Commuters in Oklahoma City should prepare for significant disruptions as several major highways undergo construction and resurfacing, expected to impact traffic flow until late 2025. According to the latest Traffic Advisory by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, critical thoroughfares, including portions of Interstate 35, Interstate 40, Interstate 44, and State Highways 152 and 37, will experience lane closures and traffic rerouting to accommodate ongoing work.
Particularly, crews will narrow I-35 southbound between 15th St. and 33rd St. to just one lane during late evening hours into the early morning. Motorists should expect similar conditions on the highway stretches between Memorial Rd. and US-77/2nd St. in Edmond, which are subject to intermittent narrowing in both directions through the anticipated summer of 2025. These efforts are part of a concerted push to not only resurface but also to expand and improve some of the state's most heavily trafficked routes.
Focused resurfacing activities are set to temporarily slim down the westbound I-44 off-ramp to SH-152 and the off-ramp to northbound Meridian Ave., leading to closures and single-lane access on specific nights. Significant bridge repairs on SH-37/S.W. 134th St. over I-44 will completely block the roadway through August. The bridge project on SH-66 and US-81 in El Reno is also expected to extend through 2025, implementing a roundabout in a single-lane configuration to help ease future traffic flow.
Major roadwork underway would also see I-40 narrowed to two lanes between I-240 and Town Center Dr. in Midwest City while I-44 encounters closures at its ramps on N.W. 10th St. through late fall. Additionally, construction on SH-9 involved a narrowing at 12th Ave. S.E. in Norman through August for bridge repairs, and in the case of SH-9W in Goldsby, it's narrowed down to one lane at I-35 in anticipation of transforming the interchange into a Diverging Diamond. Drivers are urged to plan their routes accordingly and to allow extra travel time or consider using US-77 and I-44 as alternate paths.
For residents and visitors in the Yukon area, expect Garth Brooks Blvd. to be restricted to one lane in each direction through the summer of 2026, with the potential of impacting the I-40 on and off-ramps during this period. Surface work on US-270 near Calumet will also have east and westbound lanes narrowed, with traffic directed by temporary signals through the summer of 2025.
