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Keel Creek Bridge
The Keel Creek Bridge is a bridge on Oklahoma State Highway 31 seven miles northeast of Coalgate, Oklahoma.〔
〕 The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.〔State Historic Preservation Office: Oklahoma Historical Society.(''Oklahoma's National Register Handbook'' ). April 1, 2015. Accessed July 2, 2015.〕 It was constructed as a Works Progress Administration project. The bridge is significant because of its importance to the transportation history of the area and because it is a WPA-built structure.〔
==History==
Prior to the Great Depression, the economy of Coal County, Oklahoma was already very poor; the county's main product, coal, was no longer in demand by railroads, which had switched to oil-powered trains, and boll weevils had decimated the county's cotton farms.〔〔Milligan, James C. ("Coal County," ) ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', 2009. Accessed March 28, 2015.〕 The railroads abandoned the lines to Coal County since coal was no longer needed.〔 The Great Depression further weakened the county economy.〔 A variety of New Deal projects were completed in Coal County, which provided needed employment and improved the quality of life.〔 Coal County had historically had very poor roads, and the end of railroad transport in Coal County meant that roads were an essential means of transportation.〔 Coal County thus prioritized infrastructure improvements, ranging from road resurfacing to bridge construction.〔 Between 10 to 15 bridges were built in Coal County, including the Keel Creek Bridge.〔 The Keel Creek Bridge was completed in 1940 as a Farm-to-market road project.〔 In 2007, when it was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places, it was still in use, even though many of the WPA bridges in Coal County had been replaced.〔
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