SOUTH EXTENSION
TURNPIKE

INFORMATION

South Extension Turnpike

Corridor Manager:

Tommy Evans, PE

Poe & Associates

405-754-6188

TBD

ESTIMATED COMPLETION

~19 Miles

PROJECT LENGTH

$650,000,000

ESTIMATED BUDGET

(Updated as of 03/25/22)

TYPE

New alignment high-speed expressway facility

OVERVIEW

The extension from the East-West Connector near Indian Hills Rd. south to I-35 near Purcell expands the mobility of the southeast Oklahoma City metro by providing greater access to local communities. This will be a vital corridor for the transportation network of central Oklahoma by providing an alternate route to I-35 for traffic between southern, eastern and northeastern Oklahoma as well as providing an additional Canadian River Crossing.

The project includes interchanges at:

- East-West Connector

- Alameda Drive

- SH-9

- Etowah Rd

- US-77

- I-35

View Project Map

Status	Project #	Designer	Project Scope
Inactive	SET-27001	Poe	New Alignment - South of South Extension Interchange Extending South to East Rock Creek Road
Inactive	SET-27002	Poe	New Alignment - South of East Rock Creek Road Extending South Including Alameda Drive Interchange
Inactive	SET-27003	Poe	New Alignment - South of Alameda Drive Interchange Extending South Including SH-9 Interchange
Inactive	SET-27004	Cowan	New Alignment - South of SH-9 Interchange Extending South to Etowah Road Interchange
Inactive	SET-27005	Cowan	New Alignment - Etowah Road Interchange Extending South to US-77 Interchange
Inactive	SET-27006	CEC	New Alignment - US-77 Interchange Extending SouthWest over the South Canadian River
Inactive	SET-27007	CEC	New Alignment - SouthWest of South Canadian River Extending West to I-35 Interchange then Extending to SH-74

SET Projects Table

South Ext Pod

MEDIA

Content will be continuously provided as project progresses.

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation for this project will be added as it becomes available.

01/24/2023

USBR Letter

01/24/2023

USBR Evaluation

01/24/2023

USBR Stakeholders Update

TIMELINE

Milestones will be added as project progresses.

Oct. 17, 2023

First ACCESS Program Bond Sale.

Apr. 14, 2023

OTA placed all work on the ACCESS program on pause.

Jan. 18, 2023

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation denied OTA’s application to cross two sections of its property with the South Extension Turnpike, citing that it does not meet the Congressionally authorized purposes for the land. The decision by the USBR could require OTA to modify the direction of the proposed alignment of the South Extension turnpike to avoid USBR fee title land.

Dec. 8, 2022

OTA placed all work on the South Extension Corridor on pause.

June 8, 2022

Contracts executed for the following firms to begin engineering design on the second priority East-West Connector projects:

- SET-27006 = CEC

- SET-27007 = CEC

May 27, 2022

Contracts executed for the following firms to begin engineering design: