OKLAHOMA CITY – Nearly 5,300 miles of two-lane highways in Oklahoma – 56% of total miles of two-lane highways in the state – have deficient shoulders, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation reports.
The agency’s current 8-Year Plan features improvements to 1,013 miles of two-lane routes that have deficient shoulders, according to Cody Boyd of ODOT’s Strategic Communications Division.
The 8-Year Plan includes at least 15 projects in southwest Oklahoma. Among the scheduled upgrades are:
Ÿ US-277 in Comanche County will be reconstructed from just east of the northbound H.E. Bailey Turnpike off-ramp east four-tenths of a mile to the US-277/SH-17 intersection. That project is scheduled for Fiscal Year 2024.
Ÿ US-277 in Comanche County will be rebuilt from 1.5 miles north of the Cotton County line, near Geronimo, extending north for three miles. That job is tentatively scheduled in FY 2026. Average daily traffic volume on that stretch of highway in 2020 ranged from 3,600 vehicles northwest of Geronimo to 2,200 a half-mile north of Baseline Road.
Ÿ SH-17 in Comanche County is scheduled for reconstruction, including replacement of a bridge, from Cypress Lane on the east side of Elgin easterly 6.5 miles to SH-65 at Sterling. That job is tentatively planned for 2029. Average daily traffic volume on that section of highway in 2020 ranged from 6,900 vehicles at “H” Street in Elgin to 1,700 vehicles just west of Sterling, ODOT records reflect.
Ÿ US-277 in Caddo County will be rebuilt from 2.5 miles west of the Grady County line, at the northern curve in the eastern edge of Cement, extending east for approximately four miles to the Bills Creek bridge, which will be erected on a new alignment. That project is scheduled for 2026.
Ÿ SH-9 is to be reconstructed from just east of the Stinking Creek bridge in Kiowa County, extending east for 2.75 miles to the junction of SH-58 (a/k/a Carnegie Street) in Carnegie, in Caddo County. That job is slated for 2027. Daily traffic volume on that stretch of highway in 2020 ranged from approximately 1,300 vehicles slightly northeast of the Kiowa/Caddo county line to 4,100 vehicles near S. Caddo Street in Carnegie, ODOT research shows.
Ÿ SH-8 in Caddo County is slated for reconstruction, including replacement of a bridge, from the junction of SH-19/US-277 in Cyril extending north and west for approximately five miles. That job is tentatively scheduled for 2029. Traffic on SH-8 about half a mile north of that junction numbered 1,700 per day in 2020, ODOT records reflect.
Ÿ US-283 in Jackson County will be rebuilt, beginning approximately one-half mile north of the Red River bridge and extending north 4.25 miles. That project is scheduled to be let for bids in August. Average daily traffic volume on that stretch of highway in 2020 ranged from approximately 1,800 vehicles north of the Red River to 2,400 vehicles about half a mile south of the SH-5 junction, ODOT research shows.
Ÿ SH-6 in Jackson County will be widened and repaved, beginning at the junction of SH-34 northeast of Eldorado and extending northeasterly for eight miles, to Olustee. That project is tentatively set for 2028. Average daily traffic volume on that section of highway in 2020 ranged from 980 at SH-34 to 560 just west of Olustee.
Ÿ SH-9 is to be widened and resurfaced in Kiowa County, including replacement of a bridge, beginning at the SH-44 west junction at Lone Wolf and extending east for almost eight miles, to near Hobart. That job is tentatively scheduled for 2028. Average daily traffic volume on that section of SH-9 in 2020 ranged from 2,000 on the east side of Lone Wolf to 1,900 at Hobart.
Ÿ SH-29 in Stephens County will be reconstructed in 2024, including replacement of a bridge, from 11.5 miles east of US-81, east of Bray, extending east for 5.5 miles. Traffic volume on that highway in 2020 numbered approximately 2,300 vehicles 1.5 miles east of Bray.
Ÿ US-62 in Harmon and Jackson counties will be widened and repaved, including replacement of a bridge, from two miles west of the Jackson County line extending east for seven miles, to the west edge of Duke. Bids on that job are scheduled to be solicited in June 2026. Average daily traffic volume on that section of US-62 in 2020 ranged from 2,300 vehicles at the western edge of Duke to 1,700 less than a mile west of the Jackson County line.
Ÿ US-62 in Harmon County is to be widened and repaved from one mile east of the SH-30 junction at Hollis and extend east for a little over seven miles to Gould; the 2028 project is to include replacement of a bridge. Daily traffic on that section of highway in 2020 ranged from approximately 2,200 vehicles a mile and a half east of SH-30 to about 1,900 a mile northwest of Gould.
Ÿ SH-5 in Cotton County will be rebuilt from 3.8 miles south and east of Temple, extending east for 2.1 miles; that multimillion-dollar job, which is scheduled for 2024, will include replacing five bridges. Traffic on that section of SH-5 in 2020 averaged 410 vehicles per day.
Ÿ US-283 in Greer County will be repaved and widened with 8-foot shoulders, from two-tenths of a mile north of the SH-9 south junction near Mangum, extending north for nearly six miles. That project is scheduled for 2025. Daily traffic volume on that section of US-283 in 2020 ranged from approximately 1,500 vehicles a mile and a half north of the SH-9 junction to 1,300 vehicles about a mile and a half south of Willow.
Ÿ SH-9 in Greer County is scheduled to be widened and resurfaced in 2028 from its northern intersection with US-283 and extending east for 6.3 miles toward Granite; the project is to include replacement of a bridge. Daily traffic volume on that section of highway in 2020 ranged from 1,200 half a mile east of US-283 to 1,500 just west of Granite.