Manhattan Road & Bridge, with joint venture partner Allen Contracting, worked on the fourth and final phase of the I-44 widening project encompassing the Lewis Avenue corridor portion (Lewis Bridge over 1-44). The project included the replacement of Lewis Avenue Bridge over 1-44 and realigned a curve in the interstate, moving the entire freeway to …

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The I-40 over Canadian River was awarded by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the replacement of two 2500′ bridges with 28′-0″ clear roadway. The existing bridge structures were originally constructed in the late 1950’s and had surpassed their useful life. The new bridge structures are 2601.66′ in length with a 41′-0″ clear roadway. …

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The County Road over the Illinois River is located in Cherokee County on Highway 10. Work began on Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s State Aid Project No. CIRB-111C(081)RB in the Spring of 2014. Project Manager, Todd Strande, General Superintendent, Tony Mounce and Superintendent Bo Rowan as well as many hard working field personnel successfully and safely …

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The newly completed eastbound I-244 bridge over the Arkansas River is the counterpart to its westbound sister bridge. The eastbound bridge is commonly referred to as the “HPPIY” and the westbound bridge the “TIGR”. Both bridges are “multi-modal” bridges. The multi-modal design is the first of its kind for Oklahoma. The “TIGR” has a double-decker …

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The Chickasaw Nation, Ada, Oklahoma, in connection with the (new) construction of its Chickasaw Nation Cultural Center, located in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area (part of the US National Park Service) near Sulphur, Oklahoma, asked one of its prominent tribal members, Neal McCaleb, former Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation and Assistant Secretary of the Interior for …

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