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Arkansas River Bridge at Blackburn

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in November 2008

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Arkansas River Bridge at Blackburn

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in November 2008

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Arkansas River Bridge at Blackburn

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in November 2008

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Arkansas River on 5740C in Blackburn
Location
Osage County, Oklahoma
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1928
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.1 ft.
Total length: 1,136.2 ft.
Deck width: 18.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.37667, -96.59000   (decimal degrees)
36°22'36" N, 96°35'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/716189/4028425 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Bug Creek
Inventory number
BH 29506 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2006)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 30.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
160

Update Log 

  • December 1, 2008: New photos from Gene McCluney

Sources 

  • Gene McCluney - mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

Comments 

Arkansas River Bridge
Posted January 8, 2009, by David A. Shaw (scpry [at] gwi [dot] net)

Just to let you know, I enjoy the black and white images of the Oklahoma bridges. I think B & W images have more of a personality to them, and you can fool around with the contrasts at will. Keep the B & W images coming!