Oklahoma Turnpike Authority

LEDGER PHOTO BY CURTIS AWBREY

LEDGER PHOTO BY CURTIS AWBREY

Turnpike Authority starts new account blitz

News Staff
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Motorists lined up August 12 at an Oklahoma Turnpike Authority “PikePass” trailer parked at the rest stop near Chickasha on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike. The OTA moves the trailer “all over the state to help people open accounts,” agency spokesman Jack Damrill said.
LEDGER PHOTO BY CHRIS MARTIN Toll plazas such as this one on the H.E. Bailey toll road will become a thing of the past when “cashless tolling” is fully implemented on Oklahoma’s turnpike system.

LEDGER PHOTO BY CHRIS MARTIN Toll plazas such as this one on the H.E. Bailey toll road will become a thing of the past when “cashless tolling” is fully implemented on Oklahoma’s turnpike system.

State OKs contract to make Bailey Turnpike ‘cashless’

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, July 29, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – A $7.4 million contract to convert the H.E. Bailey Turnpike to totally “cashless” tolling by mid-2022 was approved Tuesday by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. At $7,429,764, Haskell Lemon Construction Co. of Oklahoma City was the lower of two bidders for the job.
Ledger photos by Andrew W. Griffin Motorists pass by highway signs in disrepair on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike.

Ledger photos by Andrew W. Griffin Motorists pass by highway signs in disrepair on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike.

Bailey Turnpike motorists will see new signs in 2021

Andrew W. Griffin
Thursday, December 10, 2020
ELGIN – Dilapidated, faded and barely legible highway signs along the H.E. Bailey Turnpike are scheduled to be replaced in the coming year, says Oklahoma Turnpike Authority spokesman Jack Damrill. Damrill said that there are 20 locations along the H.E.
Decisions Coming On Turnpike Speed Increase

Decisions Coming On Turnpike Speed Increase

Decisions Coming On Turnpike Speed Increase

News Staff
Friday, July 24, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Last fall, speed limits on Oklahoma’s turnpike system were permitted to increase from 75 to 80 miles per hour following the implementation of a new law – signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt in April 2019 – and authored by State Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton.
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