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Stillwater Creek Bridge

Payne County, Oklahoma

Photos 

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in March 2009

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BH Photo #136442

Map 

Brief history 

Written by Gary Hines

The disputed date on this bridge is probably due to the fact that in 1980 when ALL off-system bridges were first inspected under NBIS guidelines. If a date or records weren't found to confirm the age of the bridge an arbitrary number of 1950 was used. If you looked at the number of bridges in Oklahoma with "date built = 1950" you see that GOBS of bridges were built then lol. The guess at 1920 is much closer IMHO.

Gary

Facts 

Overview
Lost pony truss bridge over Stillwater Creek on N3290 in Stillwater
Location
Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built ca. 1950, probably "moved" here in 1950, as this has the characteristics of a pre-1920 bridge, and Oklahoma did not build bridges like this in the 1940's or 1950's.
Design
Riveted, 4-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 70.9 ft.
Deck width: 19.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.13038, -97.14044   (decimal degrees)
36°07'49" N, 97°08'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/667330/4000011 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lake Carl Blackwell
Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
100
Inventory numbers
OKNBI 122990000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29636 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2013)
Sufficiency rating: 31.9 (out of 100)
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Categories 

4-panel truss (315)
Built during 1950s (4,007)
Lost (28,468)
Lost 2013 (382)
Lost during 2010s (3,601)
Oklahoma (2,031)
Owned by county (21,607)
Payne County, Oklahoma (53)
Pony truss (17,011)
 Pratt pony truss (3,950)
Pratt truss (10,297)
Replaced by new bridge (19,360)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,420)
Stillwater, Oklahoma (5)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,571)
Truss (35,452)
Wooden deck (6,160)

Update Log 

  • December 18, 2009: Essay added by Gary Hines
  • April 5, 2009: Updated by Gene McCluney: Added more data.
  • April 3, 2009: New photos from Gene McCluney

Sources 

  • Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
  • Gary Hines - ghines [at] odot [dot] org
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Comments 

Stillwater Creek Bridge
Posted June 26, 2013, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

People never photograph their kids hanging out on a UCEB.

Many folks get upset when someone wants to clear a patch of forest, but fewer place the same value on the beautiful works of people.

I keep trying to figure out how we can win them over....

Stillwater Creek Bridge
Posted June 26, 2013, by Charlotte King (jonandtata [at] yahoo [dot] com)

We loved this bridge and had friends take pics of our daughters on and around it when we went to visit them in Stillwater in 2012. Sadly, it is no more. Our friends told us it was recently torn down and a new road and bridge were built. :( Glad we got the pictures when we did.