Packsaddle Bridge
Photos
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Overview Photo taken June 1984 by Ken Corder for the Historic American Engineering Record |
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Portal Photo taken June 1984 by Ken Corder for the Historic American Engineering Record |
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Deck view Photo taken June 1984 by Ken Corder for the Historic American Engineering Record |
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One span Photo taken June 1984 by Ken Corder for the Historic American Engineering Record |
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One pier Photo taken June 1984 by Ken Corder for the Historic American Engineering Record |
Map
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Facts
- Overview
- Lost 26-span through truss bridge over South Canadian River on US 283
- Status
- Replaced by a modern bridge
- History
- Built 1929-30; replaced 1985
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 144.0 ft.
Total length: 3,810.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.86747, -99.72804 (decimal degrees)
35°52'03" N, 99°43'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/434273/3969494 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Roll
- Inventory number
- BH 29695 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 19, 2009: Updated by Gary Hines: revised map location
- August 28, 2006: Posted new photos
Sources
- HAER OK-3 - Pack Saddle Bridge
- Gary Hines - ghines [at] odot [dot] org
Comments
My Grandfather and I put up that barbed wire fence that you can see in the foreground of one of the photos. He owned a lot of the river-bottom land, and we used to drive tractors, put up fences, and build levees so that he could lease the land out for cattle grazing. It was barren but beautiful Oklahoma land. (From mid '60s to early '70s)
Any color pics or pics of its ugly demolition out there???
I was told in my youth that my Mother's Uncle was the engineer that designed and built the Packsaddle Bridge. His name was C.V. Word and when I knew him he lived South of Arnett, Oklahoma on the U7 Ranch
Ray Meller