Proposed Viaduct Replacement Expected to Provide Better Transportation During Flood Events

The City of Guthrie shared this article about providing better transportation during flood events with this proposed viaduct replacement. For more information, or have questions please visit the City of Guthrie’s website.

The City of Guthrie met recently with officials from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to begin tentative planning of logistics to replace the Viaduct Bridge over Cottonwood Creek on HWY 33 just west of the downtown area. The current 2-lane bridge will eventually be replaced with a 4-lane bridge. Construction to replace the bridge is anticipated to begin in 2013, but right-of-way and utility projects are slated to start in 2011.

The plans currently propose that the Viaduct Bridge will be replaced in two phases; one half at a time. Once completed, the new bridge is projected to be approximately 10 feet higher than the existing bridge to meet the required railroad track clearance and offset to the south. The bridge will extend from 1st Street to just east of 7th Street, but the raised slope of the highway will extend west past the middle of the block between 11th and 12th Streets. This should keep transportation open during most flood events between the east and west side of Guthrie. Plans currently include new, permanent road closures, as a result of the larger area the bridge will cover at 2nd Street, 6th Street and 7th Street. At 5th Street there will be access to the north side of Noble where one can travel the service road to the first full intersection west of the new bridge at 8th Street.

The City currently has construction activity in the Cottonwood Flats area resulting from our CMOM (sanitary sewer) project. The City of Guthrie has provided ODOT sanitary sewer plans so they can be incorporated into the bridge construction project plans. Period street lighting (similar to the historic lighting we have in the downtown area) is being considered into the project plans across the bridge.

J High girls take third; boys sixth in tennis tourney

Mustang Junior High held their tennis tournament at the OKC Tennis Center on Thursday and the Guthrie Lady Jays took third overall, while the BlueJays placed sixth.

From Left to right down in from Victoria Sarasua, Ryan Robbins, Hunter Swartzbaugh. Sitting middle left to right: Kassidy Coffman, Tyren Veasley, Kamber Smedley, Blake Ziegelgruber, Kaylea Hopfer. Back row standing left to right:Kaitlyn Walls, Trista LeGrande, Erin Hartley, Hunter Moore, Jillian Chappell, Jaden Weatherford, Ryan Bramlet.

Jillian Chappell took top honors in No. 1 singles play, Kamber Smedley took second at No. 2 singles, and Ryan Robbins and Kaylea Hopfer placed third at No. 2 doubles. 

Others participating were Victoria Sarasua, Kaitlyn Walls, Trista LeGrande, Tyren Veasley, Blake Ziegelgruber, Kassidy Coffman, Hunter Moore, Erin Hartley, Jacob Ventris, Jaden Weatherford, Ryan Bramlet, and Hunter Swartzbaugh.

All are coached by Shelley Berryman and Jason Rice.

Guthrie will be back in action again Monday at the Choctaw/Nicoma Park Tournament while the junior varsity teams will compete at the Mustang JV Tournament on Tuesday. Guthrie will then host their own tournament next Thursday.  

All three tournaments will be played at the OKC Tennis Center starting around 8:30 a.m.

 

This Sunday the OKC Tennis Center will have up and coming tennis pros give free lessons to kids from ages 5-15 from 4:30-6 p.m. Tennis shoes and racquet are the only requirements.

 

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