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Lincoln Bridge
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Lincoln Bridge sa
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt June 8, 2009
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BH Photo #272849
Description
This bridge was finished the day before and dedicated on the 100th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birth, February 12, 1909. Work began in November 1908 to replace a string of previous bridges that had either washed away or required constant repairs. The superintendent, Albert R. Greene, felt that a solid bridge was needed. A local engineer, H. V. Hinckley proposed a stone arch and the idea was soon accepted. Bids went out and of the three received, Canton Bridge Company, Midland Bridge Company, and Liberenz & Robinson, it was the latter, a local company that came in with the low bid of $3665. Oklahoma's quarter released in 2011 for the current America the Beautiful Quarters programme features the Lincoln Bridge of Chickasaw National Recreation Area.
Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Travertine Creek on Pedestrian path
- Location
- Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built 1909
- Builders
- - H. V. Hinckley
- Liberenz & Robinson
- Design
- Stone arch
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.50403, -96.97052 (decimal degrees)
34°30'15" N, 96°58'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/686317/3819914 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Sulphur North
- Inventory number
- BH 51489 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 14, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- February 28, 2012: Added by K. A. Erickson
I came across this bridge on a quarter received in change from buying a postcard. It was not here already so I added it and updated some other listings for Murray County.