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Article: OKC I-40 Crosstown.
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- Construction News
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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By Liz Moucka
ODOT takes a different approach to scheduling contracts in Oklahoma City.
Despite funding worries, escalating diesel prices and opposition from local citizen groups, construction of the replacement Interstate 40 Crosstown Expressway in Oklahoma City is moving forward. With an expected price tag of $557 million, this is the largest transportation construction project in the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) history.
And the project is being built none too soon. The existing I-40 Crosstown Expressway, 8,888 feet long and almost entirely elevated, is rated as one of the most deficient bridges in the nation and has ...