Tulsa’s Route 66 musical road has arrived, with a taxpayer price tag of $110K

Tulsa Flyer by Ginnie Graham April 1, 2026

The cost of the vibration strips that play “This Land is Your Land” along the Southwest Boulevard Bridge just west of downtown breaks down to about $5,800 per second of music.

But you’ll only hear the 19 seconds of the Woody Guthrie anthem if you follow these directions exactly: You must be driving in the bridge’s middle lane cruising west to east into downtown going exactly 35 miles per hour. 

The total taxpayer-funded project cost $110,000 with $90,000 from the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission, part of the state Department of Commerce, and $20,000 from the City of Tulsa.  

The result: Oklahoma’s first musical road, officially rolled out Tuesday in honor of the centennial. 

“I’m fiscal conservative and want my tax dollars to be spent the right way. I think the plan they put forward has really yielded some results for taxpayers in the state of Oklahoma,” said Thomas Tillerson, chairman of the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission.  View the full article: TulsaFlyer.org