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[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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5279]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ground was broken Wednesday noon to start construction of twin bridges that will span the South Canadian River south of Oklahoma City. The two identical bridges, costing $1,149,000, will replace the present Newcastle bridge, which was built in 1927 at a cost of $400,000. They will carry traffic on U.S. 62 and 277 and will link Oklahoma City with the proposed toll road to the southwest. Speaking briefly at Wed… more
Date: March 15, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5266]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of a bridge being built showing the road it's for, river, some housing just across the bridge on the far and more, open land, and more. Backside typing: "Twin ribbons pointing southwest from Oklahoma City identify the new Newcastle bridge and expressway connecting link with the Southwest Turnpike. Grading work for the new turnpike which will link Oklahoma City and Lawton scars the McClain County … more
Date: May 9, 1963
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5280]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ground was broken Wednesday noon to start construction of twin bridges that will span the South Canadian River south of Oklahoma City. The two identical bridges, costing $1,149,000, will replace the present Newcastle bridge, which was built in 1927 at a cost of $400,000. They will carry traffic on U.S. 62 and 277 and will link Oklahoma City with the proposed toll road to the southwest. Speaking briefly at Wednesday's gro… more
Date: March 15, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5288]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 20m.p.h. speed limit on the newly opened section of the South Canadian River Bridge on the Indian Nation Turnpike is getting some special enforcement, a turnpike authority spokesman said. Highway patrol troopers are carfully monitoring traffic along the bridge, which was closed Jan. 15 when a pier on the bridge shifter, state turnoike authority spokesman Bill Walter said. An unmanned highway patrol care has been parked … more
Date: 1976
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5260]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a broke down wooden bridge, people on the far side still standing part of the bridge, the broke side near the camera, and more. (backside handwriting: "southwest of Norman.")"
Date: May 29, 1949
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5274]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a very long bridge from the left high to the right high across a river, a "Viking" delivery truck on the right near, some logs in the water at bottom near, and more. Backside handwriting: "South Canadian River Norman")"
Date: May 3, 1955
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5289]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Work crews are waiting for a break in the weather to lay the decking on this bridge spanning the North Canadian River on S Meridian Avenue. The $1,640,719.87 two-bridge construction project, supervised by the state Transportation Department, is 81 percent complete. Traffic is using detour bridge constructed for the project."
Date: January 28, 1978
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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