Hefner Parkway Extension

[Buffalo Bill]

Nobody is building a 6 lane freeway there. 4 lane divided to just north of 150th, then 5 lane section north to the existing 5 lane section. Existing traffic counts would justify this.

[Lafferty Daniel]

I left downtown today around 5:30 and went to the outlet mall to pick up a gift, and I was worried that it might take 30 minutes to get out onto the edge of the city during rush hour, because I was in a hurry. Instead I got there in 15 minutes. Through a construction zone.

This needing a new freeway line is absurd.

How does this justify not needing to extend Hefner Parkway?

[Lafferty Daniel]

If we ever have to extend the Hefner Parkway, let's make it a turnpike so those who want it pay for it.

I'm on board with this.

[Spartan]

Summer of 1997, I would go to my job at Council & I-40 via Portland (HWY 74) from Nw 234th St. Even then, it was a nightmare so Im 100% positive that you have no clue...

That's 25 miles through a major U.S. metro. That drive is going to be a nightmare no matter what.

[Spartan]

How does this justify not needing to extend Hefner Parkway?

I keep saying. The traffic counts.

[Buffalo Bill]

I keep saying. The traffic counts.

The Highway Capacity Manual would beg to differ with you. But then again, it's based on engineering principles.

[OKCisOK4me]

29,098 just south of 150th
19,354 just north of 150th

Those are 2012 numbers.

What you people don't realize is that this is a five lane road (the fifth and middle lane being a left turn lane) with controlled access lights at every one mile intersection. It's not a freeway with limited access. Drive north of Covell...aka NW 206th St. to get a wiff of what I'm talking about or look at it on Google Maps. Other than it being a city street, which technically it is, while also being a state highway, there is nothing any different to widening Portland (HWY 74) than there has been with widening May, Penn, NW 164th, NW 150th, NW 178th, Western...etc. All those streets on the NW side of OKC used to be 2 lanes and traffic was re-DONK-u-lous.

[adaniel]

Is that the 75/85 connector in Atlanta?

That thing suuuuuuuuuuuccks!

Anyone in OKC who is complaining about our traffic has obviously not been to vehicular hellholes like the one pictured above.

[OKCisOK4me]

That's 25 miles through a major U.S. metro. That drive is going to be a nightmare no matter what.

OKC as compared to LA? Chicago? New York? We ain't that major yet, even with all our roadways, lol.

[Plutonic Panda]

BTW. I was thinking that a survey would be good for future planing 10 years down the road.(Although it would be nice to just have it now, there are more important highways that need to be widened or just completely redone) Like I44 west of 235, that would be great if they would just tear it down and redo it.

[Jon27]

How about the City of Edmond build a 6 lane road that connects to I-35, and to HWY 74 that extends to the magical North Edmond? Sure there would be the little bit of a squeeze from the end of Lake Hefner Speedway/HWY 74 to the Golden Brick Road, but it would help a lot.