OTA awards $75 million contract for new Newcastle-area interchange on Toby Keith Expressway

Ponca City Now

by Ponca City Now

Tue, July 14, 2026

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Board awarded a $75.4 million contract recently  to build a new interchange connecting I-44, the Toby Keith Expressway and SH-37 near Newcastle, part of a push to complete the new turnpike’s alignment between I-44 and I-35.

The meeting opened with a moment of silence for two transportation workers who have been lost since June. The Board, in its first meeting under new Chairman Will Berry, also finalized a new one-year law enforcement agreement with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and awarded a second construction contract for bridge work in Pawnee County.

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