OKLAHOMA CITY (KAMR/KCIT) — The Oklahoma Transportation Commission announced it has approved almost $9 billion in highway construction and safety projects in the newest edition of its eight-year plan.
According to ODOT, the Eight-Year Construction Work Plan contains nearly $9 billion worth of “needed transportation infrastructure improvements scheduled to be addressed in Fiscal Years 2025-2032. The improvements are designed to enhance safety and travel reliability of the interstate and highway systems across Oklahoma.”
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“Our Eight-Year Plan serves as a guide for the department’s construction and maintenance efforts and allows us to ensure we are addressing as many transportation needs as we can statewide,” said ODOT Executive Director Tim Gatz. “Our main focus continues to be safety and reliability, and we are working to enhance safety by improving interchanges, adding shoulders to rural two-lane highways and addressing bridges statewide.”
FFY 2025-2032 Eight-Year Construction Work Plan
- $8.6 billion in total investment
- 1,647 total projects
- Addresses 632 bridges, including 299 structurally deficient or at-risk bridges
- 3,755 miles of roadway improvements, which includes 954 miles of safety improvements on two-lane highways with deficient or no shoulders.
ODOT included a list of Notable projects in the Eight-Year Construction Work Plan that include:
- In the Oklahoma City metro area, the final three phases of I-35 at I-240.
- In the Tulsa metro area, widening US-169 between 66 th St. and 86 th St.
- In Southeastern Oklahoma, US-70/Roosevelt Bridge replacement over Lake Texoma advanced from 2029 to 2026.
- In South Central Oklahoma, widening I-35 to six-lanes in Love County.
- In Southwestern Oklahoma, new interchanges will be built along the Duncan Bypass in Stephens County, as well as along US-62 and Goodyear Blvd. in Comanche County.
- In North Central Oklahoma, the final phases of widening SH-33 to four-lanes between Guthrie and Stillwater.
- In Western Oklahoma, an interchange improvement project along I-40 at I-40 Business in Custer County.
- In Northwestern Oklahoma, adding shoulders to more than six miles of US-412/US-60 between Ringwood in Major County and the Garfield County line.
ODOT said a map showing all projects on both plans can be found on its homepage at www.odot.org , under “Programs and Projects” then “8-Year ODOT Construction Projects.”…