The Oklahoma Transportation Commission has approved the nearly $880 million County Improvements for Roads and Bridges plan that has been updated for state fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
The plan, managed by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (DOT), is set to replace or rehabilitate 313 bridges on the county system — of which 151 are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete — and to improve 585 miles of county roads in the next five years.
“Oklahoma’s county road network accounts for 60 percent of the state’s bridges and 73 percent of its centerline miles on our state’s transportation system and this funding is fundamental to keeping the ‘off-system’ infrastructure online for years to come,” said Tim Gatz, Oklahoma secretary of transportation and ODOT executive director.
The plan comprises 209 projects with all 77 counties represented. The department works with the counties’ eight Circuit Engineering Districts to prioritize proj
