I would like to see something here like Texas has done with the i35-635 expansion. They have added express toll lanes that are priced based on traffic. If you want to pay a little extra you can, but if not you still have a toll free option. However it seems to me that doing that along I35 and I40 in the OKC metro would be astronomically expensive.
Remember, i 40 was originally going to have express lanes. However, it was decided that it was better for flow to just keep it wide instead of creating a nested 4 land highway. We just dont have the traffic to warrant it. Once the I-40/I-44 junction is replaced and things arent squeeze down to lanes to cross over I-44, we'll see a lot of that afternoon traffic go away. It's really the last untouched mess. And of course, the city/state have decided to do construction on every highway at the same time during COVID so no matter where you go, there's something torn up, which makes it worse.
Drove the 80MPH section of the Turner Turnpike last Saturday. Huge improvement.
Widening the rest of the way to OKC should be a Priority #1 if the state is not going to pursue rail. It is imperative for Oklahoma to have ease of access between the two cities to compete with larger cities/states.
So about to Luther where the new turnpike junction is?
That would be nice but really the whole thing needs to be done sooner rather than later. There is a lot of traffic on that highway.
Oklahoma DOT and the turnpike authority announced that they are working on a 15 year 5+ billion dollar master plan yesterday .. that will among other things
3 lane the turner all the way to tulsa ..
finish the final section of the gilcrease to the north ..
extend the Kickapoo and kilpatrick to meet at I35
Last edited by BoulderSooner; 12-08-2021 at 11:23 AM. Reason: edited to add YEAR
15-year?
Also 3 lane the Kilpatrick in places, and I'd guess that would be from MacArthur to I-40.
And yes to 15 years
Terrific news.
Also they have already started building an East bound exit to the Kilpatrick from Southbound Broadway extension.
Great news. I just wish they would work on getting a Northwest Loop and convert waterloo into a freeway
"extend the Kickapoo and kilpatrick to meet at I35"
The Kilpatrick already goes to l35. Is this an extension to go north towards Guthrie?
Edit: Nevermind, l found a free article explaining it is south l35.
https://okpolicy.org/in-the-know-sta...udget-process/
I also hope they include a full stack at Tidesdale and Gilcrease freeways
Is the Kilpatrick extension to I35 part of the plan to re-designate I240, or is this going to be a new highway?
It sounds like it is building out the rest of the 90s era Kilpatrick extension plan (which the current part only did somewhere between the first quarter to third of); in that plan the turnpike would turn south where it meets Airport road, continue south past the airport, then turn south east till around Western (60th in Norman), where it would then run east west and have a juncture around where highway 77 and i35 merge.
I wonder if the Kickapoo extension will extend South to HW-9 East of Norman or will it tie back to I-35 North of Norman?
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