Transportation officials warn holiday travelers of construction slowdowns, closures

Jun. 29—The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and Oklahoma Department of Transportation issued a site visitors advisory Monday warning tourists to be expecting minimized pace restrictions and shut lanes on some interstates, state highways and turnpikes Thursday as a result of July 4. The building-relevant variations could impact people touring for the holiday weekend.

AAA Oklahoma reported it initiatives much more than 510,000 Oklahomans will travel 50 miles or extra all through the Independence Working day holiday weekend and most — additional than 80% — will drive to their locations in spite of spending more at the pump.

“The quantity of travelers we be expecting to see around Independence Working day is most likely to be the greatest for summer time vacations because 2019,” AAA Oklahoma spokesperson Leslie Gamble explained. “Earlier this calendar year, we begun viewing the demand for journey enhance and it’s not tapering off. Men and women have produced their plans and in spite of it costing more, they are obtaining strategies to even now get that substantially-required holiday.”

Turnpikes

I-44/H.E. Bailey Turnpike — intermittently narrowed to just one lane every path in between mile marker 62 at Sterling and mile marker 80, US-81/US-277 in Chickasha, Comanche/Caddo/Grady counties for pavement rehabilitation.

I-44/Turner Turnpike — velocity diminished to 45 miles for every hour at Condition Freeway 66 in Tulsa for bridge development. Two lanes will keep on being open in each individual way.

John Kilpatrick Turnpike — eastbound ramp closed at US-77/Broadway Extension via May for new ramp design.

Indian Nation Turnpike/Point out Highway 375 — narrowed to one lane in the vicinity of mile marker 38, Point out Freeway 43, Daisy, Atoka County for bridge repairs.

Highways

I-35 — narrowed to just one lane every course from mile marker 230, West Braman Road, to mile marker 221, US-177 in Braman by means of the summer time.

I-35 — narrowed to a single lane just about every route at mile marker 214 for bridge replacement around US-60 in Tonkawa, Kay County, for bridge substitute and resurfacing.

I-35 — intermittently narrowed every single way in between mile marker 74, Kimberlin Highway and mile marker 72, SH-19 in Pauls Valley, Garvin County, for pavement reconstruction.

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I-35 — narrowed to one particular lane each and every route 3 miles north of mile marker 8, Condition Highway 153, amongst Marietta and Thackerville, Really like County, for bridge reconstruction.

I-40 — narrowed to 1 lane every single way amongst mile marker 221, Point out Highway 27, and mile marker 227, County Rd. N3830, in close proximity to Okemah, Okfuskee County, for pavement reconstruction.

I-40 — narrowed to just one lane every single direction involving SH-152 mile marker 23, State Highway 152, and mile marker 20, US-283 close to Sayre, Beckham County, for bridge function.

I-40B — narrowed to just one lane every course at mile marker 66, east of US-183, above the Washita River in Clinton, Custer County, for bridge work.

I-40 — intermittently narrowed to a person lane each individual direction in between mile marker 53, SH-44, and mile marker 61, Haggard Road, close to Foss, Washita County for resurfacing.

I-44 — narrowed to a single lane each course at mile marker 45, Point out Highway 49, just north of Lawton-Fort Sill, Comanche County, for bridge rehabilitation.

I-40 — narrowed to 1 lane each individual course in between mile marker 270, Texanna Rd./Porum Landing, and mile marker 278, US-266/State Freeway 2, in the vicinity of Warner, McIntosh County, by way of fall 2022 for bridge and pavement rehabilitation.

I-40 and US-69 — intermittently narrowed west of mile marker 264, US-69 B in Checotah, McIntosh County, for interchange enhancements.

US-69 — narrowed to a person lane each course among SH-9 and Eufaula, McIntosh County, for reconstruction.

US-69 is narrowed to just one lane just about every course south of US-270 in McAlester, Pittsburg County, for floor and bridge work.

US-70 — intermittently narrowed to a single lane in each route by way of Valliant, McCurtain County, for resurfacing.

US-270 — narrowed to just one lane every route in between Oakwood and Condition Highway 51 in Dewey County for pavement work.

US-59/US-412 — narrowed to one lane each individual path concerning the Cherokee Turnpike and the Arkansas condition line around West Siloam Springs, Delaware County, for resurfacing.

Point out Highway 1 — narrowed to one particular lane each individual way with intermittently shifted lanes amongst SH-3 and County Highway 1566 close to Ada, Pontotoc County, for reconstruction.

Point out Highway 33 — narrowed east of US-270 in the vicinity of Watonga, Blaine County, to the Kingfisher County line for pavement reconstruction.

Point out Highway 9 — narrowed in both equally instructions in the vicinity of Keota, Haskell County, for resurfacing.

Point out Highway 31 — narrowed to a person lane more than Salt Creek close to Coalgate, Coal County, for highway work.

State Highway 44 — narrowed to one particular lane in Foss, Washita County, about Turkey Creek for bridge reconstruction.

State Freeway 51 — shut and detoured around Point out Highway 51A for bridge do the job about Gypsum Street in close proximity to Southard, Blaine County.

Point out Freeway 85A — narrowed to a single lane every course in Bernice, Delaware County for bridge function above Horse Creek.

US-412/Cimarron Turnpike — narrowed to one particular lane at mile marker 16, US-177, and at mile marker 48, State Highway 99, for toll booth get the job done.

Condition Freeway 33 — narrowed to a person lane each individual course in the vicinity of Point out Highway 18 in Cushing, Payne County, for pavement replacement.

State Highway 51 — narrowed to a single westbound lane and wide hundreds are restricted among Ninth Road in Yale, Payne County, and Point out Highway 18 for pavement reconstruction.

State Freeway 99 — narrowed to one particular lane close to Cleveland, Pawnee County, over the Arkansas River on the Pawnee/Osage county line for bridge replacement.

US-60 — narrowed intermittently concerning Pawhuska and Bartlesville in close proximity to Osage Hills Condition Park in Osage County for reconstruction.

US-60B — narrowed to one lane each and every route near Ponca City in excess of Bois D’Arc Creek in Kay County for bridge get the job done.

US-177 narrowed to one lane every path involving I-40 and Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, for resurfacing.

State Highway 33 — shut at State Freeway 74 near Crescent and State Highway 74F near Cashion in Logan County for widening and resurfacing.

OTA and ODOT offices will be closed July 4. For day by day targeted traffic advisories visit www.odot.org and abide by @OKDOT on Twitter and Facebook. For turnpike details, call the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority at www.pikepass.com and adhere to @OKTurnpike on Twitter and Fb. The Generate Oklahoma mobile app brings together actual-time website traffic circulation and highway closure info as drivers vacation on Oklahoma highways, interstates and turnpikes.