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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5278]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Old and new side-by-side. Three and a half years ago the people of Oklahoma County agreed to share the cost of three new bridges across the Canadian River. About the first of May the fruits of their effort will become a reality. The State Highway Commission has indicated the first of Twin bridges that span the Canadian and May Avenue will be open to traffic in about two months. The second part of the span wil… more
Date: February 9, 1961
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5263]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ten persons escaped serious injury Friday night when a 150-foot span of the Canadian river bridge southwest of Norman snapped under the weight of a hugh truck loaded with glass windows. The truck and semi-trailer and five passenger cars were dropped 14 feet to the river bed in the bridge's second cave-in this year. The only injury reported by highway patrol and Norman city police was to a Norman housewife, passenger in her… more
Date: October 2, 1953
Creator: King, Cliff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5287]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a bridge with signs on each side for "slow bridge repair 20 m.p.h. across bridge," the two lanes on the left in operation, the two on the right being worked on, cars on the road, and more. Backside handwriting: "Indian Nation Turnpike (closed when a pier on the bridge shifted on Jan 15.)")"
Date: 1976
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5265]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Hazardous and time-taking, the task of lowering heavy steel beams was over Wednesday and workmen hurried to floor this new section in the South Canadian river bridge on SH 9 southwest of Norman. Swept away by a flood May 28, the gap must be closed by Saturday, after seven days of work, if the contractor meets the record-breaking deadline set by the hisghway department. James Brothers Constrcuction Co. of Shawnee took t… more
Date: June 6, 1949
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5253]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo of a bridge under construction, train tracks on the left, housing and buildings in background, and more. Backside handwriting: "Shields Bridge at N. Canadian)"
Date: April 14, 1978
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5255]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is a scene that was repeated many times Monday for Pottawatomie county's "wayward bridge." Jack McKenzie, Shawnee lineman for the REA, is shown silhouetted against the sky on a pole as he cleared the wires so the bridge could move along the road."
Date: March 6, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5291]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Construction workers guide steel support beams into place on the $4.2 million Shiels bridge across the North Canadian River. The four-lane super bridge is expected to be completed in the summer of 1979 and is being financed with federal, state and local funds as part of the Shields Boulevard extension."
Date: July 11, 1978
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5262]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 150-foot span of bridge collapsed into the Canadian river near Norman Monday, carrying three men and two vehicles with it into the river bed. The accident injured a former state supreme court justice, smashed a late model sedan, jammed a 16-tom Diesel earth mover along the twisted girders, shorted long distance telephone lines serving Blanchard and left that area of SH 74 and 9 blockes for the next 30 days. The span wen… more
Date: May 4, 1953
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5268]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of a three bridges over the river. Two is for one build to make four lanes and the orignial is still standing beside. Houses on bothe the top left and bottom right.)"
Date: June 25, 1963
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5275]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is how the North Canadian river looks Tuesday afternoon as huge ice cakes flowing toward Lake Overholser piled up behind a bridge on SW 4 two miles north of Yukon. State highway department crews, posted on the bridge, used picks, shovels and long poles to ship away at the ice and keep it flowing under the structure. Stoner McCleeland, chief highway engineer, said Tuesday night the bridge still was holding its own aga… more
Date: February 8, 1949
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5254]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pottawatomie county's "cross-country" bridge was lowered into place across the North Canadian river Monday - but not without some extra trouble. Workmen found that the pillings were about 12 inches too short. But that didn't stop them long. They just hooked up a winch on each pilling in turn and yanked them up until the bridge would fit its new home. Here is the bridge in place and ready for business. The 26-year-old s… more
Date: March 13, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5269]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Temporary measures were taken this week to telieve the strain on a weakened pier on the S Meridian River Bridge, Jim Godwin, assistant street maintenance chief, said Thursday. Goldwin said permanent work to strengthen the pier, one of several which supports the bridge, will be started next week. He said contractions and expansions of the bridge caused by weather resulted in concrete sheering off the part of the peir on wh… more
Date: July 2, 1969
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5286]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Three spans of the North Canadian River bridge west of Jones have been completed, with formal opening expected about Jan. 1."
Date: September 2, 1976
Creator: Klock, Roger
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5273]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The ancient span over the South Canadian river near Norman has had more than its share of ups and downs and this was the most recent. A 60,000-pound truck and a trailer attempted to cross the rickety bridge but got only part way before the entire structure crumpled to the sandy river bed, closing the highway once again."
Date: October 2, 1953
Creator: King, Cliff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5270]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Progress is showing up on this new bridge across the North Canadian River at Lake Overholser. The huge four-lane concrete and steel structure will replace the old steel span in the background. The bridge will carry traffic on the wide extension of the west by-pass. The bridge is a part of the project which will carry motorist on smooth four-laning across the north side of Oklahoma City. It will connect with the prop… more
Date: November 14, 1957
Creator: King, Cliff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5281]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Newcastle bridge groundbreaking is set for noon Wednesday on the banks of the South Canadian River. Two, 2-lane bridges will be constructed 200 feet east of the present structure. The new route, designed by dotted line, will serve as a vital link in the proposed southwestern turnpike connecting road system. The bridge crosses the South Canadian River on U. S. 62 and U. S. 2777 at the McClain-Cleveland County line. Oklah… more
Date: March 2, 1961
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5283]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Construction workers set steel reinforcing rods in place for the top layer of concrete on one section of the new Western Avenue bridge across the North Canadian River. Officals hope the four-lane bridge, which spans the river just south of downtown Oklahoma City, will be completed in March, ending a detour that takes motorist across the actual river bed."
Date: January 5, 1978
Creator: Klock, Roger
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5271]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(photo of a very long bridge showing the start on the left side going all the way across the middle to the right. Backside handwriting: "Lexington-Purcell bridge")"
Date: 1938
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5276]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Twin bridges soon will replace the old and narrow S May Ave. bridge over the North Canadian River in southwest Oklahoma City. Aerial view, looking south, shows progress of construction under the state highway department project. Concrete deck is being poured on the east span, with steel being raised for the west span. Contract also has been let and work is started on paving of four-lane approaches to the new bridges. Wh… more
Date: February 4, 1961
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5264]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Should motorists using the new South Canadian bridge near Norman in the future find themselves bouncing onto the big span, it will be understandable - they'll be on a rubber road. When the project is completed, Oklahomans not only will have a fine four-lane, concrete crossing over the treacherous stream, but they'll have two-mile approaches of the first rubberized road laid west of the Mississippi River. Piers for the… more
Date: May 13, 1954
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5267]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bird's eye view of the twin Newcastle bridge in Cleveland County west of Norman makes for a picturesque and novel photograph. Both sections of the new bridge, now passable to traffic, may be seen - as well as the old structure which is being replaced. South of this bridge will start the new Southwest Turnpike."
Date: June 25, 1963
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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