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Bird Creek Bridge

Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Photos 

Photo taken by Wes Kinsler

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BH Photo #151500

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned through truss bridge over Bird Creek on 131st St. N.
Location
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Status
Extant but closed to all traffic
History
Built 1912
Builder
- Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Pin-connected, 12-panel Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 201.1 ft.
Total length: 270.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.9 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.34377, -95.97526   (decimal degrees)
36°20'38" N, 95°58'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/232979/4026189 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Sperry
Elevation
600 ft. above sea level
Inventory numbers
OKNBI 003300000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29748 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

12-panel truss (93)
Built 1912 (870)
Built during 1910s (9,973)
Canton Bridge Co. (213)
Closed (2,761)
Have street view (28,916)
NR-eligible (4,109)
Oklahoma (2,031)
Owned by county (21,612)
 Pennsylvania truss (578)
Pin-connected (4,712)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,058)
Structurally deficient (12,878)
Through truss (16,816)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,511)
Truss (35,500)
Tulsa County, Oklahoma (69)

Update Log 

  • January 4, 2017: New Street View added by Robert Elder
  • November 24, 2009: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Builder's name added.
  • April 1, 2009: Updated by J Lance: Updated status of bridge
  • March 19, 2009: Updated by Curtis Lee: added coordinates and elevation
  • December 4, 2008: New photo from Gene McCluney
  • October 24, 2008: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Bridge location updated.
  • March 17, 2008: New photo from J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Rick Mattioni
  • Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
  • Curtis Lee - clee47ford [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J Lance - bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Wes Kinsler
  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Bird Creek Bridge
Posted January 4, 2017, by Nick Schmiedeler

Very cool !!

Bird Creek Bridge
Posted January 3, 2017, by Mark brown (markwbrown66 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

No its not on dry land

Bird Creek Bridge
Posted December 9, 2012, by Anonymous

Is the 2nd photo of the bridge on dry land?