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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 ...
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
The location of the bridge was chosen as part of the "Core to Shore" initiative, which was intended to connect the core of downtown Oklahoma City to the shore of the Oklahoma River. An urban park was in the early stages of planning in the same area as part of the MAPS 3 project; the bridge connects the park's upper and lower portions. [9]
This made all of the old SH-77H part of the new SH-77H, and extended the highway's northern terminus into the Oklahoma City suburb of Del City. [3] On 1977-06-06, the highway was extended further north into Del City along Sunnylane Road [5] to Reno Avenue, where it turned west, ending at US-77 (which followed Lincoln Boulevard at the time). [6]
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]
In Oklahoma, U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs diagonally across the state, from the Texas state line in far southwestern Oklahoma to the Arkansas state line near Fayetteville. US-62 spends a total of 402.48 miles (647.73 km) [1] in the Sooner State. The highway passes through fifteen of Oklahoma's counties.
Downtown Oklahoma City is located at the geographic center of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and contains the principal, central business district of the region. Downtown has over 80,000 workers [ 1 ] and over 13,310,000 sq ft (1,237,000 m 2 ) of leasable office space to-date. [ 2 ]
The road is mostly intact except for a small area near Pearson, Oklahoma where it is rerouted to cross SH-59. North of Pearson is the Salt Creek Bridge, a 120' long OSHC standard design, built in 1930. Salt Creek Bridge. Near Macomb, Oklahoma the old highway again travels parallel and very near to US-177. The highway is interrupted once because ...