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East Approach

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East Portal

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Main Truss

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Overview

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Side View of Main Truss

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Poteau River Bridge

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Poteau River on US 271 in Pocola
Location: Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Status: Open to traffic
Future prospects: Scheduled for replacement
History: Built 1946
Design: Through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Total length: 1,086.0 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.26667, -94.50333 (decimal degrees)
35°16'00" N, 94°30'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/363259/3903651 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Fort Coffee
Inventory number: BH 29225 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2007): Deck condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 49.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 8,800

Update Log

December 2, 2008: New photos from Gene McCluney
October 3, 2008: Updated by David Backlin
October 2, 2008: New photos from David Backlin

Sources

David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
Gene McCluney - mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

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