Tulsa World
By GAVIN OFF World Data Editor
Published: 3/1/20112:26 AM
Last Modified: 3/1/201111:18 AM
Massive changes are in store for Interstate 44 between Riverside Drive and just east of Peoria Avenue.
Contractors will begin a $40 million project Tuesday to widen that part of the interstate to six lanes. They'll also improve or relocate entrance and exit ramps, replace the bridge over Peoria Avenue and add two new lanes to the eastern end of the Arkansas River bridge. The lanes will be for drivers who want to enter and exit the highway.
"There's going to be a lot of activity happening very quickly," said Kenna Mitchell, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
The project is the third phase of a four-phase $360 million overhaul of the I-44 corridor.
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