Third project begins on new Crosstown Expressway
Construction has started on a $14 million project to build a north-south railroad bridge in downtown Oklahoma City serving Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the Heartland Flyer Amtrak train. It’s Phase 3 of a seven-year, $557 million project that will replace a 4 ½-mile stretch of Interstate 40 along downtown Oklahoma City’s southern edge.
The railroad bridge will go over the new Crosstown near Shields Boulevard. It replaces a temporary bridge that was built to make sure railroad traffic would not be interrupted.
Construction on the new railroad bridge is expected to be completed in fall 2008, state transportation officials said.
Reconstruction of the Crosstown began in late 2005. It will be a 10-lane highway between May Avenue and I-235 and will carry about 120,000 vehicles a day, state transportation officials said. A four- to six-lane boulevard will be built under the old Crosstown. The 42-year-old elevated roadway won’t be torn down until the new Crosstown is completed.
Click to read more about and see pictures of the Crosstown Expressway project.
Brian Sargent
Staff Writer
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