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Red River Bridge

Fannin County, Texas, and Bryan County, Oklahoma
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Photo taken by Henley Quadling

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Red River on TX 78
Location
Fannin County, Texas, and Bryan County, Oklahoma
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1938
Builders
- Illinois Steel Bridge Co. of Jacksonville, Illinois
- Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
Design
K-Parker through truss
Dimensions
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
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.75333, -96.19611   (decimal degrees)
33°45'12" N, 96°11'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/759719/3738339 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Yuba
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 (as of 12/2012)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 43.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
3,900

Categories 

Bryan County, Oklahoma (44)
Built 1938 (649)
Built during 1930s (9,373)
Fannin County, Texas (6)
Functionally obsolete (7,299)
Have street view (16,637)
Illinois Steel Bridge Co. (64)
K-Parker truss (67)
K-Truss (83)
Kansas City Bridge Co. (114)
NR-listed (2,697)
 Oklahoma (1,685)
Open (31,969)
Owned by state (11,248)
Red River (32)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,600)
State line crossing (599)
Texas (1,955)
Through truss (11,002)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,394)
Truss (26,030)

Update Log 

  • 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.

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Red River Bridge
Posted November 3, 2010, by Brad Smith (Gaberdine [at] hotmail [dot] com)

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.

Red River Bridge
Posted June 22, 2010, by brad smith (gaberdine [at] hotmail [dot] com)

more photos of the bridge

Red River Bridge
Posted June 22, 2010, by Brad Smith (gaberdine [at] hotmail [dot] com)

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.