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TITLE:
Pack Saddle Bridge, Spanning South Canadian River, U.S. Route 283, Roll vicinity, Roger Mills County, OK

CALL NUMBER:
HAER OKLA,65-ROLL.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 9   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 4 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Saunders, Roger S., historian

NOTE:
Survey number HAER OK-3

Building/structure dates: 1929 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1962 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1982 subsequent work

Significance: The US 283 Pack Saddle Bridge has been determined significant since it is Oklahoma's longest through truss bridge (3,810 feet) and is important in commerce for western Oklahoma.

SUBJECTS:
OKLAHOMA--Roger Mills County--Roll vicinity
transportation
metal truss bridges
vehicular bridges

OTHER TITLE:
U.S. 283 Pack Saddle Bridge

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.ok0043

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. GENERAL SETTING ACROSS SOUTH CANADIAN RIVER FLOODPLAIN. VIEW TO NORTHWEST
2. GENERAL SETTING OF OVERHEAD TRUSS BRIDGE (LEFT) AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT BRIDGE (RIGHT) FROM SOUTH BANK OF SOUTH CANADIAN RIVER. VIEW TO NORTHWEST
3. SOUTH END OF BRIDGE. VIEW TO NORTHEAST
4. LATERAL VIEW OF TYPICAL TRUSS SECTION AND PIERS. VIEW TO EAST
5. DETAIL OF CENTRAL VERTICALS, UPPER CHORD, AND WEB BRACING OF TYPICAL TRUSS. VIEW TO WEST
6. DETAIL OF UPPER VERTICAL AND STRUT SYSTEM OF TYPICAL TRUSS
7. DETAIL OF PIER AND TRUSS CONNECTIONS, BOLTED AND RIVETED. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST
8. DETAIL OF FLOOR BEAMS, STRINGERS, LATERAL BOTTOM BRACINGS, AND LOWER CHORD. VIEW TO SOUTH
9. DETAIL OF FLOOR BEAMS, STRINGERS, LATERAL BOTTOM BRACINGS, AND LOWER CHORD. VIEW TO NORTH

CONTROL #:
OK0043

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