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Title: Another Tulsa Turnpike?
Post by: Scott5114 on April 21, 2010, 12:31:31 PM
Thanks to David Backlin for the tip.
http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=12343638


And in another installment of People Who Comment On News Sites' Road Articles Are Ignorant, we give you this:
Quote from: Rex from Broken Arrow
it will also give easy access in and out of neighborhoods for the gangbangers wanting to shoot another gangbanger and or innocent bystander for only a couple of dollars toll fee.
Title: Re: Another Tulsa Turnpike?
Post by: corco on April 21, 2010, 01:05:40 PM
QuotePeople Who Comment On News Sites' Road Articles Are Ignorant

Fixed that for you  :-P
Title: Re: Another Tulsa Turnpike?
Post by: okroads on April 21, 2010, 01:29:27 PM
If this goes through, I predict it will be called the Gilcrease Turnpike. Connecting the 2 ends of the Gilcrease (I-44/I-244 to U.S. 75/OK 11) has been planned for a long time now; it does not surprise me that it may be tolled to get it done.
Title: Re: Another Tulsa Turnpike?
Post by: bugo on April 21, 2010, 05:15:26 PM
They mention it ending at I-44.  Does this mean the current 2 lane Gilcrease Expressway between 41st and 51st will become tolled?  The road is built as 2 lanes of a future freeway.  And there's a short section that is a full freeway.  Maybe the turnpike will actually begin at 41st Street.  

Here (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=tulsa&sll=36.092118,-95.962988&sspn=0.0073,0.018668&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tulsa,+Oklahoma&ll=36.094956,-96.048059&spn=0.029198,0.074673&t=k&z=14) is an aerial of the current southern section of the Gilcrease.  
Title: Re: Another Tulsa Turnpike?
Post by: Alps on April 21, 2010, 07:05:00 PM
Quote from: corco on April 21, 2010, 01:05:40 PM
QuotePeople Who Comment On News Sites' Road Articles Are Ignorant

Fixed that for you  :-P
Fixed again.
Title: Re: Another Tulsa Turnpike?
Post by: rte66man on July 07, 2010, 01:52:21 PM
May be political problems if the 41st to 51st part is tolled. That was built so traffic to the TCC West campus could get there w/o having to drive all over creation.  Higher Ed has a lot of political powere here in OK.