BlockFrom the record
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Caddo County · listed in 2020 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Bridgeport Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The listing
- Address. North US 281 over the South Canadian R., Bridgeport, 73047
- When was it listed? November 2020
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Route 66 and Associated Resources in Oklahoma AD MPS; US Highway 66, from Chicago to Santa Monica; Route 66 in Oklahoma MPS
- Census division. Binger-Hinton
- National Register reference number. 100005858 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
34 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport Bridge between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,483 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 22 acres | Concho Field Office | BISON |
| 6 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 172 acres | Concho Field Office | OLD 66 |
| 2 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,066 acres | Concho Field Office | SPUR |
| 16 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Concho Field Office | GEARY |
| 7 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Concho Field Office | CANDY |
| 20 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Concho Field Office | YELLOW BRIDGE |
| 18 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Concho Field Office | ROCK |
| 1 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Concho Field Office | WALNUT |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bridgeport Bridge: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | $10,000 | A tractor-trailer was blown over on Interstate 40 near mile marker 90. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Bridgeport | $5,000 | Numerous spotters and chasers observed this anticyclonic tornado that formed on the south periphery of the primary storm. It initially developed in far southern Blaine County less than one hundred yards north of the Caddo County line, then moved southeast into Caddo County. Once in Caddo County, it meandered southeast and east for another one-half mile. Drone imagery of the damage by the ranch owner showed occasional tree damage along the path. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | $10 | no account filed |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | Estimated severe wind gust. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Bridgeport | - | Several witnesses observed a small tornado near I-40 in Caddo county. The tornado moved over mainly open land with no damage reported. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | A tractor trailer was blown over on Interstate 40 near mile marker 103. Tree damage was also reported at this location. Monetary damage estimates were not available. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005858 in Record Group 79. |
| Caddo County | All 11 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.