ODOT widening highway lanes near new Roosevelt Bridge

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Oct 13

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By Mia Medellin

Oct. 13, 2026

LAKE TEXOMA (KXII) - The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is improving lanes on Highway 70 in addition to building the two-mile-long new Roosevelt Bridge.

The highway stretch is currently two lanes wide. Once the project is complete, drivers will have four lanes.

Tamara Norris, a driver who uses the road, said the change is a relief.

“Safer. I mean, the two lanes was really constricted, narrow, and hearing about the previous wrecks and stuff and other trucks going over the bridge makes it scary,” Norris said.

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