A portion of a major interstate highway will soon honor the late Neal McCaleb, a Chickasaw ambassador who dedicated his career to improving transportation infrastructure in the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma and the United States.
The interchange of Interstate 35 and East 33rd Street in Edmond, Oklahoma, will be designated as the “Ambassador Neal McCaleb Memorial Interchange” this fall.
McCaleb, Chickasaw Nation Ambassador At-Large to the United States, was also posthumously honored with the Transportation Revenues Used Strictly for Transportation (TRUST) Guardian of Transportation award in 2025. TRUST is a legislative advocacy coalition dedicated to funding and restoring Oklahoma’s surface transportation infrastructure…