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As of 2024 in rural Oklahoma, there are still 1,100 at-risk bridges that need about $12 billion in repairs.

The Oklahoman By Mary and Tom Lokey, Guest Columnists February 18, 2025

Improvements are scheduled to start on the “Y” intersection, just west of Tishomingo, in 2026. The new configuration will be a round-about.

Just a few weeks ago, a fatal accident occurred on State Highway 22, just east of Tishomingo, in the 90-degree curve that has not been improved from the time this was a dirt highway sometime in the late 1970s. Most highways in Johnston County still do not have paved shoulders, and some also have unnecessarily dangerous curves.

At this time, the dangerous curves on these highways are not in the current Oklahoma Department of Transportation eight-year plan to be replaced or improved. Some shoulder improvement is going to happen, including on U.S. 377 north of Tishomingo; State Highway 7 north from Mill Creek; and on State Highway 48 in the Coleman and Wapanucka area.

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