inventory numbers: OKNBI 014170000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29584 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2015): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 14.8 (out of 100)
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Old OK 18W Arkansas River Bridge

Posted May 26, 2014, by Don Morrison

This must be Belford bridge as on this page:

Five Parkers and a warren pony. The above page is a good resource.

Arkansas River Bridge

Posted January 14, 2009, by Bill Teeman (billteem [at] comcast [dot] net)

This bridge is shown in the movie Twister.