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Arkansas River Bridge

Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Photo 

View of Bridge from River Bank

Photo taken in 1932 soon after completion of bridge. An even earlier bridge is visible behind this bridge.

Photo from Beryl Ford Collection/Rotary Club of Tulsa, Tulsa City-County Library and Tulsa Historical Society

BH Photo #126183

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Arkansas River on OK 51/OK97 in Sand Springs
Location
Sand Springs, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1932; replaced 1976
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.12451, -96.11621   (decimal degrees)
36°07'28" N, 96°06'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/759533/4001610 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 37646 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arkansas River (116)
Built 1932 (992)
Built during 1930s (12,198)
Deck girder (6,335)
Girder (11,222)
Lost (29,079)
Lost 1976 (107)
 Lost during 1970s (971)
Oklahoma (2,032)
Owned by state (16,591)
Plate girder (8,770)
Replaced by new bridge (19,770)
Sand Springs, Oklahoma (1)
Tulsa County, Oklahoma (69)

Update Log 

  • October 15, 2008: Added by Rick Mattioni

Sources 

  • Rick Mattioni
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Comments 

Arkansas River Bridge
Posted October 17, 2008, by J Lance (bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge also carried US 64 until about 1962.