11th Street Bridge

Photos 

View of Bridge

Photo taken before bridge widened in 1929.

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

BH Photo #126380

Map 

Street Views 

• View #1
• James Weigant

Facts 

Overview

Bypassed open-spandrel arch bridge over Arkansas River formerly carrying Southwest Blvd. (US 66) in Tulsa

Location

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Status

Closed to all traffic but preserved as a Route 66 historic site

History

Built 1916; widened 1929; bypassed 1978.

Builder

- Harrington, Howard & Ash of Kansas City, Kansas & New York, New York

Design

Open-spandrel arch

Dimensions

Total length: 1,470.0 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 13, 1996

Also called

Cyrus S. Avery Memorial Bridge
Cyrus Avery Route 66 Memorial Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+36.14273, -96.00502   (decimal degrees)
36°08'34" N, 96°00'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

14/769480/4003936 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Sand Springs

Elevation

620 ft. above sea level

Inventory numbers

NRHP 96001488 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 37679 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• April 1, 2017: New photo from Steve Biggs
• October 22, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
• July 6, 2015: New photos from Michael Shulman
• March 12, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
• October 6, 2013: New Street View added by Kelly McClanahan
• March 29, 2009: Updated by Curtis Lee: added coordinates, elevation, length
• October 21, 2008: Updated by James McCray
• October 17, 2008: Added by Rick Mattioni

Sources 

• Rick Mattioni
• James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Oklahoma Historical Society Listing
• Curtis Lee - clee47ford [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Kelly McClanahan
• Michael Shulman - mikeifish [at] aol [dot] com
• Dana and Kay Klein
• Steve Biggs

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