National Register Record for STATE HIGHWAY #79 BRIDGE AT THE RED RIVER

Historic Name: STATE HIGHWAY #79 BRIDGE AT THE RED RIVER
Current Name: SAME
Address: SH 79 AT THE OKLAHOMA STATE LINE
City: WAURIKA VICINITY            County: JEFFERSON
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: STATE HIGHWAY #79 BRIDGE AT THE RED RIVER IS A CAMELBACK PONY TRUSS BRIDGE BUILT IN 1939. THIS BRIDGE CONSISTS OF TWENTY-ONE 100-FOOT TRUSS SPANS WITH A SINGLE STEEL I-BEAM APPROACH SPAN FLANKING EACH END OF THE BRIDGE. THIS TYPE OF BRIDGE IS RARE AND THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE MAINTAINS A HIGH DEGREE OF INTEGRITY. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THE ROLE IT PLAYED IN FACILITATING MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 12/20/1996.

Type: STRUCTURE
Historic Function: TRANSPORATION: ROAD RELATED (VEHICULAR)
Current Function: TRANSPORTATION: ROAD RELATED (VEHICULAR)
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORATION
Area of Significance 2: ENGINEERING
Architectural Style: OTHER: CAMELBACK PONY TRUSS BRIDGE
Architect: OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY COMMISSION - DESIGNER / BROOKS AND DAHLGREEN OF OKLAHOMA CITY - BUILDER; VIRGINIA BRIDGE AND IRON, TRUSS FABRICATOR
Year Built: 1939            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: WICHITA DAILY TIMES: "HIGHWAY PARTY SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY" - 2/18/1940, "HINES TO SPEAK AT HIGHWAY EVENT" - 2/5/1940; JOSEPH E. KING, SPANS OF TIME: OKLAHOMA HISTORIC HIGHWAY BRIDGES, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 1993;
Date Prepared: 9/1996