Posted on 01/25/2021 7:13:27 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Update (8:45 a.m.): Crews early Monday are working on setting up signs and traffic controls in the corridors leading into the work zone, ODOT says. They will be closing ramps and narrowing lanes later Monday once those are in place, according to spokeswoman Kenna Mitchell.
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A “massive” $90 million project on Interstate 44 and U.S. 75 in west Tulsa will begin Monday.
The project will include:
- Widening and reconstructing all pavement on I-44 from four lanes to six between the west side of the Arkansas River bridge and Union Avenue. - Replacing five bridges; one at Union Avenue over I-44, two U.S. 75 bridges over I-44 and two U.S. 75 bridges over Mooser Creek (located just south of I-44/U.S. 75 junction). - Replacing and slightly reconfiguring all four cloverleaf ramps at the interchange to match geometry of the new elevation of the U.S. 75 bridges over I-44. - Construction of some additional piers; these will be part of future projects for the interchange.
During the first few months, I-44 will be narrowed to one lane in each direction and northbound U.S. 75 will be narrowed to one lane at the I-44/U.S. 75 interchange, Oklahoma Department of Transportation spokeswoman Kenna Mitchell said.
“The first couple of months are going to be a huge traffic tie up at the interchange,” she said.
Completion of the bridge replacements, ramp realignments and highway widening is scheduled for early 2023, weather permitting.
“This massive $90 million project will greatly impact traffic in the west side of the city over the next two years, and drivers are urged to plan ahead for significant delays to commutes and travel in this area,” ODOT said in a statement.
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PING!
Is this a payoff project?
This project is right on my usual route to work. Fortunately, I have an alternative route to avoid this traffic snag and I only travel that way on Tuesday and Thursday. Now I have to remember is to not follow my usual route because one wrong turn is all it will take to commit me to the traffic jam.
$90 million isn’t much of a road project. Did they leave off a zero? Texas spent $261 million on just the High Five interchange in Dallas. A single interstate bridge in Atlanta clocked in at over $16 million. The I-635 widening project is going to run about $1.6 billion for about 11 miles of highway.
Glad I don’t have to deal with this but glad they are trying to update highways. I never have reason to go that far north.
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