2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 69. Roads Bridges and Ferries
§69-1600.2. Choctaw Code Talkers Bridge Naming Program Act.

A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Choctaw Code Talkers Bridge Naming Program Act".

B. The program shall be administered by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

C. The following bridges are hereby designated to recognize the service, valor and dedication of the Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I and World War II:

1. The bridge located on U.S. Highway 270 over Mountain Creek west of Wister in LeFlore County shall be designated for Albert Billy, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

2. The bridge located on State Highway 3 approximately one and three-tenths (1.3) miles east of the intersection of State Highway 3 and County Road N4495 in McCurtain County shall be designated for Mitchell Bobb, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

3. The bridge located on State Highway 3 approximately two thousand (2,000) feet west of the town of Oleta in Pushmataha County shall be designated for Victor Brown, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

4. The bridge located on U.S. Highway 259 approximately five and three-quarter (5.75) miles south of Smithville in McCurtain County shall be designated for Ben Carterby, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

5. The bridge located on U.S. Highway 70 approximately six hundred (600) feet west of the intersection of U.S. Highway 70 and County Road N3770 in Bryan County shall be designated for Ben Colbert, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

6. The bridge located on State Highway 3 over Beaver Creek east of Antlers in Pushmataha County shall be designated for George E. Davenport, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

7. The bridge located on State Highway 3 over Dumpling Creek east of Antlers in Pushmataha County shall be designated for Joseph H. Davenport, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

8. The bridge located on State Highway 3 over Boktuklo Creek west of Broken Bow in McCurtain County shall be designated for James M. Edwards, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

9. The bridge located on U.S. Highway 70 over Raymond Gary Lake in Choctaw shall be designated for Tobias W. Frazier, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

10. The bridge located on U.S. Highway 70 over Sulphur Creek at the intersection of U.S. Highway 70 and County Road E2078 in Bryan County shall be designated for Benjamin Hampton, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

11. The bridge located on U.S. Highway 259 crossing over Eagle Fork Creek approximately one-half (0.5) mile south of Smithville in McCurtain County shall be designated for Noel Johnson, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

12. The bridge located on State Highway 48 over Sincere Creek in eastern Pontotoc County shall be designated for Otis Leader, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

13. The bridge located on U.S. Highway 259 over Yanubbee Creek north of Broken Bow in McCurtain County shall be designated for Solomon Bond Louis, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

14. The bridge located on State Highway 7 over Pennington Creek in central Johnston County shall be designated for Pete Maytubby, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

15. The bridge located on northbound State Highway 3 approximately two thousand three hundred (2,300) feet north of the State Highway 3 bridge over Little River in McCurtain County shall be designated for Jeff Nelson, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

16. The bridge located on State Highway 98 over Horsepen Creek five and two-tenths (5.2) miles southwest of the intersection of State Highway 3 in McCurtain County shall be designated for Joseph Oklahombi, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

17. The bridge located on southbound State Highway 3 approximately two thousand three hundred (2,300) feet north of the State Highway 3 bridge over Little River in McCurtain County shall be designated for Robert Taylor, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

18. The bridge located on the U.S. Highway 70 Bypass over Old Highway 70 east of Durant in Bryan County shall be designated for Charles Walter Veach, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

19. The bridge located on U.S. Highway 70 at the intersection of U.S. Highway 70 and County Road N4750 east of Broken Bow in McCurtain County shall be designated for Calvin Wilson, WWI Choctaw Code Talker;

20. The bridge located on State Highway 113 approximately one and one-quarter (1.25) miles south of the intersection of State Highway 113 and County Road E1368 in Pittsburg County shall be designated for Forreston Baker, WWII Choctaw Code Talker;

21. The bridge located on State Highway 1 approximately one thousand eight hundred (1,800) feet west of the intersection of State Highway 1 and the Indian Nation Turnpike in Pittsburg County shall be designated for Schlicht Billy, WWII Choctaw Code Talker;

22. The bridge located on State Highway 1 approximately one and six-tenths (1.6) miles west of the intersection of State Highway 1 and the Indian Nation Turnpike in Pittsburg County shall be designated for Andrew Perry, WWII Choctaw Code Talker; and

23. The bridge on State Highway 31 at the eastern municipal limits of Krebs shall be designated for Davis Pickens, WWII Choctaw Code Talker.

D. The Department shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing the names listed pursuant to subsection C of this section to be placed upon the corresponding bridges designated in subsection C of this section.

Added by Laws 2017, c. 216, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017. Amended by Laws 2018, c. 307, § 4, eff. July 1, 2018.