SH-49 narrows near the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge near Medicine Park beginning Monday

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SH-49 narrows near the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge near Medicine Park beginning Monday

SH-49 will be narrowed to one lane from near the east entrance of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge to the SH-58 junction daily during daylight hours from February 1 through mid-summer, weather permitting, for a widening and resurfacing project. Flaggers and pilot cars will be directing traffic during daylight hours. Drivers should expect delays and be alert to workers and equipment near the roadway. 

The more than $3.5 million contract for adding shoulders and resurfacing the existing driving lanes was awarded to LaForge and Budd Construction Company, Inc. of Parsons, KS. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is partnering with the Central Federal Lands Highway Division of the Federal Highway Administration on the construction. The contract also includes work to be performed on the Wildlife Refuge. All work is expected to complete in mid-summer 2016.

For more information contact Project Engineer Jim Futch with the Federal Lands Highway Division of the Federal Highway Administration, 580-429-2122.

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