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Unnamed Creek Bridge

Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Photo 

Double Stone Arch

It appears some spray-on concrete has been used to stabilize the arch.

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in March 2009

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BH Photo #135113

Map 

Essay 

Written by Gene McCluney

It is possible that this stone arch bridge is older than the 1929 date assigned to it. My bridge-hunting buddy John Cross photographed an inscription on the other side of the bridge that shows a much older date.

Facts 

Overview
Arch bridge over an unnamed creek on E0530
Location
Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1929
Design
Two-span closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 15.1 ft.
Total length: 28.5 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.24667, -96.62667   (decimal degrees)
36°14'48" N, 96°37'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/713253/4013920 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Maramec
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
100
Inventory numbers
OKNBI 021860000000000 (Oklahoma bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29602 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 35.4 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Arch (12,650)
Built 1929 (1,058)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,256)
Deck arch (11,887)
Oklahoma (2,030)
One-lane traffic (7,833)
 Open (40,960)
Owned by county (21,600)
Pawnee County, Oklahoma (37)
Span length under 25 feet (7,091)
Structurally deficient (12,895)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,498)

Update Log 

  • March 8, 2009: Essay added by Gene McCluney

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Unnamed Creek Bridge
Posted March 14, 2010, by Travis (oo_negative [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I took a trip with my grandpa in 1988 to Maramec and we camped out in a dry creek bed by a stone bridge near an old log cabin where he grew up. The bridge was in the same area that your photograph was taken and was also a double arch stone bridge. I believe he called the creek "Skunk Creek". This is a photograph taken during that trip. The second arch is off to the left and covered by trees.