Rating:
29636
{100}%
1 vote
Stillwater Creek Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Gene McCluney in March 2009
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BH Photo #136442
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
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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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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
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....