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S.H. 51 over Double Spring Creek

Cherokee County, Oklahoma · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

S.H. 51 over Double Spring Creek in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1950 and reconstructed in 2011, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 110 of the 205 inventoried bridges in Cherokee County rated fair (53.7%); 21 (10.2%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 210 ft
Location	SH 51; 0.3 Mi W Jct SH 80
NBI structure number	124710000000000
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Oklahoma department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
E0760 (downing) over Tahlequah Creek	1968	15,100	Fair
U.S. 62 over Creek	1957	12,700	Fair
U.S. 62 over Goodman Creek	1958	12,700	Fair
Fau 3355(MSK. Ave over Ross Branch Creek	1957	12,000	Fair
U.S. 62 over Zeb Branch Creek	1958	10,000	Fair
U.S. 62 over Creek	1958	10,000	Fair