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Overview: Through truss bridge over Lake Hudson on IRR 4912C
Location: Mayes County, Oklahoma
Status: Open to pedestrians only
History: Built 1922; rehabilitated 1963, replaced by new bridge on new alignment 2008, allowed to remain standing for pedestrian use
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 177.2 ft.
Total length: 818.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.2 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.41000, -95.16167 (decimal degrees)
36°24'36" N, 95°09'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number: BH 29341 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2007): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 7.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 1,300

Lake Hudson Bridge

Posted May 23, 2008, by bugo (bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com)

An article about this bridge:

The bridge is being preserved as a footbridge. Another example of forward thinking.