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Squirrel Creek Bridge: 1916–1917 2010-9-3 Shawnee vicinity: Pottawatomie: State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River: 1937, 1938 1996-12-20 Ravenna: Bryan: K-truss through bridge State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River: 1939 1996-12-20 Byers
Lake Overholser is a reservoir within the city limits of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [ a ] Lake Overholser is formed by Overholser Dam on the North Canadian River in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma . [ b ] The lake is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) west of Bethany [ 2 ] and 4.4 mi (7.1 km) from Yukon .
On May 15, 2002, the United States Department of Transportation approved a plan for the Oklahoma City Crosstown realignment. Included in the plan was the requirement that the city build a pedestrian bridge to cross Interstate 40. [2] [3] In 2008, Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett announced a design competition for the bridge. [4]
The Oklahoma City Crosstown Expressway, aka I-40 Crosstown, is a roughly five-mile (8.0 km) stretch of Interstate 40 (I-40) just south of Downtown Oklahoma City, running along the Oklahoma River between Agnew Avenue and the I-40/I-35/I-235 Crossroads of America junction. Prior to 2012, the I-40 Crosstown was an elevated stretch that bisected ...
Along with Greater Oklahoma City Chamber President Ray Ackerman, Norick and their staffs developed the Metropolitan Area Projects or MAPS, which approval led to the construction of the Bricktown ballpark and a tree-lined, mile-long canal through the district, as well as other projects in downtown. [3]
The State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River replaced a suspension bridge that collapsed on January 15, 1934. The former bridge had been opened as a toll bridge in July 1927. It was purchased by Oklahoma and Texas for use as a free bridge. [3] It collapsed in a storm after the swinging bridge's wire cables became twisted and snapped. [3]
There is also a heritage rail line under re-construction that will connect Adventure District in NE Oklahoma City to downtown. The line likely would run from the Santa Fe train station through Bricktown and the Oklahoma Health Center through the Eastside to Adventure District attractions such as the Oklahoma City Zoological Park , Remington ...
Bridge Creek is bordered to the north, west, and southwest by the city of Tuttle, to the south by the city of Blanchard, and to the east by the city of Newcastle in McClain County. Interstate 44 , the H. E. Bailey Turnpike , forms the southeastern border of the town, leading northeast 25 miles (40 km) to downtown Oklahoma City and southwest 17 ...