The Newcastle Pacer
October 17, 2024
SH-76 to get shoulders, rehabilitation
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation just released its updated Eight-Year Plan and two area projects were on the plan. The projects are to reconstruct and rehabilitate a portion of SH76 at Newcastle, and reconstruct and rehabilitate US-62 at Blanchard.
The SH-76 project is from the north fork of Walnut Creek, north approximately 4.5 miles to SH-130 in Newcastle. The project will add shoulders to the existing twolane road, and the road will be reconstructed and rehabilitated. Planning on the $19 million project was completed in fall 2022, but environmental work hasn’t been started. Environmentals are planned for completion in fall this year.
Design work is 60% complete. Any right-of-way acquisition is planned for fall 2025, and the construction let date is 2030. When constructed, ODOT plans to use phased construction in order to maintain the existing traffic.
The US-62 project is from .33 miles north of SH-76 and extending north for 4.33 miles. Project planning for the reconstruct/rehabilitation project was completed in fall 2022, and environmen-
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