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Cimarron River Suspension Bridge
Essay
Written by Gene McCluney
This bridge built in either 1908 or 1909 remains somewhat of a mystery. It may have been rebuilt a few years later. The only vintage photo I can find is on the Bridgemeister website, http://www.bridgemeister.com/pic.php?pid=705
I hope posting the link is OK. The vintage photo may or may not be a photo of this particular bridge, but is similar in construction.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Wire suspension bridge over Cimmaron River in Ripley
- Location
- Ripley, Payne County, Oklahoma
- Status
- Lost
- History
- Built 1909
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.02804, -96.90683 (decimal degrees)
36°01'41" N, 96°54'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/688598/3989085 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Ripley
- Inventory number
- BH 42433 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 2, 2011: Updated by Gene McCluney: Corrected spelling of waterway
- April 23, 2009: Essay added by Gene McCluney
Sources
- Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
- Wes Kinsler
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In response to the correlation of the photo with the link to my site http://www.bridgemeister.com/pic.php?pid=705 I have never conclusively matched the remains with that bridge. Additional photos of the Ripley-vicinity remains can be found here: http://www.bridgemeister.com/pic.php?pid=1980. The remains do not match the bridge in the old photo. More information here: http://www.bridgemeister.com/bridge.php?bid=298.