Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-25
PLAN FOR HIGHWAY
MADE BY ENGINEER


CONTINUED PROM PACE OER
S. TO so per cent of the traffic. which
is evidenced in Tulsa county by the
heavy traffic on the improved roads.
This IL more especially true when tho
10 per cent is permanently improved.
rs such roads automatically become
main arteries Of traffic and better sur
faces. constantly IN repair. attract
traffic and increase same in both ton
mage and volume.
Tulsa county is 50 shaped tina;
roads leading 10 the county seat from
the outlying towns are in nearly all
cases so located a. 70 be intercounty
roads and also 20 traverse good agri-
cultural country This is OF great
benefit when II comes TO building per
manent arterial roads, owing to the
peculiar combination Of agricultural
and oil production hauling with which
you must contend.
Traffic (. Heavy
Present traffic in Tulsa county IS
very heavy. and some conditions must
lie met that very seldom face a county
with ordinary traffic to consider.
There Is a certain percentage OF driV-
ing and hauling going on at all hours
Of the day and night and that must
move. regardless OF road conditions.
IT is this traffic that does most dam
age 10 your roads and as some Of ~
moves at high speed and some puts
great loads on roads and bridges. all
phases must be considered in plan
ming developments.
Future hauling conditions must
also be considered and developments
In other states prove that the firs.
changes In your conditions will be
in the Increase In the numbers Of
light. fast trucks. hauling perishablo
farm products 70 your central mar
llets, and in the increase in weight
Of trucks and loads to oil fields. anu
for other commercial hauling.
Tulsa county has at the present
across the Arkansas river. These
bridges, control the traffic across tho
county and must be considered in
planning your road system. OF these
four bridges the jerks and BixDy
| bridges are both figured 10 meet the
legal loading requirements. the Tuls1
bridge is good for almost any load,
and the sand Springs bridge, while II
has been badly overloaded in the past
will probably be good for one-hal, the
legal loading requirements and the
sub-structure is designed to meet the
loading conditions that must be con-
, sldered when a new bridge is built on
same. Loads in excess OF the capacity
Of this bridge coming in from the
AtulH or west Gun bt Qe1OuIed TO tfs
Tulsa bridge whenever the road from
the crusher at Price to the south end
OF the Sand Springs bridge is toni
pleted
"With 4 full knowledge of the facts
above set oIfe and with personal
knowledge Of the traffic and road con-
Gitions as they now are and as they
were ten months ago. submit the
following recommendations for your
I
layout map I have prepared for your
guidance:
improvements Suggestions.
First would suggest for perma-
nent improvement the following
ta) Tulsa TO Sand Springs
brluge ............ &C Miles
| (b) Sand Springs bridge
TO Keystone .......11.0 Miles
/ Co Tulsa to Sperry. y.....1O.5 Miles
"a Sperry to Skiatook -. 81 Miles
/ (e( Tulsa to Lynn Lane ..11.O Miles
| % lynn Lane road TO
/ owasso ........... rs Miles
4 CD OwasSo to Roger
County line ..... So Miles
/ (h) Tulsa to jerks ...... SIS Miles
/ q jerks 10 Glennpool 6.3 Miles
/ . } Tulsa to BiNby ......17.5 Miles
! (k Bixby TO Okmulgee
! County line ........ 60 Miles
/ & BiXby TO Jenks- Glenn
pool road ....,.... 60 Miles
tm) Froken Arrow to
Tulsa Bixby road .... SO Miles
1850 Miles
Second - / would recommend
that no cheap method of doing this
work be attempted but that roads of
| high quality only be built so that
maintenance expense can be held to
I the minimum annual charge.
THE question OF the quality of
| work 10 be done is one that | have
/ considered carefully. going into tho
matter from all angles. considering
present and probable future traffic.
/ soil, weather, etc. together with the
/ experience OF other states and as
/ this department does not expect to
approve designs for roads that win
not with proper and reasonable
maintenance expenditures, last at
least as long as YOU are paying for
same, | fell that your interests will
best be served by building high-grade
roads
THE type of construction, width,
etc, should be determined only af-
ter more exhaustive investigations,
including traffic census over an ex-
tended period. have been made. but
IL is evident TO any one that road
that would be ample to handle traffic
10 the Lynn Lane district. would not
be adequate to handle the heavy
traffic TO Sand Springs While /
have had TO estimate the traffic and
from IL the probable width and char
acter of improvement. in order TO
arrive at the probable cost, such
figures as / have made are only APP
proaimate and are subject 10 re-
vision when more accurate data In
ut hand. The area covered and the
mileage planned are. however. suiii-