Southbound I-35 on- and off-ramps will be closed, and southbound I-35 will be narrowed to one lane between SH-74 (mm 91) in Purcell and SH-53 (mm 42) in Springer from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and continuing daily through Thursday, April 11, as part of a wrong-way detection system installation project.
Crews will work in segments and only have one on- and off-ramp closed at a time, using the following schedule:
- Monday, April 1: Southbound I-35 at SH-74 (mm 91) near Purcell
- Tuesday, April 2: Southbound I-35 at SH-145 (mm 79) near Paoli
- Wednesday, April 3: Southbound I-35 at SH-17A (mm 64) near Wynnewood
- Thursday, April 4: Southbound I-35 at Ruppe Rd. (mm 60) near Wynnewood
- Monday, April 8: Southbound I-35 at SH-7 (mm 55) near Davis
- Tuesday, April 9: Southbound I-35 at US-77 (mm 51) near Turner Falls
- Wednesday, April 10: Southbound I-35 at US-77 (mm 47) near Turner Falls
- Thursday, April 11: Southbound I-35 at SH-53 (mm 42) near Springer
Drivers should use extra caution in these areas and expect delays during work.
The project will install wrong-way detection systems along the southern I-35 corridor between Cleveland County and the Oklahoma-Texas state line and is scheduled to be completed in late fall 2024.
This project marks the fourth Oklahoma corridor to have wrong-way detection systems installed. Eastern I-40 was completed in 2022, northern I-35 was completed in 2023 and western I-40 is scheduled to be completed in 2024.
The more than $4 million project was awarded by the Transportation Commission to Action Safety Supply Co., LLC. in Nov. 2023.
