National Register Record for BRIDGEPORT HILL-HYDRO ROUTE 66 SEGMENT

Historic Name: BRIDGEPORT HILL-HYDRO ROUTE 66 SEGMENT
Current Name: None
Address: SH 66 FROM SPUR US 281 WEST TO SH 58
City: HYDRO, BRIDGEPORT, GEARY VICINITY            County: CADDO/CANADIAN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: STRETCHING 17.7 MILES, THIS SEGMENT OF ROADBED AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES REPRESENTS ONE OF THE LONGEST INTACT STRETCH OF ORIGINAL ROUTE 66 PAVING IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA. CONSTRUCTED OF PORTLAND CONCRETE WITH INTEGRAL CURBS AND DRAINS, THIS ROADBED REPRESENTS THE BEST ROAD ENGINEERING PRACTICES OF THE LATE 1920S AND 1930S. INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRICT IS THE WILLIAM H. MURRAY BRIDGE, CONSISTING OF 38 WARREN PONY TRUSS SPANS, THE SECOND LONGEST BRIDGE IN THE STATE. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/3/04.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: TRANSPORTATION: AUTO-RELATED (ROADBED)
Current Function: TRANSPORTATION: AUTO RELATED (ROADBED)
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORTATION
Area of Significance 2: ENGINEERING
Architectural Style: WARREN PONY TRUSS; CAMELBACK PONY TRUSS; WARREN WITH VERTICALS PONY TRUSS; I-BEAM
Architect: VARIOUS: KANSAS CITY BRIDGE CO.; WHITSON & KIRBY; NIMS & FROST
Year Built: 1926-1934            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 9/03