I-35 traffic headaches are about to get worse with these planned widening projects

The Oklahoman

By Steve Lackmeyer September 21, 2023

Years of construction and traffic have created headaches for travelers along Interstate 35 between Oklahoma City and Dallas — especially each October when thousands of Oklahomans make the trek south for the OU-Texas football game. Those headaches are about to get worse. The Red River bridge spanning the Oklahoma-Texas border soon will become a construction zone as part of a joint effort to widen I-35 to at least six lanes between Oklahoma City and the U.S.-Mexico border. Construction along the highway, an ongoing hassle for drivers in both states for the past 30 years, won't end anytime soon. Oklahoma and Texas likely will spend billions on the interstate. Texas is looking at how to cover a $19 billion funding gap to widen its portion of I-35 to between six and eight lanes, while Oklahoma is pursuing its own plan to widen the highway to six lanes “Red River to the Oklahoma River.”

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