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Bird Creek Bridge - NB

Tulsa County, Oklahoma

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Photo taken by Gene McCluney in April 2007

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BH Photo #129180

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    Overview
    Through truss bridge over Bird Creek on US 169 Northbound in Collinsville
    Location
    Collinsville, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
    Status
    Demolished
    History
    Built ca. 1960; rehabilitated 1979; Demolished 2016
    Design
    K-Parker through truss
    Dimensions
    Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
    Total length: 388.1 ft.
    Deck width: 29.9 ft.
    Vertical clearance above deck: 16.1 ft.
    Approximate latitude, longitude
    +36.23933, -95.84806   (decimal degrees)
    36°14'22" N, 95°50'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
    Approximate UTM coordinates
    15/249010/4030844 (zone/easting/northing)
    Quadrangle map:
    Mingo
    Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
    27,450
    Inventory numbers
    OKNBI 152020000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
    BH 29753 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
    Inspection report (as of July 2015)
    Overall condition: Poor
    Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
    Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
    Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
    Sufficiency rating: 42.1 (out of 100)
    View more at BridgeReports.com

    Categories 

    Built during 1960s (1,801)
    Collinsville, Oklahoma (3)
    Have street view (23,841)
    K-Parker truss (66)
    K-Truss (85)
    Lost (19,799)
    Lost 2016 (169)
    Lost during 2010s (2,276)
    Oklahoma (1,946)
    Owned by state (14,222)
    Parker pony truss (350)
    		 Parker truss (1,553)
    Pony truss (15,202)
    Replaced by new bridge (13,108)
    Span length 175-250 feet (1,838)
    Structurally deficient (17,969)
    Through truss (13,189)
    Total length 250-500 feet (4,734)
    Truss (29,898)
    Tulsa County, Oklahoma (67)
    US 169 (28)

    Update Log 

    • June 9, 2016: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge has been demolished.
    • December 20, 2015: New Street View added by David Backlin
    • December 18, 2015: Updated by Andy Peters: adds date of demolition
    • February 26, 2014: New photo from Jack Schmidt
    • December 4, 2008: New photo from Gene McCluney

    Sources 

    • Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
    • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
    • KOTV Channel 6 - Explosion To Remove Bird Creek Bridge On Highway 169
    • Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com
    • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
    • Nathan Holth
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    Bird Creek Bridge - NB
    Posted June 9, 2016, by Nathan Holth (nathan [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

    Attempted to field visit this bridge June 7 2016. A not unprecedented or unexpected incident, yet still highly irritating, I appear to have missed the bridge by not very much time. All I saw as I drove by are shown below, the remains of the endposts sticking up...

    Bird Creek Bridge
    Posted December 20, 2015, by Rhys Martin (rhysfunk [at] gmail [dot] com)

    The southbound bridge was destroyed this morning. Photo from OKDOT