I was up north heading down the Tisdale Parkway and noticed that the Gilcrease Expressway now heads west from the Tisdale. It was extended to the intersection of North 41st W Ave and West 31th St N. It is 2 lanes with a 45 MPH speed limit. There is evidence of the future freeway to the north, as the new road is going to one day be the southern frontage road. There is now a traffic light at the Tisdale/Gilcrease intersection. No evidence of construction of an interchange at the LL and the Gilcrease is visible.
I also noticed some meat cleavers for OK 51 painted on the lanes of the IDL, along with US 64, US 75, and I-244 painted shields.
I crossed the new Arkansas River bridge on WB/SB I-244/US 75. It's just a fancy version of a plain old boring girder bridge. EB/NB traffic still uses the old bridge. The new bridge is higher than the old bridge.
I also saw some really ugly Clearview signs on I-244 just south of the river. The capital letters were way out of proportion to the lowercase letters.
Quote from: bugo on January 15, 2013, 12:32:15 PM
I was up north heading down the Tisdale Parkway and noticed that the Gilcrease Expressway now heads west from the Tisdale. It was extended to the intersection of North 41st W Ave and West 31th St N. It is 2 lanes with a 45 MPH speed limit. There is evidence of the future freeway to the north, as the new road is going to one day be the southern frontage road. There is now a traffic light at the Tisdale/Gilcrease intersection. No evidence of construction of an interchange at the LL and the Gilcrease is visible.
I knew they were working on building it around the north and west to connect with US64 near 65th West Ave, but I thought it was going to be a toll road. OTA did a "Gilcrease Turnpike" study a few years ago:
http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=13438930&clienttype=printable
Also:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2726.0
rte66man