Tulsa Built 50-Foot Goalposts 🏈 (It Fixes a Cloverleaf Catastrophe!)

Let's go to Tulsa, where towering freeway columns have locals wondering: Are they football goalposts or a modern-day Stonehenge? And how exactly will these towering vertical columns fix a clogged-up 1960s cloverleaf interchange? Buy me tacos 😀🌮►   / roadguyrob   Ask a road question ►   / roadguyrob   -------------------- References: -------------------- "I-44/US-75 Interchange Reconstruction in Tulsa Co.," Virtual Open House for Oklahoma DOT (2021). https://i44us75.transportationplanroo... "Safety and Traffic Operations at Cloverleaf Interchanges," Hassan, H. for Louisiana State University (2022). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72590 "234.5 Cloverleaf Interchanges," Missouri DOT. https://epg.modot.org/index.php/234.5... "Cloverleaf and Diamond Interchanges," Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. https://transportation.ky.gov/saferoa... "Bloom off cloverleaf interchanges," Martin, H. for Los Angeles Times (2004) via Star News Online. https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/... "Guidelines for Preliminary Selection of the Optimum Interchange Type for a Specific Location," Garber, N. for University of Virginia (1999). https://vtrc.virginia.gov/media/vtrc/... "I-44 and US-75 Corridor Improvements Project FY 2021 RAISE Grant Application," Oklahoma DOT (2021). https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/e... "I-44/US-75 Interchange Improvements," Map. https://garver.maps.arcgis.com/apps/M... "I-44 Corridor Study," Garver USA for Oklahoma DOT (2016). https://www.odot.org/ok-gov-docs/PROG... "Enhancing Safety and Mobility in West Tulsa," Oklahoma DOT (2022). https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/e... "Reevaluation of the 2002 Environmental Assessment," Oklahoma DOT (2022). https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/e... "US 75 Environmental Assessment," Oklahoma DOT for FHWA (2002). https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/e... ------------------------- Time sections: ------------------------- Introduction (00:00) Cloverleaf History (00:35) Weaving Sections (02:42) Braided Ramps (04:07) Collector Road (04:48) Loop Geometry (05:26) Not Sponsored By (06:21) Braided Ramp (06:43) Funding the Fix (07:21) Building Columns Early (09:21) Construction Process (09:52) Not Just Cars (14:35)