ODOT: Crews making "significant progress" during I-235 closure … – KOKH FOX25

Crews work on I-235 widening project at N. 50th. (KOKH/Jordann Lucero)

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation says crews have gotten a lot of work done on I-235. The interstate is completely closed at N. 50th so work can be fast-tracked during this phase of the widening project.

Crews are working to remove the N. 50th St. bridge that used to cross the interstate.

Closures began 8:00 pm Friday. On Saturday, the first full day of closures, ODOT says crews removed all the bridge beams and one of the pier columns on the remaining part of the bridge.

Sunday crews began laying asphalt for temporary lanes.

"They're still on time, progressing very well, and they're still targeting Wednesday to finish," ODOT spokesperson Mills Leslie said.

In addition to removing the bridge, during the closure crews are also lowering lanes, creating temporary lanes to shift traffic for future work, and making enough progress to reopen the I-44 ramp to southbound I-235. That ramp was closed on May 1.

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