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UP - Elm Avenue Overpass

Garfield County, Oklahoma

Photo 

View to East Through Underpass

Photo taken by Rick Mattioni in May 2008

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BH Photo #126604

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Elm Ave. on Union Pacific Railroad in Enid
Location
Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma
Status
Don't know
History
Built 1940
Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Span length: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.40010, -97.87380   (decimal degrees)
36°24'00" N, 97°52'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/600988/4028915 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Enid East
Elevation
1240 ft. above sea level
Inventory numbers
OKNBI 237470000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 37737 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

"Truck Eating" (50)
Built 1940 (1,074)
Built during 1940s (4,093)
Deck girder (5,745)
Enid, Oklahoma (11)
Garfield County, Oklahoma (69)
Girder (10,234)
Oklahoma (2,003)
 Owned by railroad (12,423)
Plate girder (7,923)
Railroad (15,414)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,073)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,299)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,373)
Unknown status (1,494)

Update Log 

  • October 22, 2008: Added by Rick Mattioni

Sources 

  • Rick Mattioni
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Comments 

UP - Elm Avenue Overpass
Posted October 4, 2016, by Steve (stevendoris12 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge was damaged and was deemed unsafe by Union Pacific and was completely replaced.

UP - Elm Avenue Overpass
Posted August 30, 2015, by Ian Martin

Fought a truck to a draw in May...news articles seem to indicate that the bridge was fully replaced afterwards, though it may have just been raised to avoid further collisions.