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Bird Creek Bridge

Tulsa County, Oklahoma
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Barrel View Looking to East

Photo taken by Rick Mattioni in December 2008

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Bird Creek on 56th St. N.
Location
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Status
Lost
History
Built 1936, Replaced 2010
Design
Parker through truss with flanking pony spans.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 212.0 ft.
Total length: 350.1 ft.
Deck width: 17.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.23500, -95.83333   (decimal degrees)
36°14'06" N, 95°49'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/245366/4013737 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
590 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Mingo
Inventory numbers
OKNBI 050430000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29751 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2009)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 11.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
256

Categories 

Built 1936 (744)
Built during 1930s (8,549)
Lost (10,353)
Lost 2010 (252)
Lost during 2010s (680)
Oklahoma (1,642)
Owned by county (16,482)
Parker through truss (945)
Parker truss (1,265)
 Replaced by new bridge (7,132)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,482)
Structurally deficient (16,676)
Through truss (9,200)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,367)
Truss (23,559)
Tulsa County, Oklahoma (55)
Tulsa, Oklahoma (26)

Update Log 

  • July 11, 2011: Updated by Clark Vance: Changed to lost
  • December 13, 2008: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Bridge description updated.
  • October 14, 2008: Updated by Rick Mattioni

Sources 

  • Rick Mattioni
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
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Bird Creek Bridge
Posted July 11, 2011, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Google satellite view shows the new bridge being built. The truss is gone.

Bird Creek Bridge
Posted July 11, 2011, by Heinrich Bettendorf

This is no longer. Replaced with a Charming Concrete Slab a year or two ago.

Bird Creek Bridge
Posted July 11, 2011, by Heinrich Bettendorf (anseladamson [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This is no longer. Replaced with a Charming Concrete Slab a year or two ago.