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Oldest bridge in Oklahoma

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in December 2008

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Overview: Through truss bridge over Salt Creek on OK 9A. Originally a railroad span built in 1886, was adapted to road use and installed in 1947.
Location: Seminole County, Oklahoma
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built as a railroad bridge in 1886, rebuilt in 1947 (widened) as a road bridge.
Builder: - King Iron Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design: Baltimore through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 274.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.08333, -96.75833 (decimal degrees)
35°04'60" N, 96°45'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/704366/3884582 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Saint Louis
Inventory numbers: OKNBI 107450000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29719 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2009): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 23.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008): 810

Update Log

August 9, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Rail-to-road"
March 1, 2010: Updated by Wes Kinsler: corrected construction year
December 5, 2008: New photos from Gene McCluney

Sources

Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
Wes Kinsler

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Salt Creek Bridge

Posted January 8, 2009, by Wes Kinsler (Wkinsler [at] wkinsler [dot] com)

Bridge was actually built in 1896. Not only is it the oldest bridge in Oklahoma, but the only Oklahoma bridge built by the King Bridge Co., of Cleveland Ohio