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  1. #1151

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    Apparently their not going to use the crossover on the east end. Looks like they were forming up the barrier wall today and are in the process of closing the gap.

  2. #1152

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    Quote Originally Posted by jn1780 View Post
    Apparently their not going to use the crossover on the east end. Looks like they were forming up the barrier wall today and are in the process of closing the gap.
    That would be fine with me, maybe with all of the good weather they can get it done timely without having to use a temporary connection.

  3. #1153

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    Let's try this again.

  4. #1154

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    Quote Originally Posted by Double Edge View Post
    Weird. Scroll down and click page 2. Looks like page one is all ads except for the headline. Or see if this link works: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-weighs-it...365780/?page=2
    That did it, thanks.

  5. #1155

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellaboo View Post
    That would be fine with me, maybe with all of the good weather they can get it done timely without having to use a temporary connection.
    Good weather and the time it takes to get Robinson done I imagine.

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  7. #1157

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    Quote Originally Posted by UnFrSaKn View Post
    Ya beat me to it, dadgummit!!

  8. #1158

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    Good grief, a huge hole in one of the center lanes??

    ODOT is darn lucky the weather has been so mild this winter otherwise that old highway might never have lasted long enough for the cut-over.

  9. #1159

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    They can't shut that sucker down fast enough...

  10. #1160

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    Quote Originally Posted by BB37 View Post
    ...dadgummit...
    I read a completely different word... Lord, please forgive me.

  11. #1161

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    Quote Originally Posted by UnFrSaKn View Post
    Seems kind of a fitting end for it.

  12. #1162

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    Robinson is open now which is what they were waiting for originally. Except now they decided to go ahead and finish the permanent connections on the east end first.

  13. #1163

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    Just bolt a giant steel plate over it and hope it holds.

  14. #1164

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    On the traffic report update this afternoon on the Twister, they mentioned 2 holes had opened up

  15. #1165

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larry OKC View Post
    On the traffic report update this afternoon on the Twister, they mentioned 2 holes had opened up
    One on the top and one on the bottom?

  16. #1166

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    Seemed like they were at different locations?? I didnt pay too much attention to it since I wasnt going that way

  17. #1167

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    gallery
    Here are some new pics. Pardon the pseudonym, this is the only downside of google hosting, you have to use a name. My comments are to the upper right of the pics.
    I'm going to take a stab that the west side is over a month away from completion based on these pics. Remember the estimate was 2-8 weeks from Jan. 9

  18. #1168

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    I cannot wait to see how the Western and Penn exits do when the ice storm hits Sunday night.

  19. #1169

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    Quote Originally Posted by jungmuny View Post
    gallery
    Here are some new pics. Pardon the pseudonym, this is the only downside of google hosting, you have to use a name. My comments are to the upper right of the pics.
    I'm going to take a stab that the west side is over a month away from completion based on these pics. Remember the estimate was 2-8 weeks from Jan. 9
    Opening or completion? Looks like their ready to open it within a week or two based on those pics. They quickly built those two lanes making the crossover unnecessary. The onramp from northbound I-35 is going to cut across the current westbound lanes.

  20. #1170

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    I thought for this portion of the migration, they would try to complete as much as possible before allowing traffic. If they just allow a one lane or two lane stretch, its possible in two weeks. Since half the weight is already off the bridge and it shouldn't be a safety issue, it would be more efficient to complete it fully and avoid the congestion. There is also the factor of concrete generally doesn't set well below 50 degrees so they are limited by weather.

  21. #1171

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    Quote Originally Posted by jungmuny View Post
    I thought for this portion of the migration, they would try to complete as much as possible before allowing traffic. If they just allow a one lane or two lane stretch, its possible in two weeks. Since half the weight is already off the bridge and it shouldn't be a safety issue, it would be more efficient to complete it fully and avoid the congestion. There is also the factor of concrete generally doesn't set well below 50 degrees so they are limited by weather.
    Looks like those two lanes were already painted and barricaded for two lanes of traffic. The temp ramp from I-35 would block any additional westbound lanes.

  22. #1172

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    Good point. They should make that temporary ramp merge and keep three lanes flowing. (Edit: or rather pave the ramp further away from the main strip so as to allow three full lanes and a ramp lane that isn't required to merge. There is an extra 5-15 feet to the west (of the merge lane ramp to the bridge column).) What a cluster job this will inevitably turn out to be!

  23. #1173

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    Quote Originally Posted by jungmuny View Post
    Good point. They should make that temporary ramp merge and keep three lanes flowing. (Edit: or rather pave the ramp further away from the main strip so as to allow three full lanes and a ramp lane that isn't required to merge. There is an extra 5-15 feet to the west of the bridge column from the ramp.) What a cluster job this will inevitably turn out to be!
    I think there was only one lane (maybe two lanes) crossing over on the eastbound side on the east end anyway, so keeping three lanes where the temporary ramp is may only compound the issue later.

  24. #1174

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    If I had my guess it will eventually be 3 lanes with the ramps coming from I-35 becoming the 4th and 5th lanes. It was only two lanes originally.

  25. #1175

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    Anyone notice all the graffiti on the south walls of the hw?

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