The state agency is still on track toward its goal of reducing the number of structurally deficient bridges to 1 percent of the total 6,800 bridges in the state by the end of the decade, Patterson said.

In 2014, the state expects to reduce the number of structurally deficient bridges from 468 to 400, Patterson said.

“Once we get our bridge problem to a manageable state, then we’ll begin to take on the other components of the highway system that need to be brought in to a manageable state,” Patterson said.

The eight-year construction work plan, which covers the time period from October 2014 through September 2022, includes seven new bridge rehabilitation projects in Tulsa County scheduled to begin in federal fiscal year 2022.

One of the Tulsa County bridge rehabilitation projects involves $13 million in work on several bridges at the southeast corner of the Inner Dispersal Loop near downtown.

Other new projects slated to begin in federal fiscal year 2022 include:

Widening and resurfacing Oklahoma 66 in Rogers County beginning about 4 miles southwest of the Craig County line and extending 4.3 miles to the northeast at an estimated cost of $10.9 million;