New I-244 Bridge

[Townsend]

I think the lower deck is there on the lower portion. It's hard to tell when you're driving by, but the part you can see as you drive past is the top deck.

Makes it look like the train and pedestrians will need to enter the bridge from a tunnel.

[dsjeffries]

Makes it look like the train and pedestrians will need to enter the bridge from a tunnel.

Maybe Kaiser will surprise us with a subway system!

[BKDotCom]

How much taller is the new bridge going to be?  I drove by and realized there still needs another level right?

You mean you don't drive an SUV and can see the lower deck??

[patric]

Maybe Kaiser will surprise us with a subway system!

Tulsa is blessed with too many petroleum pipelines for that to happen.
Thats why Inhofe promoted a monorail system back when he was still considered rational.

[Red Arrow]

Tulsa is blessed with too many petroleum pipelines for that to happen.
Thats why Inhofe promoted a monorail system back when he was still considered rational.

Really? How many pipelines go under downtown Tulsa?  I always thought they skirted downtown.

[Red Arrow]

Maybe Kaiser will surprise us with a subway system!

I would be happy with a (real) trolley system.

[TheArtist]

  I would be happy with a real bus system lol

[swake]

We moved to 21st & Memorial in 1963.  City limits sign was about 100 feet east of Memorial on 21st - population 161,000.  South on Memorial, when got past 31st, it was two lane, through high school.  Remember one winter when driving in front of Village Inn, skidded on ice and almost went into the 6' deep bar ditch on side of road.

31st & Sheridan - heading east on 31st - just a little ways past Sheridan, turned to gravel road - past the Pitezel's place, who was State Representative for a long time.

Broken Arrow - would leave the high school parking lot with a friend who had a 1957 Ford.  Could go down Sheridan, get on BA, and be on main street BA in less than 15 minutes - going very fast.  When got off at 161st E. Ave, go to 61st and turned left toward main.  South of 61st it was all gravel road and farms to the river.

My grandparents bought a house a block west of Utica on 36th in 1948 when my dad was 9. 36th was a gravel road that ended two doors down from them. My dad grew up playing in the dense rural woods beyond the house towards Lewis.

[Townsend]

You mean you don't drive an SUV and can see the lower deck??

Not anymore.  I'm afraid I'm low to the ground and would need a booster car to see that.

[JCnOwasso]

Tulsa is blessed with too many petroleum pipelines for that to happen.
Thats why Inhofe promoted a monorail system back when he was still considered rational.

A monorail?  Monorail.... MONORAILLLLLLLL   MONORAIL!!!!!!!!!!  Sorry... I blame the Simpsons.

[heironymouspasparagus]

My grandparents bought a house a block west of Utica on 36th in 1948 when my dad was 9. 36th was a gravel road that ended two doors down from them. My dad grew up playing in the dense rural woods beyond the house towards Lewis.

Things grew really fast from then on for quite a while... well, until now, actually.  I bet his woods didn't last very long after that.  They built houses fast!  Always liked that part of town. 

We moved to 36th and Harvard in mid 50's and by then it was still right at the edge of town - even a little out of town.  Got to see my first tornado there.  And we got the first Lawn Boy mower in the neighborhood!  They were red then instead of green.  Dad saved a long time to buy that thing.  They were very expensive, but cut like crazy.

[Red Arrow]

Things grew really fast from then on for quite a while... well, until now, actually.  I bet his woods didn't last very long after that.  They built houses fast!  Always liked that part of town. 
We moved to 36th and Harvard in mid 50's and by then it was still right at the edge of town - even a little out of town.  Got to see my first tornado there.  And we got the first Lawn Boy mower in the neighborhood!  They were red then instead of green.  Dad saved a long time to buy that thing.  They were very expensive, but cut like crazy.

Our first power mower was a Lawn Boy.  It was super quiet, 2 stroke, and had a cover over the entire engine.  It was gold colored.  My grandparents sold them at their hardware store so I expect dad got a discount.  Since I cut the grass, I really appreciated it.  We got it pretty much as soon as dad figured I wouldn't cut my foot off.  Before that it I had to use a RA powered reel mower.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Our first power mower was a Lawn Boy.  It was super quiet, 2 stroke, and had a cover over the entire engine.  It was gold colored.  My grandparents sold them at their hardware store so I expect dad got a discount.  Since I cut the grass, I really appreciated it.  We got it pretty much as soon as dad figured I wouldn't cut my foot off.  Before that it I had to use a RA powered reel mower.

We used a hand pushed reel mower until that time.  I could push it about 10 feet at the time.  Not surprised he bought that. 

There was an old  1940's Yazoo mower in the family that I got to run when visiting grandparents.  This thing was deadly.  There was a motor over a big deck.  Underneath was a solid metal disk with 3 triangular shaped blades attached at the edge.  More like a 24" diameter circular saw mounted sideways and only three teeth.  Whew!  It cut grass fantastic, and I remember Dad and uncles cutting small trees up to about 3" with it.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLUI2hjO7Ig

[BKDotCom]

Bridge milestone over the weekend:  All the beams are in place

[bacjz00]

Pretty cool video posted by ODOT earlier this year, wasn't sure if this had already been posted.   Anyone know where we can get updates in realtime on project status?