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U.S. 281 over Medicine Creek

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

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

U.S. 281 over Medicine Creek in Caddo 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 269 of the 423 inventoried bridges in Caddo County rated fair (63.6%); 50 (11.8%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 201 ft
Location	1.9 SE SH152 Binger
NBI structure number	151710000000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-40 over Creek	1960	20,400	Good
I-40 over Creek	1959	20,300	Good
I-40 over Creek	1959	19,700	Good
I-40 over Deer Creek Trib.	1964	19,600	Good
I-40 over Creek	1960	19,000	Good
I-40 over White Canyon Creek Trib.	1960	19,000	Fair