Tulsa World
By GAVIN OFF World Data Editor
Published: 12/16/2010 2:29 AM
Last Modified: 12/16/2010 4:51 AM
The federal government finalized its $49.4 million grant Wednesday to build a new westbound Interstate 244 bridge over the Arkansas River.
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation was awarded the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant, also known as a TIGER grant, in February. But the U.S. Department of Transportation and ODOT finished signing the agreement this week, allowing the state to move forward with the project.
The replacement project is scheduled to go to bid next year, according to ODOT's eight-year construction work plan.
"The I-244 bridge replacement project is another great example of how the Recovery Act is creating jobs and targeting needed transportation projects," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a release. "It is also key to the region's economic competitiveness and will improve both truck and rail freight movement over the Arkansas River."
The grant will help ODOT replace the westbound lanes of the I-244 bridge over the Arkansas River with a bridge that would carry one exit/entrance lane and three lanes of through traffic over two rail lines and a pedestrian walkway... FULL ARTICLE
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