Tulsa city and state officials celebrate the completion of work on US highway 169

If you've driven US Highway 169 in Tulsa lately, you've probably noticed a difference. <br/><br/>The orange construction barrels are gone. That's because the multi-million dollar highway

Friday, April 14th 2006, 10:10 am

By: News On 6

If you've driven US Highway 169 in Tulsa lately, you've probably noticed a difference.

The orange construction barrels are gone. That's because the multi-million dollar highway expansion project wrapped up a couple of weeks ago. Tulsa city leaders celebrated the completion of the project Friday with a special ceremony and ribbon cutting.

State representative Mark Liotta of Tulsa: "110,000 vehicles a day now have access to two new lanes of travel, improved ramps, wider shoulders and improved bridges."

The expansion project started more than a decade ago and cost taxpayers $60-million.