Oklahoma Code § 69-1600.2

§ 69-1600.2.

Choctaw Code Talkers Bridge Naming Program Act.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries

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;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries

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.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries

Added by Laws 2017, c. 216, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.

2018, c. 307, § 4, eff. July 1, 2018.

Amended by Laws