Work starting on U.S. Highway 69/Expressway project

McAlester News-Capital

By James Beaty April 11, 2024

Plans call for new construction work along a section of U.S. Highway 69/George Nigh Expressway to extend through the Shops at McAlester intersection at Fourteenth Street as well as the Ninth Street intersection.

JAMES BEATY | Staff photo

Work is set to begin this week on a project that will result in disruptions in the traffic flow along U.S. Highway 69/George Nigh Expressway in McAlester.

It’s set to result in only one lane of traffic along a section of the heavily-traveled highway for both north and southbound motorists — possibly for up to four months.

Plans call for work on the mill and resurfacing project to start Friday, April 12, with a shoulder repair, with preliminary signage and cones already in place along the highway to inform motorists of the construction project.

Parts of the highway under construction will extend through the highway’s intersection at S. 14th Street, which is the Shops at McAlester shopping center intersection.

Highway construction will also extend through the S. Ninth Street intersection — meaning both main intersections on that stretch of the highway will be affected.

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