The new Crosstown Expressway in Oklahoma City can't be completed quickly enough, as maintenance costs mount for the old roadway, officials say.
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BY BRANDON GOODWIN bgoodwin@opubco.com
Published: June 25, 2011
A bridge is not something motorists want to see through.
Yet that is a regular occurrence on the Interstate 40 Crosstown Expressway, a two-mile elevated highway through Oklahoma City that frequently drops coffee table-sized chunks of concrete from its deck, exposing naked rebar and the ground below.
Emergency crews rush to the bridge to repair these holes about 20 times a year, creating a quilt of patches designed to keep the bridge usable until it is replaced with a new section of highway next summer.
For years, motorists have raised concerns about the integrity of the expressway.
Oklahoma Transportation Department officials said the bridge has regular inspections and is safe... FULL ARTICLE & WATCH VIDEO
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Sat, June 25, 2011
by John Cox