This article first appeared in the Muskogee Phoenix
April 02, 2009 01:11 am
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An old and dangerous one-lane bridge in Muskogee County is gone, and work on its replacement was finished Wednesday.
County
Commissioner Gene Wallace said the bridge west of Oktaha is typical of
the 232 bridges longer that 20 feet in the county that need to be
replaced. Most were built around 1918 or 1919, and no one could have
predicted they would have to support loaded school buses, heavy farm
equipment or large trucks. The bridge cost $490,000 in federal funds.
Wallace said the county’s goal is to replace two bridges per year.
Posted on
Thu, April 2, 2009
by Crystal Drwenski