Haven't you all ever heard of the Arch of Triumph in Paris ? Or the Arch of Constintine in Rome ? Or Hadrins Arch in Athens ?
OKC now has the 'Pillars of the Crosstown' !!! LOL
Highway construction companies are notorious for leaving a job for weeks/months only to come back and finish it just in time to meet the deadline.
Not true.
ODOT has been doing contract incentives in urban areas for 15 years that I know of.
It looks like the contract in question has an incentive of $15,000 per day. Hardly chump change. Don't know what the hold up is on the west end, though.
Page 10:
http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/contr.../short1111.pdf
Now they're working on the off-ramp going from I-40W to Hefner Parkway (or H-74/I-44E, whatever you want to call it). Maybe this is why they haven't restriped it?
Anything new? They still haven't progressed very much it seems like these day. :/
I am sending this to crosstown@odot.org right now:
"Seriously, what's the hold up?! Are we still waiting for the inside westbound lanes to cure?? Are we not opening up for 100% business until all of Agnew is done and the westbound ramp is open?
When will Westbound Lane 1 become an Exit Only for I-44 East, when will lanes 2 & 3 become traditional thru lanes that don't slightly shift and when will Lane 4 be a true I-44 West Exit Only?
When will the eastbound lanes on the west end of the project toward Pennsylvania FINALLY transition over to their natural lane layout??
I don't get what the hold up is... Riddle me that.
Sincerely,
OKCisOK4me
Disgruntled I-40 Never Gonna Get Finished Driver"
We'll see if that garners any response.
Do you really think ODOT forgot about this project or something?? LOL
I'm sure they know, and I'm sure there's a reason. Let it be.
And as an Oklahoma taxpayer, we have the right to know what the hold up is. I kept in regular contact with a gentleman who has moved on to another project, so like the first go round, I sent a general email and they got back to me in a professional manner. I'll keep you updated.
I take i-40 everyday (although at a non busy time) and it irrates me to know end. its been opened and cleared for months but they cant move the cones?
Could be. I'd like a journalist to step up and get an answer on this.
The boulevard issue has been pretty much settled at this point by ODOT and the City. Now its just a matter of waiting for the federal government to rubberstamp the changes.
I think this is just a case of the contractor putting the restriping on the backburner while Agnew is completed. The east side of westbound took forever too and the temporary alignment there was never needed. They should have put financial incentives for actually having interstate lanes open not just the entire project.
Noticed today that all the old temporary striping on the west end EB lanes has been ground off. My guess is the restriping will happen on a weekend - not this weekend because of weather and Easter but maybe the next?
http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/newsm...i_march_29.pdf
-40 ramp closes, I-44 narrows Monday
The eastbound I-40 off-ramp to eastbound I-44 will be closed and eastbound I-44 (runs north) will be
narrowed to one lane from 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday evening. This overall project is
anticipated to be completed by mid-April. Drivers are strongly urged to find an alternate route or
expect heavy congestion.
From ODOTs traffic updates
I-40 ramp closes, I-44 narrows Monday
The eastbound I-40 off-ramp to eastbound I-44 will be closed and eastbound I-44 (runs north) will be
narrowed to one lane from 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday evening. This overall project is
anticipated to be completed by mid-April. Drivers are strongly urged to find an alternate route or
expect heavy congestion.
I-40 narrows, Rockwell Ave. closes at I-40 Tuesday
The right lane of westbound I-40 and north and southbound Rockwell Ave. over I-40 will be closed
beginning 7 a.m. Tuesday continuing through mid-April for bridge work. In addition, westbound I-40
narrows to one lane and the westbound I-40 on-ramp from Rockwell will close nightly from 7 p.m. to
6 a.m. during the project.
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