Tulsa World
By Michael Overall
Jan 24, 2022 The first tentative step came in 1996 when the city allocated funds for a preliminary design to widen a steep, winding stretch of Yale Avenue south of 81st Street. At the time, Tulsa was just starting the final phase of construction on a different street-widening project a little more than a mile away, where crews had already been busy for three years expanding 71st Street west of Yale. In the 1990s, the widening of 71st Street was sometimes described as the most expensive road project in Tulsa history, excluding highway construction. Now city officials have bestowed that title on the widening of Yale Avenue, which will cost $37 million over the next two years. But 71st Street might still have a claim to the No. 1 spot on the most expensive list. It depends on how you look at it.
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