National Register Record for MORRISON SUSPENSION BRIDGE

Historic Name: MORRISON SUSPENSION BRIDGE
Current Name: SAME
Address: OFF US 64 FOUR MILES EAST OF CITY
City: MORRISON VICINITY            County: NOBLE
Section: 11           Township: 21N           Range: 3E          
Description of significance: THE MORRISON SUSPENSION BRIDGE WAS THE LAST SURVIVING SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. BUILT IN 1917, THIS ONE LANE BRIDGE MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET IN LENGTH AS IT CROSSED BLACK BEAR CREEK. ITS FLOORING CONSISTED OF WOODEN PLANKING ON A LIGHT STEEL SUPERSTRUCTURE, SUSPENDED FROM TWIN STEEL CABLES BY HANGER AND SPACING RODS. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 5/23/1980. DESTROYED.

Type: STRUCTURE
Historic Function: TRANSPORTATION: ROAD-RELATED (VEHICULAR)
Current Function: TRANSPORTATION: ROAD- RELATED (VEHICULAR)
Area of Significance 1: ENGINEERING
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: OTHER: SUSPENSION BRIDGE
Architect: NOBLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - BUILDERS
Year Built: 1917            Original Site: YES
Condition: None
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 12/1978