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U.S. 70 over Gates Creek

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

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

U.S. 70 over Gates Creek in Choctaw 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 2008, making it 17 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 123 of the 216 inventoried bridges in Choctaw County rated good (56.9%); 15 (6.9%) 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 210 ft
Location	6.47 E Jct Sh-147
NBI structure number	279020000000000
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
U.S. 271 over Horse Creek	1962	10,600	Good
U.S. 271 over Creek	1962	10,200	Good
U.S. 70 over Creek	1968	6,900	Good
U.S. 271 over Horse Creek	1968	6,700	Good
U.S. 70 over Kiamichi River	2009	6,700	Fair
U.S. 70 SB over U.S. 70/ K R.R. Under	1970	6,200	Fair