All lanes of southbound I-35 will be closed between Wilshire Blvd. and N. 50th St. from 8 p.m. Friday, May 2, through 6 a.m. Monday, May 5 as part of ongoing work in the area. Drivers should be prepared for increased congestion in the area and should consider finding an alternate route ahead of time on the free Drive Oklahoma app.
All southbound I-35 traffic will be diverted onto westbound I-44 and drivers can use southbound I-235 to access I-35 or I-40. Drivers looking to avoid the work zone should consider finding an alternate route such as US-77/E. 2nd St. (mm 141) in Edmond and travel west to southbound I-235 to access southbound I-35 and westbound I-44 or locate an alternate route on the free Drive Oklahoma app.
The eastbound I-44 off-ramp to southbound I-35 will also be intermittently closed during this work. Drivers can take eastbound I-44 to southbound I-235 to access I-35 and I-40.
Drivers headed westbound on I-44/Turner Turnpike looking to avoid the work zone can continue westbound I-344/John Kilpatrick Turnpike to southbound US-77 to access southbound I-35 and westbound I-44 or locate an alternate route.
Northbound I-35, including the northbound I-35 off-ramp to westbound I-44, will remain open during this work. Additionally, the eastbound I-44 off-ramp to southbound I-35 will remain open during this work.
I-35, I-44 narrowed near N. 63rd St. through 2025
The following ongoing closures are in place through 2025 for bridge reconstruction:
- Northbound Bryant Ave. is narrowed to one lane between 50th St. and Aluma Valley Dr. through spring 2025.
- N. 63rd street is closed between Bryant Ave. and Martin Luther King Ave.
- North and southbound I-35 is narrowed to two lanes in each direction between N. 50th St. and Wilshire Blvd.
- Westbound I-44 is narrowed to one lane from Wilshire Blvd. to Martin Luther King Ave.
- The southbound I-35 on-ramp from Bryant Ave. is permanently closed.
Motorists should expect congestion and delays in the area and are encouraged to plan extra travel time.
