SH 74 Widening

[BoulderSooner]

If I recall correctly an overpass is still on the horizon, but like a lot of ODOT project this route upgrade got cut into phases. However priority order or funding seemed to have changed as I think it has been on the 8 year plan more than 8 years, and is still not scheduled to receive the funds till FFY 2026.

SH-74: AT 164TH, FROM 1.5 MILES NORTH OF THE JOHN KILPATRICK
33772(04) FFY 2027 TURNPIKE
OKLAHOMA Div. 4 SH074 1.000 Mi. $7,000,000.00
INTERCHANGE

not soon but it is coming ..

[Teo9969]

What are they doing at SH74 and Memorial?

[Plutonic Panda]

What are they doing at SH74 and Memorial?

Dude we got like two different threads talking about it lol… They are installing “Texas turnarounds” like the what you see on the I-240 service roads.

[bombermwc]

I know it would be HORRIBLE to get done, but the I40/I-44 junction redo needs to be able to handle 8 lanes going N/S, and then the BIG project would be to widen I-44 to add 2 more lanes from the I44-Hefner Parkway juncition all the way down to 240. That parking lot is awful every day going both directions.

35 is really in that spot from Norman up to Downtown now too. That same 35/235 junction funnels things down to 2 lanes (and really one with the way the exit only lane works past the river), and is in need of widening.

But those are 20 year projects that no on wants to have to drive through.....shudder..

[rizzo]

A new turnpike will fix the gridlock.

[Plutonic Panda]

I wonder if they added new tolled lanes if they’d be used or not. It’s been successful in other cities around the country. Transurban builds them and makes revenue from the tolls.

[BoulderSooner]

I wonder if they added new tolled lanes if they’d be used or not. It’s been successful in other cities around the country. Transurban builds them and makes revenue from the tolls.

they would 100% be used ..

[Plutonic Panda]

they would 100% be used ..

So what’s stopping ODOT from doing that? Is there an Oklahoma law that prevents it? As far I know, there are no HO/T lanes anywhere in the state.