Kilpatrick Turnpike widening

[rte66man]

New pics of the Kilpatrick widening are posted at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rte66man/

rte66man

[Stephane Dumas]

Thanks for the pictures   Looks like they redo the OK-74 southbound flyover.

[okroads]

Thanks for the pictures   Looks like they redo the OK-74 southbound flyover.

That is correct; currently, traffic must use Memorial Road (the turnpike frontage road) to connect from the westbound turnpike to OK 74 South.

[Chris]

How many lanes will they add? It could either be one additional lane and a left shoulder, or two additional lanes, each way.

[rte66man]

How many lanes will they add? It could either be one additional lane and a left shoulder, or two additional lanes, each way.

It will be one lane in each direction from MacArthur east to Eastern.  The story of the Hefner flyover is somewhat murky.  I thought they had to rebuild the center support because the header part angled too far into the new lanes.   However, my Dad says the news did a piece that said the support was failing.  I will try to find out for sure.

rte66man

[rte66man]

How many lanes will they add? It could either be one additional lane and a left shoulder, or two additional lanes, each way.

It will be one lane in each direction from MacArthur east to Eastern.  The story of the Hefner flyover is somewhat murky.  I thought they had to rebuild the center support because the header part angled too far into the new lanes.   However, my Dad says the news did a piece that said the support was failing.  I will try to find out for sure.

rte66man

I found this:
http://www.news9.com/story/20003057/crews-close-bridge-from-turnpike-to-lake-hefner-parkway

This has a better explanation (along with the usual inane comments from idiot drivers):
http://www.news9.com/story/19902556/construction-to-close-major-bridge-on-kilpatrick-turnpike

rte66man

[bugo]

They're talking about widening a stretch of the Creek Turnpike to 6 lanes near the Memorial/US 64 interchange, but of course OKC got their turnpike widened first. 

[okroads]

They're talking about widening a stretch of the Creek Turnpike to 6 lanes near the Memorial/US 64 interchange, but of course OKC got their turnpike widened first. 

OTA is widening the Creek between U.S. 75 & Riverside; it was under construction in September when I went through that area. I didn't see any construction between Riverside & U.S. 64/Memorial, however.