Editing Webbers Falls, Oklahoma (section)

===21st century===
[[I-40 bridge disaster|The I-40 Bridge Disaster]] happened on May 26, 2002; a barge collided with a bridge support near Webbers Falls, causing a 580-foot section of the [[Interstate 40 in Oklahoma|I-40]] bridge to plunge into the [[Robert S. Kerr Reservoir]] on the [[Arkansas River]]. Automobiles and semi-trucks fell into the water, killing 14 people (including a three-year-old girl) and two horses. The bridge was repaired within two months, and reopened to traffic on July 29, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsok.com/article/894007 |title=Traffic flows again on I-40 bridge |publisher=NewsOK.com |date=July 30, 2002 |access-date=October 6, 2008 |archive-date=April 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415153239/http://newsok.com/article/894007 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On May 22, 2019, two barges loaded with fertilizer broke loose from [[Muskogee County, Oklahoma|Muskogee County]] and were heading to [[Webbers Falls Lake]]. They were part of a tow that had been docked along the river because of the extremely high water level and the speed of the current. On the morning of May 23, 2019, the barges got stuck on some rocks and were later secured but, at around 10:40 AM the barges were on the loose after a helicopter attempted to safely secure the barges and around noon that same day hit the dam, which caused minor damage to the structure, but destroyed flood gates 7,8,and 9. The barges suffered major damage as they overturned and dumped their cargo into the flood, then sank to the base of the dam. Since the lake level had to be lowered significantly before the mangled barges could be removed, the flood gates could not be safely removed and the damaged gates repaired. This restricted traffic through the [[McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System]] until late October 2019.