Going south
Road work will affect football traffic
Road work will affect football traffic

By Chad Previch

Published: October 4, 2007

Road projects across the state will affect traffic this weekend for fans traveling to Dallas to watch the University of Oklahoma and to College Station, Texas, to watch Oklahoma State University.

Motorists should expect delays and allow additional travel time, said Brenda Perry, a spokeswoman for the state Transportation Department.

No one from the Texas Transportation Department was available for comment Wednesday. Fans may find construction information at www.dot.state.tx.us/default.htm.

1 Interstate 35 near Ardmore: An ongoing project will temporarily have both southbound lanes, mile markers 29 to 24, open to accommodate heavy traffic. The project is not complete, but the lanes will be open this weekend because of special provisions in the contract with Koss Construction Co. The speed limit through the construction zone will be 60 mph. The southbound exit ramp and the northbound on-ramp at mile marker 24 near Lake Murray remain closed. The contractor expects to open the northbound lanes on Saturday after striping is complete.

2 I-35 remains narrowed north of Stillwater in Payne County: North and southbound remains narrowed to one lane in each direction just north of the State Highway 51 interchange as part of ongoing interchange reconstruction.

3 I-40/State Highway 102 construction continues west of Shawnee in Pottawatomie County: Crews continue work on the interchange/bridge modification. Motorists won't be affected by lane closures during the weekend, yet are asked to use caution near work crews.

4 U.S. 69 narrowed at Coal Creek south of Wagoner in Wagoner County: Southbound U.S. 69 is narrowed to one lane at the bridge over Coal Creek, 6.4 miles north of the Muskogee County line, as part of a rehabilitation project.

5 Construction continues at I-40/MacArthur Boulevard through November: Lanes are narrowed slightly on east and westbound I-40 between MacArthur Boulevard and Morgan Road through November for safety improvements.

6 Emergency bridge repair is ongoing at mile marker 150 on the Turner Turnpike, west of Wellston. Traffic is narrowed to one lane both directions. A reconstruction project is ongoing at the SH 102 bridge over the turnpike at mile marker 155. The road is narrowed to one lane in both directions and the speed limit is 45 mph.

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