Oklahoma highway works planned

Extensive highway works are planned for Oklahoma.

By MJ Woof March 22, 2022 Read time: 1 min

New turnpike works are planned for Oklahoma – image courtesy of © Karenr, Dreamstime.com

Oklahoma is to benefit from a series of new turnpike projects now being planned. A budget of US$5 billion has been set for improving and upgrading turnpikes in the state.

A wide range of works will be carried out. One of the major projects will be for the widening of the Turner Turnpike linking Oklahoma City and Bristow so that it features three lanes in either direction, as well as new on and off ramps along the route.

The works include building four new interchanges for the Indian Nation Turnpike in Pittsburg County. One of these will be for a cloverleaf layout for the McAlester/US Highway 69 interchange. Other projects will include an extension to Kickapoo Turnpike at I-40 south to I-35 near Purcell and new interchanges at Choctaw Road, I-40, Franklin Road, Alameda Drive, Etowah Road, SH-9, US-77 and I-35.

A notable project being planned is for a new east-west turnpike connecting the east and west and running around the centre of Oklahoma City. This is intended to link with I-35 and I-44.

Finance & Funding