New Downtown Boulevard

[Larry OKC]

Are you asking how the new blvd will cross the main north/south tracks through downtown OKC? Right now I-40 goes over them. I think the new blvd will need to go under.

Kerry, don't recall now where the Boulevard connects with the relocated I-40 on the east end...is it possible it might not end up crossing the rail tracks at all?

[Kerry]

Kerry, don't recall now where the Boulevard connects with the relocated I-40 on the east end...is it possible it might not end up crossing the rail tracks at all?

The original plan was to have it tie into the existing 1-35/40 interchange. It is going to have to go under the elevated tracks.

[mmonroe]

@Kerry, Yes I was wanting to know if the new boulevard would cross over the N/S lines of the train tracks. It would suck to be elevated above, at grade would cause too much congestion when a train is crossing, and under seems more of a possibility.

off subject, but I like the George C. Wallis Tunnels in Mobile, Alabama.

[mheaton76]

@mmonroe - is that the one that passes underground on the drive from I-10? If so, I agree - on the drive home from Florida one year, I took that route, and it was rather cool and unexpected.

[mmonroe]

Those are the ones, I was taking I-10 out to Panama City Beach and I was passing through there. I liked it. Wish we had tunnels in OKC.

[Kerry]

What would they go under in OKC? The only thing I can think of would be the river.

[corpsman]

The river isn't like the Chesapeake Bay which they tunneled under in Norfolk. Are there any sand hogs in our area?

[SkyWestOKC]

Mt. Trashmore, duh!

[Kerry]

Mt. Trashmore, duh!

Don't ask me how I know, but tunneling through trash isn't a good idea.

[SkyWestOKC]

I thought everyone did that?

Dang. There goes my Sunday afternoon hobby.

[Popsy]

I spent a week in Mexico City last month and the traffic was amazing. Got caught in a grid lock that lasted three hours. I was impressed however with how courteous the drivers were to others the whole week I was there.

[corpsman]

Don't ask me how I know, but tunneling through trash isn't a good idea.

Neither is swimming or boating in a cess pool, but it is an Olympic training site and it was swum in a triathlon.

[Kerry]

Neither is swimming or boating in a cess pool, ...

Why do you think that? I really do want to know. Is it the water color, the rock along the bank, or something else?

[Larry OKC]

Kerry, the cess pool comment was probably talking about the fecal contamination (or something along those lines) that caused some of the athletes to become sick after swimming in the river

[Kerry]

Kerry, the cess pool comment was probably talking about the fecal contamination (or something along those lines) that caused some of the athletes to become sick after swimming in the river

So somewhere, somehow, the water became contaminated. Do they know where it came from? There is a big cow complex called the Oklahoma City Stockyards right next to the river upstream.

[rcjunkie]

So somewhere, somehow, the water became contaminated. Do they know where it came from? There is a big cow complex called the Oklahoma City Stockyards right next to the river upstream.

You're speaking of Stockyards, and that's exactly where it came from. The source was traced to this location and corrective action was taken to prevent future incidents. This was all over the news and in the papers.

[Kerry]

You're speaking of Stockyards, and that's exactly where it came from. The source was traced to this location and corrective action was taken to prevent future incidents. This was all over the news and in the papers.

Thanks for the update. Makes you wonder what has been seeping into the river before they put a dam on it. Without MAPS 1 they might have never found this.