I-235 / I-44 Interchange

[OklahomaNick]

I-35/240 has an injury or even fatal wreck at least multiple times per week.

I-44 / I-235 is an accident magnet as well. Constantly see wrecks there. Fatalities also happen right there at the 50th street / railroad bridge. Lots of crosses on the side of the road.

[catch22]

I-44 / I-235 is an accident magnet as well. Constantly see wrecks there. Fatalities also happen right there at the 50th street / railroad bridge. Lots of crosses on the side of the road.

There have also been improvements to that junction, yet none to 240/35. Perhaps they decided it was wiser to start getting some improvements done at 240/35.

[flyfisher07]

Any idea what happened to the next phase of this project? Wasn't it supposed to be approved In January or February? Haven't heard a word about it lately.

[jn1780]

Any idea what happened to the next phase of this project? Wasn't it supposed to be approved In January or February? Haven't heard a word about it lately.

I suspect the State being broke and getting broker by the day has something to do with it.

[vaflyer]

Any idea what happened to the next phase of this project? Wasn't it supposed to be approved In January or February? Haven't heard a word about it lately.

The state put two contracts out to bid on the project. They only received one bid and rejected it.

[Plutonic Panda]

I suspect the State being broke and getting broker by the day has something to do with it.

This is from an email they sent me

With the two recent state revenue failures and following cuts to state agencies, all projects this fiscal year that are not already out to bid potentially may have to wait until next fiscal year due to funding uncertainty. We hope to proceed with this much-needed project, but will know more in the next two months.

[flyfisher07]

The state put two contracts out to bid on the project. They only received one bid and rejected it.

Wonder if the bid exceeded the estimate by too wide a margin? I also see where they have a project out to bid right now that will overlay that section of 235 from north of 36th st to just south of 63rd st.

[Plutonic Panda]

I-235 Widening Project On The Way - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |

[Plutonic Panda]

http://newsok.com/transportation-com...rticle/5495501

[bombermwc]

About dang time too. It's been the question all along...what are we gonna do in this stretch so i hope we can get moving quickly. Glad to see incentives, but hopefully it also includes penalties. And having I235 closed on that many weekends seems pretty nuts, but if you've ever driven that section you know there's not a lot of room to work with.

[gopokes88]

The pace is still insanely slow. If they would have just bid out the entire intersection at once this project would be nearing completion. Insanity.

[OKCisOK4me]

So, railroad bridge.... NW 50th Street bridge and north and southbound 235 bridges. I'd like to get a pic of that ghost town on one of those weekends.

Stephen Tyler...drone time!

[OklahomaNick]

In the words of Reggie Jackson: I am "crying tears of joy" that this project has finally got the green light!

[Plutonic Panda]

This is a really good article about this project.

http://www.edmondsun.com/news/next-p...0e82ff76f.html

Regardless of the lack of flyovers for the interstate connections, this should easily be the most impressive interchange in the state when this is done.

[OKCisOK4me]

I was looking at that image as west being north and saying "what the frick" to myself... way to go Edmond Sun!

[Snowman]

I was looking at that image as west being north and saying "what the frick" to myself... way to go Edmond Sun!

While they could have easily have turned the image, the origin of the poor orientation looks like it is from what ODOT released

[jn1780]

This is a really good article about this project.

http://www.edmondsun.com/news/next-p...0e82ff76f.html

Regardless of the lack of flyovers for the interstate connections, this should easily be the most impressive interchange in the state when this is done.

Three years for a quarter-mile stretch of road seems ridiculous to me. And I don't think they will actually start on time for the projects listed below.


2018: Reconstruct I-235 between north of Northwest 50th Street through the I-44 interchange to Northwest 63rd Street. Estimated $42 million.

• 2019: Flyover ramps/bridges of northbound I-235 to westbound I-44 and eastbound I-44 to northbound I-235. Estimated $31 million.

• 2020: Reconstruct westbound I-44 to northbound I-235/US-77 ramp. Estimated $24 million

[gopokes88]

Three years for a quarter-mile stretch of road seems ridiculous to me. And I don't think they will actually start on time for the projects listed below.


2018: Reconstruct I-235 between north of Northwest 50th Street through the I-44 interchange to Northwest 63rd Street. Estimated $42 million.

• 2019: Flyover ramps/bridges of northbound I-235 to westbound I-44 and eastbound I-44 to northbound I-235. Estimated $31 million.

• 2020: Reconstruct westbound I-44 to northbound I-235/US-77 ramp. Estimated $24 million

They should just do a total shutdown of the intersection work 24/7 and get it done in 6 months.

[Snowman]

They should just do a total shutdown of the intersection work 24/7 and get it done in 6 months.

While that could be done in a phased approach too, the first issue is the state does not have the money to do it at once, then they have to balance it with other projects that have needed work for years as well, since pissing off all the senators/congressmen not having work in their district while one project happens is bad for their careers.

[Plutonic Panda]

Here's a bigger picture of that map



- https://localtvkfor.files.wordpress....struction1.png

[OKCisOK4me]

Shouldn't they do the flyover ramps first to accomodate room for the 235 widening and aforementioned wider circled cloverleaf ramps?

[David]

Looking forward to seeing Phase 2B complete, but it'll be a while before that happens.

[jn1780]

Shouldn't they do the flyover ramps first to accomodate room for the 235 widening and aforementioned wider circled cloverleaf ramps?

The flyovers are being built before the main bridge structures over I-44. This will allow the northbound bridge to be built directly east of the current northbound bridge.

[d-usa]

Was driving home around 1am this morning, and it looks like they were doing work on both sides of the railroad bridge on the tracks. I wonder if that was early work for this or some unrelated maintenance.

[bombermwc]

Not sure on the rail bridge, but they put in barriers to block the shoulder on both sides of 240 near Shields. They've also pulled out the interstate lighting. Looks like they're getting ready to pull out some dirt/concrete. I just hope they keep all 3 lanes open!!!!!