Old US 62 Overpass

Photos

Overview

You can see where a US highway shield-shaped Federal Aid Project plaque was once mounted to the righthand concrete guardrail post.

Photo taken by Wes Kinsler in January 2009

BH Photo #155267

This bridge was adapted from a railroad bridge for use as a highway overpass in 1929 as part of a Federal Aid Project.

Overview: Through truss bridge over BNSF Railroad on E1643/ Old US 62
Location: Tillman County, Oklahoma
Status: Closed October 2009/ open to pedestrians
History: Built 1929; made obsolete by new bridge in 1968
Railroads: - Rail-to-road
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF; Frisco)
Design: Pin-connected 6-panel Pratt through truss with flanking steel stringer approaches, all with concrete decks.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 192.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Also called: Old US 62 Frisco Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.63531, -99.09149 (decimal degrees)
34°38'07" N, 99°05'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/491614/3832605 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Long Mountain
Inventory numbers: OKNBI 095140000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29738 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2007): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 50.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 24