It looks like they are about to start on the widening along 35 now that the sound barrier is complete. There is tons of equipment inside the loop by the mall. Anyone know any details?
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It looks like they are about to start on the widening along 35 now that the sound barrier is complete. There is tons of equipment inside the loop by the mall. Anyone know any details?
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Looks like they will be at it for a while.
http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/cwp-8...ision3-map.pdf
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The last update I'd heard was that they were going to start building a single point urban interchange at Main St which would be followed by the widening of the highway down to just before the Lindsey St interchange. That's the one that's supposed to take awhile.
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The I-35 construction congestion that will occur and be very bad.... and the growth of our area all point to a need of another bridge across the river south of Norman.
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they are currrently just doing some paving work. The Main St. Bridge and highway lane increase won't begin until start of 2013. expect an 18 month process. Then highway 9 - another 18 months, then Lindsey another 18 months. Give or take.
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Is the 18 month estimates before or after normal ODOT project timeline slippage.
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Why? What destinations are south of the river that would require another bridge?Originally Posted by ou48A
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It’s the destinations north of the river that increasingly need congestion relief.
There is a plan to eventually build a by-pass around the east side of Norman & OKC.
Building a bridge in the right location could be part of this by pass.
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It could be needed at some point but that is far from a pressing or immediate concern. There are many transportation needs in the Norman area that are far ahead of that.
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I would agree there are higher street & highway priorities.
However a bridge would help relive congestion on several of the other trouble spots.
Since it takes so long to complete the entire process, the sooner we get started on it the better.
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ou48A, if you were king for a day, where would you prefer to place a new river bridge to noticeably impact existing congestion?
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If I were king I would suggest the bridge be built about 2 1/4 miles east of the David Jay Perry Airport. This is roughly 3 miles WNW of the city of Noble. This is an approximant location; engineering considerations may require an adjustment.
From this bridge a limited access highway would be built to Jenkins Street with an over pass over highway 9. Jenkins would be 4 landed with a center turn lane all the way north to Lindsey St.
From the bridge a highway of interstate standards would be built southward and join up with I-35 about 2 miles south of the bridge. A short state highway would be built on the north side of the bridge to the east to service Noble. On the South side of the bridge a short state highway would be built to the northwest toward the Highway 9 & I-35 exchange near the casino.
As I mention earlier, eventually they plan on building an east by pass around OKC. This bridge would be vital to this by - pass project. From this bridge the by-pass could be constructed to the north east for several miles before turning north.
This would require money from state and federal sources and a good amount of planning that would all take a long time, but I believe a bridge with the supporting roads that I described would help relieve congestion on HY-9, Lindsey St and on I – 35 in the Norman area. This would give people living in Nobel and on the east side of Norman much better south bound I-35 access. Should I-35 ever be shut down in the Norman area it would provide an alternative route.The project would also give OU a southern entrance point and the ability to get more traffic out of Norman quicker after major events. If you have ever known anyone who has had an emergency during football traffic congestion, you may know it’s a very serious safety consideration and I know the city knows this.
The construction of east by pass and a third bridge over the river on the NW side of Norman would also help as would commuter rail….. but remember, all this is if I were KING.
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before
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Before what?before
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I believe he was referencing this post.
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I believe you are correct…. thanks
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I saw that the transportation commission approved a bid for Sherwood Construction for the southern portion of I-35 and SH-9E. I can't seem to find any renderings of the plan for this rebuild though. Can someone that can navigate the ODOT site better than I can locate them?
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http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/meeti...2/brochure.pdf
I think that is still the plan in place. Unfortunately they didn't do an overpass at 24th to remove that choke point.
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No overpass at 24th is a serious miscalculation in my opinion. Well, that and the continued use of cloverleaf ramps. Unbelievable.
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I agree. ODOT needs to get with the friggin program!!!!!!!
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Since you bring it up and I wouldn't have really given it any thought otherwise (thanks for making me realize that there are a plethora of interchange options btw), what would be a better interchange? Why do they stick with the clover leaf design? Is it space? Time to build? Money?
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It's probably money.
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The thing I want to point out is that the SW part of the cloverleaf (top right) is brand new and actually doesn't exist today. They are adding two more overpasses to the interchange in this design, but apparently that was too much for them.
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The more I look at it, the more I hate what they're doing to that western portion of the SH-9 interchange. It's just dumb.
What is the part that was awarded yesterday?
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I think it's money. I think they are just doing things on the cheap. There is no bold engineering. I emailed the ODOT about the 235/44 interchange and they responded with them not having room to do the flyovers. Well, you can always go up a little more; the sky is the limit.
I would prefer flyovers for this, seeing as it would move traffic much more efficiently. A ton of other cities are doing away with these clover leaf designs and Dallas is doing away with their half clover leaf half flyover and going big. I wish we would do that here. I have hope though, as the city grows and new people come in, we will see change and take on bigger and bolder projects.
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