Pryor Creek Bridge

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Built in 1926 by the Oklahoma Highway Commission, the Pryor Creek Bridge is one of the most significant surviving engineering landmarks along Oklahoma's original Route 66. This 123-foot-long steel Modified Pratt Through Truss bridge carried travelers across Pryor Creek during the earliest years of the Mother Road, serving as part of the original alignment between 1926 and 1932.

When Route 66 was realigned just north of the bridge in 1932, the bridge was bypassed but remained standing as a reminder of the highway's earliest days. Today, it is recognized as the only unaltered Modified Pratt Through Truss bridge remaining in Oklahoma and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Visitors can still walk or carefully drive across this remarkable piece of Route 66 history while imagining the thousands of travelers who crossed it during the road's formative years.

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