Bridge over Bird Creek, Spanning Bird Creek, Avant, Osage County, OK

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7 data pages
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TITLE:
Bridge over Bird Creek, Spanning Bird Creek, Avant, Osage County, OK

CALL NUMBER:
HAER OKLA,57-AVA,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 6 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER OK-2

Building/structure dates: 1914 initial construction

Significance: The bridge over Bird Creek at Avant is one of the earliest overhead truss bridges of known construction date and known construction company in the State of Oklahoma.

SUBJECTS:
OKLAHOMA--Osage County--Avant
transportation
bridge construction
metal truss bridges

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ok0042

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. DOWNSTREAM VIEW, LOOKING WEST
2. OBLIQUE VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
3. VIEW OF NORTHERN SINGLE SPAN, LOOKING NORTHWEST
4. CLOSE-UP VIEW OF SOUTHERN SPAN, LOOKING WEST
5. THROUGH VIEW OF NORTH END, LOOKING SOUTH
6. VIEW OF BRIDGE PLATE AT NORTH END, LOOKING SOUTH
7. DETAIL VIEW OF LOWER VERTICAL SECTIONS, LOOKING WEST
8. DETAIL VIEW OF LOWER CHORD, PINNED CONNECTIONS, AND VERTICAL SECTION ON EAST SIDE OF BRIDGE
9. DETAIL VIEW OF UPPER STRUT AND BRACING SYSTEM OF NORTHERN SPAN, LOOKING SOUTH
10. VIEW OF MASONRY ABUTMENT (RUFF SANDSTONE) AT SOUTH END OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
11. DETAIL VIEW OF BOTTOM STRINGERS, BRACING AND DECK, LOOKING NORTH

CONTROL #:
OK0042

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