OKLAHOMA — The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Board awarded a $97 million contact for the East-West Connector Canadian River Bridge, which will be the longest bridge in the state at over 1.25 miles.
OTA said the bridge is one of the first projects of ACCESS Oklahoma’s East-West Connector corridor and will carry traffic over the Canadian River floodplain.
The project will include two parallel bridges, one eastbound and one westbound, built to cross over the Canadian River and creating a direct route between Newcastle, Tuttle and Blanchard to the west and Moore, Norman and Oklahoma City to the east…