The $29 million contract will pave 2.3 miles of the new roadway from west of May Avenue to Classen Boulevard. The 10-lane road will replace the existing elevated Crosstown. It is scheduled to be open to traffic by late 2012.
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BY MICHAEL MCNUTT Oklahoman
Published: September 8, 2010
A second paving contract for the new Interstate 40 Crosstown was approved Tuesday, with transportation officials saying the roadway is still on track to be open to motorists by late 2012.
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved a $29.3 million contract with Duit Construction Co. Inc. and TTK Construction Co. Inc., both of Edmond, to pave 2.3 miles from just west of May Avenue east to Classen Boulevard. The two companies are working together on the project.
The work is expected to start in about two months and should take about a year.
The bid was the lowest of four bids; all came in under the $36.2 million estimate.
The commission approved the first paving contract last month. It covered the I-35/I-40 junction west to Lincoln Boulevard. Work should start in about a month... FULL ARTICLE
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