Dec 03, 2010 (Tulsa World - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority approved contracts Thursday to install cable barriers along portions of the Creek and Kilpatrick turnpikes.
Traffic has increased on portions of the Tulsa and Oklahoma City turnpikes, and the barriers are needed to prevent crossover accidents, Turnpike Authority spokesman Jack Damrill said.
The barriers will be installed in mid-January, he said.
The Turnpike Authority awarded a $370,768 contract to Midstate Traffic to install the Creek Turnpike cable barriers from U.S. 75 to Memorial Drive.
That stretch of highway has seen traffic counts rise to 55,980 vehicles a day now from 49,044 in 2007, according to the Turnpike Authority... FULL ARTICLE
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Fri, December 3, 2010
by Crystal Drwenski