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US-281 Tower Bridge

US-281 Tower Bridge

Primary Photographer(s): Nathan Holth

Bridge Documented: June 8, 2016

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Facility Carried / Feature Intersected
Historic US-66 (US-281, OK-8) Over Canadian River Tributary
Location
Rural: Caddo County, Oklahoma: United States
Construction Date and Builder / Engineer
1933 By Builder/Contractor: Unknown and Engineer/Design: Oklahoma Highway Commission
Rehabilitation Date
Not Available or Not Applicable
Main Span Length
50.0 Feet (15.2 Meters)
Structure Length
378.0 Feet (115.2 Meters)
Roadway Width
24 Feet (7.32 Meters)
Spans
11 Main Span(s)
Inventory Number
40760000000000

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This bridge is on historic Route 66, and as such this bridge contributes to the historic integrity of this route as a whole. Individually, the bridge is an unexpected surprise in that it is actually a high level bridge supported by an uncommon substructure of riveted steel bents, similar to the "tower" bents far more common on railroad bridges. Their presentation on this bridge for a creek so small it doesn't even have a name, and on a highway bridge, is both unexpected and unusual.

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