Allen Williamson Bridge

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Allen Williamson Bridge
Coordinates 36°01′40″N96°54′28″W / 36.0277°N 96.9078°W / 36.0277; -96.9078 Coordinates: 36°01′40″N96°54′28″W / 36.0277°N 96.9078°W / 36.0277; -96.9078
Carries Road traffic
Crosses Cimarron River
Locale Ripley, Oklahoma
Characteristics
Material Concrete
History
Inaugurated December 31, 1974

Allen Williamson Bridge is the name of a memorial bridge in Payne County, Oklahoma, named after a former State Representative who served in the Oklahoma State House of Representatives from 1966 - 1974. This politician should not be confused with a similarly named Oklahoma State Senator. The bridge carries Oklahoma State Highway 108 over the Cimarron River just north of the town of Ripley and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Oklahoma State Highway 33. [1] It is accompanied by a monument on one end of the structure and a memorial plaque placed by the Cimarron Valley Historical Society. The bridge was dedicated on December 31, 1974. The location is marked by steep rust-colored hills overlooking the Cimarron River, populated by a medium coverage of trees and other foliage. The bridge is of moderate size and of concrete construction, serving as a conduit for a two-lane highway. [2]

James Allen Williamson is an American attorney and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Williamson served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1980 to 1986 and in the Oklahoma Senate from 1996 to 2008. From 1998 to 2002 he served as Assistant Republican Floor Leader, and then as Floor Leader from 2003 to 2004.

Oklahoma State Highway 108 highway in Oklahoma

State Highway 108 is a minor state highway in Payne, Noble, and Pawnee counties in north-central Oklahoma. It runs for 24.1 miles (38.8 km), from SH-33 south of Ripley to U.S. Route 64 (US-64) in Lela. SH-108 has no lettered spurs.

Ripley, Oklahoma Town in Oklahoma, United States

Ripley is a town in southeastern Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 423 at the 2010 census, a decline of 9.2 percent from 444 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Edward Ripley, the fourteenth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

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References

  1. "Road, Bridge Names Honor for People." Oklahoman. October 30, 1983. Accessed August 14, 2016.
  2. "Allen Williamson Bridge". Oklahoma's Memorial Highways & Bridges. Retrieved 10 December 2010.