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SOUTH TULSA ROAD PROJECTS

Stay up to date on road work projects throughout South Tulsa!

• Project Update as of: October 13, 2023

• Project Scope: Five lane with bike lanes and sidewalks on both sides of road

• Start Date: July 6, 2021

• Projected Completion Date: October 2023

• Funding Details: Improve Our Tulsa ($13,893,780)

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August 25, 2022 Video Update:

Update on the Widening of 81st from Sheridan Road to Memorial Drive
Progress meter that says complete, marking the completion of this project.

  • Project Update as of: August 19, 2024

  • Project Scope: Divided six lane with sidewalks on both sides of the road with fall protection walls

  • Start Date: November 15, 2021

  • Projected Completion Date: August 19 2024

  • Funding Details: Improve Our Tulsa ($29,257,000)

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View the widening construction schedule here

Watch the Town Hall to discuss all aspect of this project here

View the PDF document of the Town Hall presentation here

Yale Update - July 2024
Progress meter that says complete, marking the completion of this project.

• Project Update as of: November 6, 2025

• Project Scope: Five lane with bike lanes and sidewalks on both sides of street

  • Funding Sources: Vision Tulsa, Water Enterprise, Stormwater Enterprise, Improve Our Tulsa, and completed street projects.

  • Consultant: Garver

  • Consultant Design Status: Complete. Contract approved.

  • R/W Status: Complete: 14 of 20 parcels have been closed. Six removed. ROW complete. 

  • Utility Status: Windstream is complete.

  • Contractor: Tri-Star Construction

  • Construction Cost Estimate: $12,800,000.00

  • Construction Start: Advertisement for bids scheduled for June 2024. Funding options being reviewed.

  • Construction Completion: Estimated January 21, 2027

  • Traffic Control:

    • North lanes shutdown, Two-way traffic on South side of roadway.

  • Construction Activities:

    • Public Meeting: January 16, 2025, at Hardesty Regional Library (8316 E 93rd Street) at 6:00 p.m.

    • Boxes A and B are complete. Contractor is backfilling Box A. Contractor has started on Box C extension and headers.

    • Waterline tie in at 92nd E. Ave. (NE corner) was completed on 10.07.25.

    • Tri-Star continues to perform paving operations, curb and gutter placement, and subgrade along 91st St.

    • Channel 2 (compensatory storage) is to grade and ready for turf reinforcement.

    • Contractor is working on grade & embankments for channel 1.

    • WB lanes are now complete up to the west side of existing bridge west of Mingo Rd. except for a short extent around S. 92nd E. Ave.

    • Tri-Star has started grading out for sidewalk on north side of E. 91st. St.

    • Patching and ADA ramps being installed at 91st and Mingo.

    • Paving and curb and gutter for westbound lanes along E. 91st from Memorial to Mingo is complete.

    • Starting sidewalk construction from Battle Creek Church to Memorial on 11.04.25. Completing backfill behind WB curb from 92nd E. Ave. to Mingo.

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  • Project Update as of: May 5, 2025

  • Project Scope: Widened concrete intersection with sidewalks

  • Funding Sources: Improve Our Tulsa

  • Construction Cost Estimate: $12,000,000

  • Construction Start : Construction funding is anticipated FY27

  • Construction Completion: TBD

  • Traffic Control:

    • N/A

  • Construction Activity:

    • N/A

• Project Update as of: February 14, 2022

• Project Scope: Replacement of waterlines, rehab concrete pavement, ADA sidewalk modifications and traffic signal upgrades

• Funding Details: STP Federal Funds and Improve Our Tulsa ($1,747,000)

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• Project Update as of: March 15, 2022

• Project Scope: Concrete patching

• Start Date: April 15, 2021

• Projected Completion Date: February 2022

• Funding Details: Improve Our Tulsa ($2,228,000)

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• Project Update as of: August 22, 2022

• Project Details: Five lane with sidewalks on both sides of the road

• Start Date: August 19, 2019

• Projected Completion Date: July 2022

• Funding Details: Vision Tulsa ($7,430,588.70)

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• Project Update as of: November 15, 2021
• Project Scope: Asphalt overlay

• Funding Details: Improve Our Tulsa ($1,414,641)

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• Project Update as of: February 14, 2022

• Project Scope: Concrete patching

• Start Date: February 15, 2021

• Funding Details: STP Federal Funds and Improve Our Tulsa ($2,987,000)

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• Project Update as of: December 7, 2021

• Project Scope: Improved intersection with turn bays, five lane with sidewalks on both sides of the road. 

• Funding Details: Improve Our Tulsa ($8,752,795)

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  • Project Update as of: November 6, 2025

  • Project Scope: Arterial street rehabilitation, stormwater improvements, sidewalks, and waterline replacement.

  • Funding Details: 

    • Improve Our Tulsa - $2,840,000​

    • Vision School Safety First - $542,000

    • Stormwater - $501,000

    • Water Enterprise Funding - $610,000

  • Design

    • Design Consultant: CEC - Consulting Engineers

    • Design Status: Ongoing

    • Advertising scheduled June 2025

    • 36" waterline is not currently available. Construction start in the fall allows for pipe procurement and seasonal restrictions. 

    • Drainage is being reviewed at east end on south side.

  • Construction Cost Estimate: $4,984,747.96

  • Construction Start: November 2025

  • Construction Completion: November 2026

  • Traffic Control:

    • Road closure in Summer 2026

  • Construction Activities:

    • Pre-construction meeting held 10.22.25.

  • Project Update as of: April 15, 2025

  • Project Scope: Patching, milling, and overlaying the existing roadway with asphalt. Extending and connecting sidewalks. Fixing the pedestrian/bicycle crossing at the Creek.

  • Funding Sources: Improve Our Tulsa 3

  • Construction Contractor: Tri-Star Construction, LLC

  • Construction Cost Estimate: $1.2 million

  • Construction Start: September 2024

  • Construction Completion: May 2025

  • Traffic Control:

    • TBD​

  • Construction Activity:

    • TBD​

Sometimes there are minor projects that are slated to take a week or even days to complete that we still want to keep you aware of. 

1) Memorial Drive, 71st to 81st

• Project Updated as of: September 11, 2024

• Project Scope: Raise stormwater curb inlets and aprons on the outside lanes of Memorial Drive. Remove and replace pavement near the improved inlets.

• Funding Details: Improve Our Tulsa 2 and Public Works ($250,000)

Progress meter that says complete, marking the completion of this project.

Memorial Drive & US-169 Interchange

• Project Update as of: October 9, 2024

Read more about this project on ODT's website here.

Project Improvements:

○ Add Traffic Control Devices

○ Add capacity to roadway

○ Intersection Modification

• Project Scope: The project will improve the U.S. 169 and Creek Turnpike interchange, constructing eastern Oklahoma's first diverging diamond interchange. 

• Start Date: February 6, 2023

• Projected Completion Date: Spring 2024

• Funding Details: ODOT ($13,733,920)

Progress meter that says complete, marking the completion of this project.

101st and Garnett

There will be work done in this area that is done by the County, State and Federal entities. Please contact ODOT for more information: 

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Randle White, P.E.

District 8 Engineer

rwhite@odot.org

918-838-9933

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For information on ODOT projects that may impact your commute, you can find map/construction information here.

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Learn more about Tulsa County projects here.

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