The New I-40 (Construction Updates)

[jccouger]

What he's referring to is on the actual driving surface of the on ramp and it's definitely not caused by police cars driving over the curb. It's ridiculous how quickly this crumbled. It spans half the entire lane and needs to be fixed immediately.


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Yeah, that's it. It gets worse every week and I don't even know how it is still open. If you drive this very often you must also be aware of how ****ty the stop lights are timed. Seriously, going south bound on Penn takes at least 5 cycles before your able to get on to I40. They really did a disastrous job with this entire Penn exit/entrance.

[HangryHippo]

Yeah, that's it. It gets worse every week and I don't even know how it is still open. If you drive this very often you must also be aware of how ****ty the stop lights are timed. Seriously, going south bound on Penn takes at least 5 cycles before your able to get on to I40. They really did a disastrous job with this entire Penn exit/entrance.

Really the entire thing is ****. But that's ODOT.

[DavidD_NorthOKC]

Really the entire thing is ****. But that's ODOT.

If any other state agency spent $700 million and produced that garbage like the "new" I-40, people would be calling for heads to roll. It seems gross incompetence is the rule rather than exception on 21st Street. The Purcell-Lexington bridge. Bridges of commercial waterways without bumpers. Attempting to sell the Tulsa-OKC rail line and prevent any possibility of developed alternatives to the turnpike. The list goes on and on.

Why is Ridley still Secretary of Transportation? Is he the J. Edgar Hoover of OK?

[bchris02]

Unbelievable this has only been open for a couple of years and is already crumbling. Why does ODOT continue to insist on using asphalt? It never lasts very long and probably costs more in the long run having to repave every few years.

[Just the facts]

Unbelievable this has only been open for a couple of years and is already crumbling. Why does ODOT continue to insist on using asphalt? It never lasts very long and probably costs more in the long run having to repave every few years.

I see you are operating under the assumption that people in charge of solving transportation problems actually want those problems to be solved. Let me let you in on a secret - they don't.

[Plutonic Panda]

Update on the Penn ramp situation

OKLAHOMA CITY - If you've driven down the on ramp to I-40 eastbound at Penn you've probably tried to avoid the big holes in the road.
Cracks have developed on a 100 foot stretch of the road due to a structural failure. The concrete alongside is also buckling and sinking.

"I noticed it at least a year ago," says Melvin Streeter who take the on ramp frequently.

News 9 measured the affected area and found it's at least 4,500 square feet.

"We don't know the cause at this point," says ODOT spokesperson Brenda Perry, who says the problem has gotten noticeably worse over the last two months.

Perry says ODOT engineers are testing the soil around the on-ramp to determine what has failed on the road that is only two years old.

Those samples will not be ready for another two to three weeks. That means determining how or how much money it will take to fix problem will remain a mystery until then.

ODOT says it has run tests to determine the sinking is not the start of a sinkhole.

- ODOT Works To Fix Crumpling On-Ramp Near Downtown OKC - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |

[rte66man]

If any other state agency spent $700 million and produced that garbage like the "new" I-40, people would be calling for heads to roll. It seems gross incompetence is the rule rather than exception on 21st Street. The Purcell-Lexington bridge. Bridges of commercial waterways without bumpers. Attempting to sell the Tulsa-OKC rail line and prevent any possibility of developed alternatives to the turnpike. The list goes on and on.

What exactly is "garbage" about the new Crosstown? A soil problem at a ramp is not that unusual. What else makes the entire project garbage?

The Nance bridge was built 70 years ago. No bridge is designed to last that long without maintenance. Blame the Legislature for not appropriating $$ for that.

It wasn't ODOT's decision to forego bumpers on the downstream side of the McClellan-Kerr bridges. Upstream bumpers have been there from the start. Blame the Feds for that one. They funded and built the waterway, not ODOT.

I can't even figure out what you are referring to about "developed alternatives"?? Why should ODOT spend money on an alternative to the Turner?

You should stop and think before you rant like this.

[rte66man]

Unbelievable this has only been open for a couple of years and is already crumbling. Why does ODOT continue to insist on using asphalt? It never lasts very long and probably costs more in the long run having to repave every few years.

The only places asphalt have been used on this project are at the Agnew exit and part of the Penn exit. None of the main lanes are asphalt. Your initial point is greatly weakened by changing subjects.

[Plutonic Panda]

Thats is kid of the question is why did they use asphalt there? I'm sure they have a reason. They also used it on the new Boulevard. I love this Highway just think the asphalt part is weird and put of place. Maybe they plan on expanding that part soon.

[jccouger]

Thank goodness for the news getting involved with this or I seriously doubt they'd be doing anything about it. Its seriously taken a year & they don't even know what the cause of the problem is? Pathetic.

[Plutonic Panda]

Does anyone think it is a sinkhole? ODOT said they are looking at the possibility and doing testing.

[OKCisOK4me]

Does anyone think it is a sinkhole? ODOT said they are looking at the possibility and doing testing.

If you read just a few posts up you'll see where it says that ODOT has determined it is not the beginning of a sinkhole.

[Just the facts]

If you read just a few posts up you'll see where it says that ODOT has determined it is not the beginning of a sinkhole.

Which guarantees that it is a sinkhole .

[Plutonic Panda]

If you read just a few posts up you'll see where it says that ODOT has determined it is not the beginning of a sinkhole.

psshhh... I read it as ODOT is running tests to see if it is a sinkhole. I now see what exactly it said. My bad.

[jn1780]

This ramp wasn't built by the same contractor that didn't know you had to use different welding techniques on a manganese alloy bridge truss was it? lol

[bchris02]

Sorry if this has been asked, but does anybody know when ODOT plans on getting the lighting functional at both ends of the new I-40? The road has been open for over a year now yet the lights still are not operational near the interchanges.

[Plutonic Panda]

Little late for this, but was this the ramp people were referring to?

http://newsok.com/pennsylvania-avenu...rticle/4346324

[OKCisOK4me]

Yes^^


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[Bellaboo]

The East entry into Bricktown for the boulevard is getting a huge wall built. They have about 20 columns built to hold the road, but they are building a massive wall next to the offramp from Southbound I-235 to I-40 Westbound.

[shawnw]

The city shouldn't allow trains to run under the boulevard due to possible safety concerns.

[OKCisOK4me]

The city shouldn't allow trains to run under the boulevard due to possible safety concerns.

I'm certain you're not a sarcasm guy but it smells like sarcasm.


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[jn1780]

The city shouldn't allow trains to run under the boulevard due to possible safety concerns.

The railroad will probably say they have ROW 30 feet off the ground.

[shawnw]

I'm certain you're not a sarcasm guy but it smells like sarcasm.

I'm am totally a sarcasm guy. I wish it was an option to use it as a second language credential on my resume.

[gurantula35]

does anyone else feel that the 60mph speed limit here is too slow? just east on i40 is 65mph with three lanes.

I'm sure it bothers me because i'm an impatient driver but does anyone else feel its too slow?

[bchris02]

does anyone else feel that the 60mph speed limit here is too slow? just east on i40 is 65mph with three lanes.

I'm sure it bothers me because i'm an impatient driver but does anyone else feel its too slow?

When it first opened, people went much, much faster on it. It felt like Dallas in that you could easily go 70-75 and still be one of the slower cars there. Unfortunately, Oklahoma Highway Patrol caught on and for about a month earlier this year, every time I would drive that stretch I would see probably three or four police giving people tickets at all times per day. Since then, traffic flows just as it does on most other OKC highways; at or below the speed limit.