This fish-belly Pratt crosses Salt Creek in Payne County about one mile west of Yale. It is a very heavy bridge with a concrete deck (in fact, compare it to Kay County's Bird Nest Creek bridge, which is a similar fish-belly). In the photo above, you can see David, our engineering expert, examining this bridge which was built in 1920.
Below, David takes a break while I take an angle view of the side of this unusual bridge. The bridge is about 110 feet in length.
Below, when I said that this bridge was heavily built, I wasn't exaggerating. This is the heaviest pony truss bridge we have found that was not on a state highway. You can only use one word when describing any part of this bridge: beefy! There are three bars in the lower chord of this bridge. Like I said above, compare this bridge with the one in Kay County.
