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N4540 over Spring Creek

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

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

N4540 over Spring Creek in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1996, making it 29 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 74 of the 205 inventoried bridges in Cherokee County rated good (36.1%); 21 (10.2%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 180 ft
Location	In Rocky Ford S. P.
NBI structure number	256970000000000
Condition class	Good

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