Photo 

Caney River Briddge on OK 99

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in November 2008

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Caney River on OK 99
Location
Osage County, Oklahoma
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1935
Builder
- M.E. Gillioz of Monett, Missouri
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Total length: 535.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.97000, -96.19500   (decimal degrees)
36°58'12" N, 96°11'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/749703/4095221 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Whippoorwill
Inventory number
BH 29514 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2009)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 57.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
500

Categories 

Built 1935 (1,323)
Built during 1930s (7,388)
M.E. Gillioz (34)
OK 99 (9)
Oklahoma (1,562)
Open (23,955)
Osage County, Oklahoma (67)
Owned by state (7,674)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,233)
Through truss (7,212)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,297)
Truss (20,539)

Update Log 

  • November 23, 2009: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Builder's name added.
  • December 1, 2008: New photo from Gene McCluney

Sources 

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

Comments 

Caney River Bridge
Posted January 25, 2007, by bugo (bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Here's a link to some pictures of this bridge:

http://okbridges.wkinsler.com/caneyriver3.html

Caney River Bridge
Posted December 6, 2006, by Anita Roberts (Anita464 [at] Missouristate [dot] edu)

I believe this is a bridge built by M. E. Gillioz,of Monett, Missouri, one of the largest road, dam, building, and bridge builders from the first half of the 20th Century.Can you confirm if it is a five span bridge?

Thanks.