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ODOT declares emergency, awards contract to repair Roosevelt Bridge causeway at Lake Texoma
Summary
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation closed the Roosevelt Bridge causeway on U.S. 70 after storm-related scour and erosion, approved an emergency contract to repair the causeway and announced an accelerated replacement plan funded in part by a large grant.
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation declared an emergency and awarded an emergency contract to repair the causeway at the east end of the Roosevelt Bridge over Lake Texoma, after record April–May rainfall and high winds caused scour and erosion that compromised the causeway and forced a closure on U.S. 70.
ODOT Director Tim Gatz said the causeway damage “necessitating closure of the Roosevelt Bridal to protect the public,” and that the closure required an approximately 35-mile detour for residents, visitors and emergency services serving Marshall and Bryan counties. Sean Davis, who presented the item to the commission, told commissioners the closure “has compromised emergency services and…
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