City Of Tulsa Calls In Street Crews To Treat Bridges

The City of Tulsa called in street crews to treat bridges on major roads.

The city says arterial streets remain above freezing, but some icing occurred on elevated surfaces.

Crews will continue to work through the evening to keep main streets as safe as possible, the city says.

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The City of Tulsa is responsible for clearing snow and ice from certain segments of the Tulsa expressway system and all main streets. Other expressway segments in Tulsa are the responsibility of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

The city has a large pool of resources at its disposal:

67 truck-mounted salt spreaders (47 with plows)
7 4x4 pick-up trucks equipped with snow plows
3 motor graders for use as plows 
Approximately 12,500 tons of salt on hand 
170 employees (including drivers and support staff)

The city assigns the spreaders to 35 specific routes totaling 1,770 lane-miles. It prioritizes spreading and plowing routes based on traffic counts.

Once the main streets are cleared and conditions permit, selected residential streets may be treated based upon traffic and steepness.

During winter weather response, the first focus is to clear main streets for emergency responders. After arterial streets are clear, the second focus then moves to residential or collector streets near hospitals, schools and areas with steep hills, the city says

View the city's routes for arterial streets, collector streets, schools and steep hills