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Red River Bridge

Fannin County, Texas, and Bryan County, Oklahoma

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

Map 

Street View 

Washout on Oklahoma Aproach 

Written by Brad Smith

There 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
History
Built 1938
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
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
Sowell's Bluff Bridge
State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River
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

Categories 

Bryan County, Oklahoma (56)
Built 1938 (859)
Built during 1930s (11,746)
Continuous (2,482)
Continuous truss (184)
Fannin County, Texas (8)
Have street view (26,930)
Illinois Steel Bridge Co. (72)
K-Parker truss (69)
K-Truss (90)
Kansas City Bridge Co. (136)
Kellner Jetties Co. (1)
NR-listed (2,960)
 Oklahoma (2,003)
Open (39,880)
Owned by state (15,982)
Pony truss (16,181)
Red River of the South (52)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,987)
State line crossing (847)
Texas (2,471)
Through truss (15,054)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,883)
Truss (32,771)
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads (23)

Update Log 

  • 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.

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Comments 

Red River Bridge
Posted July 15, 2017, by David Cathey (david [dot] cathey59 [at] gmail [dot] com)

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...

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.