OK 18 Arkansas River Bridge
Photos
Arkansas River Bridge at Ralston
Photo taken by Gene McCluney in November 2008
BH Photo #128843
Video
Ralston Bridge K-Truss bridge built in 1935 over the Arkansas River in Ralston, Oklahoma on OK 18. Video posted by J Lance |
Facts
- Overview
- K-Parker through truss bridge over Arkansas River on OK 18 in Ralston
- Location
- Pawnee County, Oklahoma, and Osage County, Oklahoma
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1935
- Builder
- - List & Weatherly Construction Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Design
- Main spans: Through K-trusses
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Total length: 1,470.2 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.50464, -96.72597 (decimal degrees)
36°30'17" N, 96°43'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/703655/4042328 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Fairfax
- Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
- 1,400
- Inventory numbers
- OKNBI 046030000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29585 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of October 2013)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- November 8, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
- April 20, 2010: New Street View added by J Lance
- February 25, 2010: New photo from David Backlin
- February 24, 2010: New video from J Lance
- February 23, 2010: Updated by J Lance: Added a few details
- February 23, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Corrected GPS
- December 29, 2009: Updated by J Lance: Added Osage County
- November 23, 2009: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Builder's name added.
- December 1, 2008: New photos from Gene McCluney
Sources
- Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
- Jeff McNeiland
- Rick Mattioni
- J Lance - bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- Nathan Holth
- Rob Brock - k0pvw [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Parts of 'Twister' were filmed in Texas. In one scene, a Texas farm road route marker sign can be seen.
Thanks so much for posting the photo... definitely looks close, they even got the rebar set for the railing.
It's pretty far along; you can see it on the right in the distance. The deck appeared to be completed.
Rhys,
Thanks for sharing the status of the bridge. How far along is the replacement bridge? Trying to get a sense of when the historic bridge will be demolished.
This bridge is now down to one lane as they build the new one alongside.
Seen in the opening credits of the movie Twister, filmed in Oklahoma and in Boone, Hardin, and Story counties in Iowa.
This state is fast moving to catch up with Pennsylvania for lack of preservation and rampant demolition. This bridge is doomed, and its one of the best K-trusses in the state!
This bridge is a monster. It has to be seen in person to be appreciated. The K-truss design is common in Oklahoma but seems to be rare elsewhere.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ok/pawnee/46030000000000/
Drove past last weekend and only three through spans and two pony spans at east end were still standing.
Such a pity.
This was the first bridge I photographed.