ODOT September Bid List

[rte66man]

ODOT finally published their September 2012 bid opening list. Some projects of note:

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09031(08)F 3 IS035 1.00 miles $22,145,000
GRADE, DRAIN & BRIDGE
CLEVELAND I-35: 6 LANE FROM 0.5 MI SOUTH OF MAIN ST, NORTH 1.0 MI IN NORMAN
(MAIN STREET INTERCHANGE)
IM-NHIY -0035-2(289) 109
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09031(10)F 3 IS035 1.00 miles $12,826,000
GRADE, DRAIN & SURFACE
CLEVELAND I-35: 6 LANE FROM 0.5 MI SOUTH OF MAIN ST, NORTH 1.0 MI IN NORMAN
(I-35 MAINLINE AT MAIN STREET)
IM-NHIY -0035-2(310) 108

--Finally out for bid, the rebuild of the I35/Main Street interchange will create greater Oklahoma City's second SPUI.

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17671(06)F 5 US270 4.00 miles $4,300,000
GRADE & DRAIN
DEWEY SH-3/US 270: BEGIN APPROX. 1.7 MI. SE. OF THE SH-51 W JCT. EXT. SE. APPROX
4.0 MILES (DIVIDED 4 LANE) (OFFSET LANES)
NHY -017N (070)
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17671(32)F 5 US270 4.00 miles $5,300,000
SURFACE
DEWEY SH-3/US-270: BEGIN APPROX. 1.7 MI. SE. OF THE SH-51 JCT. EXT. SE. APPROX
4.0 MILES (SURFACE OFFSET LANES AND REHAB EXISTING)
NHY -017N (225)

-- the next large project in the "Northwest Passage" improvements. At this rate. It will be done about 2050

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24300(04)F 8 US75 0.500 miles $7,950,000
INTERCHANGE
TULSA US-75 INTERCHANGE AT 116TH STREET NORTH
NHY -014N (071)

--another piece of a VERY long term project that will eventually make US75 a freeway from Tulsa to Bartlesville. 

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10061(07)F 6 US412 4.100 miles $7,150,000
GRADE, DRAIN & SURFACE
WOODWARD US-412: FR APPROX 10 MI EAST OF MOORELAND EAST 4.1 MILES
NHY -019N (013) COMMISSION ACTION DATE: 01/1988

--another piece of the ongoing project to 4-lane US412 from Woodward to Enid.

** Tentative October Bid list:

27896(04) 3 IS35 0.710 miles $17,100,000
BRIDGE REHABILITATION
CLEVELAND I-35 OVER SOUTH CANADIAN RIVER IN NORMAN
(BRIDGE WIDENING) (IM=67%)
IM-NHIY -0035-2(317) 107

-- the Riverwind Casino traffic plus the future rebuild of the I35/East OK9 interchange have made this necessary.  Wonder if the Chickasaws have contributed anything to this as it doesn't show on this sheet.

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20332(04) 4 US177 2.210 miles $7,135,000
GRADE,DRAINING,BRIDGE & SURFACE
PAYNE US-177: FROM THE LINCOLN C/L N. TO THE PERKINS CITY LIMITS, INCLUDES BRIDGE
REPLACEMENTS AT THE CIMARRON RIVER & DUGOUT CREEK
STPY -160B (103) SS
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21932(04) 4 US177 1.500 miles $6,188,679
GRADE, DRAIN & SURFACE
PAYNE US-177: BEG. APPROX. 1.5 MILE SOUTH OF JCT OF SH-33 & EXTENDING NORTH
STPY -160B (135)

--this is sorely needed but will create a large headache for those who use this as an alternate route from OKC to Stillwater on football game days.

NOTES:  As was expected, the vast majority of the openings are for bridge repair/replacement.  One of the few things our Governor and Legislature did right was to divert funding to improve our sorry bridges. A few years ago, OK was dead last in any list of bad bridges.

rte66man

[Scott5114]

Interesting that only the portion of I-35 around Main Street is involved in this. Currently crews are repaving I-35 around the SH-9 and Lindsey Street exits, and sound walls have gone up near the Main Street interchange. I assumed that the Main Street SPUI, SH-9/Lindsey interchange reconfig, and bridge widening were to all be one big project. Do you know if the repaving currently going on is the beginning of the widening through mile 108, or if it's just pavement maintenance?

That said I don't think the "bridge widening" in this is meant to be a capacity improvement. I think it's just that Ed Noble Parkway is going to extend south to become the southbound onramp from Lindsey, and the only place it can tie into I-35 is on the bridge, so it's just where the ramp is going to connect/be an acceleration lane.

[rte66man]

Interesting that only the portion of I-35 around Main Street is involved in this. Currently crews are repaving I-35 around the SH-9 and Lindsey Street exits, and sound walls have gone up near the Main Street interchange. I assumed that the Main Street SPUI, SH-9/Lindsey interchange reconfig, and bridge widening were to all be one big project. Do you know if the repaving currently going on is the beginning of the widening through mile 108, or if it's just pavement maintenance?

IIRC, the paving you see right now is just pavement maintenance.

That said I don't think the "bridge widening" in this is meant to be a capacity improvement. I think it's just that Ed Noble Parkway is going to extend south to become the southbound onramp from Lindsey, and the only place it can tie into I-35 is on the bridge, so it's just where the ramp is going to connect/be an acceleration lane.

That would make sense, however I read somewhere that they were going to add a fourth southbound lane all the way to the casino exit to mitigate the backup there on weekends.

rte66man

[Scott5114]

Interesting that only the portion of I-35 around Main Street is involved in this. Currently crews are repaving I-35 around the SH-9 and Lindsey Street exits, and sound walls have gone up near the Main Street interchange. I assumed that the Main Street SPUI, SH-9/Lindsey interchange reconfig, and bridge widening were to all be one big project. Do you know if the repaving currently going on is the beginning of the widening through mile 108, or if it's just pavement maintenance?

IIRC, the paving you see right now is just pavement maintenance.

That said I don't think the "bridge widening" in this is meant to be a capacity improvement. I think it's just that Ed Noble Parkway is going to extend south to become the southbound onramp from Lindsey, and the only place it can tie into I-35 is on the bridge, so it's just where the ramp is going to connect/be an acceleration lane.

That would make sense, however I read somewhere that they were going to add a fourth southbound lane all the way to the casino exit to mitigate the backup there on weekends.

rte66man

So there would be two exit only lanes for SH-9 westbound? I don't see that working all that well, considering the casino traffic will all have to filter into one lane at some point to turn into the casino...