Cherokee Nation, Tulsa County officials celebrate completion bridge replacement project

Cherokee Phoenix
 By Staff Reports
 December 14, 2022

 COLLINSVILLE – Cherokee Nation leaders joined Tulsa County officials to cut the ribbon on a $2.1 million bridge replacement project on Dec. 6 in Collinsville.

The Cherokee Nation secured $1 million in Tribal Transportation Bridge Program funding for the joint project with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Tulsa County to replace the Horsepen Creek Bridge located on 137th East Avenue between 161st Street North and 166th Street North.

Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., District 14 Councilor Keith Austin, Treasurer Janees Taylor and CNB board member Brent Taylor joined Tulsa County Commissioner Stan Sallee, Tulsa County Chief Deputy Mike Craddock, Tulsa County Engineer Alex Mills and Collinsville City Manager Pam Polk to celebrate the project’s completion.

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