FOX23 Investigates: Proposed bill could advance long-discussed south Tulsa bridge project

FOX23 Morgan Martin Mar 29, 2026

TULSA, Okla. — Plans for a new south Tulsa bridge across the Arkansas River may be a step closer to reality. 

A proposed bill is making its way through the state capitol. It’s a conversation that’s been making the round for years — building another bridge to cross the Arkansas River in south Tulsa. 

FOX23 told you in 2004 about talks of a new crossing, between Memorial Bridge and Jenks Bridge. The distance between the two is nearly five and a half miles. 

Talks circulated again in 2019 with a proposal led by the Muscogee Creek Nation. 

“It’s been on the books for 25-30 years. There was a private effort to do a private toll bridge and not a turnpike funded bridge,” said State Representative Mark Tedford. “That effort went for some time and then ultimately did not go through.” 

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