Red River Bridge
Photos
File:78redriver.jpg
Photo taken by Henley Quadling
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
View this photo at en.m.wikipedia.org
BH Photo #276300
Washout on Oklahoma Aproach
Written by Brad SmithThere has been a 75% washout on the North (Oklahoma) approach. The bridge is closed until repairs can be made.
http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_96042.shtml
This was repaired within months. It was reopened over a decade ago...
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Red River on TX 78 OK 78
- Location
- Fannin County, Texas, and Bryan County, Oklahoma
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1938; Demolished 2021
- Builders
- - Illinois Steel Bridge Co. of Jacksonville, Illinois
- Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Kellner Jetties Co.
- U.S. Bureau of Public Roads of Washington, D.C.
- Design
- K-Parker through truss.
Eight riveted K-truss through spans, with two camelback pony truss spans at each end. - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 212.9 ft.
Total length: 2,112.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 24.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1996
- Also called
- State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River
Sowell's Bluff Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.75382, -96.19669 (decimal degrees)
33°45'14" N, 96°11'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/759663/3738391 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Yuba
- Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
- 4,600
- Inventory numbers
- TXNBI 010750027902024 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 96001517 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 33015 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of November 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 43.6 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 7, 2021: Updated by Nathan Holth: Demolished and replaced.
- June 3, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- June 23, 2015: Essay added by Brad Smith
- September 10, 2014: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added K-truss category.
- March 12, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
- February 28, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
- January 4, 2012: Updated by Jason Straub: updated NRHP info
- March 22, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added Street View.
Related Bridges
- Old Red River Bridge (Predecessor)
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Oklahoma Bridges - by Wes Kinsler
- National Register Properties in Oklahoma
- Brad Smith - gaberdine [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Texas DOT NRHP Eligibility Report - includes photos
- Wikipedia - State Highway No. 78 Bridge at the Red River
- Sowell's Bluff Bridge (State Highway 78 Bridge) - HistoricBridges.org
- Geoff Hubbs
Comments
The bridge was reopened later the same year it closed after the flood washed out the approach.
http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/Highway-78-reopened--3205...
http://www.ntxe-news.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archiv...
I had no idea at about all of the suspension toll bridges that had crossed the Red River way back when. I was chasing that when I ran across this piece about the current bridge at Sowells Bluff.
more photos of the bridge
There are 2 pony trusses on each end and 8 riveted Parker through truss sections between them (12 sections total). The bank was so grown up you couldn't get a decent side view and even from the river I would imagine too.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/tx/fannin/10750027902024/
One of the largest K-truss bridges in the country has been reduced to scrap metal as OKDOT continues on its path to destroy every surviving K-truss bridge in the state.
https://www.kxii.com/2021/04/07/old-highway-78-demolished-ne...