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Overview: Through truss bridge over Caston Creek on US 270 in Poteau
Location: Poteau, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1951
Design: Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 120.1 ft.
Total length: 286.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.96667, -94.72500 (decimal degrees)
34°58'00" N, 94°43'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/342518/3870705 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Wister
Inventory number: BH 29214 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2007): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 57.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 1,600

Caston Creek US 270 Bridge

Posted October 17, 2008, by J Lance (bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge is in Wister, not Poteau.

Caston Creek US 270 Bridge

Posted March 16, 2008, by Wes Kinsler (webmaster [at] wkinsler [dot] com)

Wow!!! they fixed the portal and it looks like they painted it too. Looks a lot better than it did when I visited it in the summer of 2004.