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[Photograph 2012.201.B0260.0585]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Pix strip of earth moving chores on turnpike go with van dyke to construction job, get several pictures of earth moving equipment at work."
Date: July 5, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3567]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The above illustration shows the type of paving chosed for the first one-third of the Oklahoma City-Tulsa turnpike. Surface crushed rock, for a total thickness of 12 inches. The top five inches of saphaltic concrete consists of rock with asphalt used as a binder just as cement concrete is rock with cement for the binder. The asphaltic concrete (actual photo of cross section) is laid as a hot mix on the seven inches of cr… more
Date: 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3568]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A super airline highway from Oklahoma City to Tulsa - long a dream and subject of bitter controversy - is rapidly taking shape as monster earth moving machines tear out blackjacks, slice down hills and fill in low places. AN airplane trip over the route shows the Turner Turnpike is begining to roll. The road stretches straight as an arrow for many miles. The hils are cut down and the fills made, because the turnpike will… more
Date: August 24, 1951
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3566]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "First bidding on paving of the Oklahoma City-Tulsa toll road brought spirited competition Tuesday in the showdown of the fight between Portland cement concrete and ashphaltic concrete. Here is a view of contractors and spectators getting ready with sharpened pencils and tally sheets when the turnpike authority opened the bids in the highway commission meeting room in the capitol office building."
Date: October 29, 1951
Creator: Peterson, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3550]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Oklahoma turnpike authority will have this choice of routes through Sapulpa when it meets February 14. The straightline shown above is the route recommended by engineers. It is estimated to be around $600,000 cheaper than the curving route which winds just north of the main business district. The straight line route is 1,700 feet shorter. best guess is that the authority will reverse its previous position and vote f… more
Date: 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9454]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City's multimillon dollar U.S. by-pass is inching its way across the nothern rim of the city. To date, 11,889 miles have been contracted for , extending westward from NE 63 and Eastern to NW 50 and May. The picture at the lower left shows the Eastern and Lincolm has been open to travel about a year. Julting east from the Eastern terminus is another section of the by-pass that will connect with Turner turnpike - … more
Date: August 27, 1951
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9467]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City's new U.S. by-pass is beginning to like and ultra-modern highway, and the NW 49 and Classes area is the hub of construction activity. The four-lane paving on the north leg of the project already has been pushed to that point, and in the lower picture you can see the new Classen traffic circle. To the right of the circle will be one of the large bridges that will carry northbound traffic over the express high… more
Date: August 27, 1951
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9466]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City's multimillon dollar U.S. by-pass is inching its way across the nothern rim of the city. To date, 11,889 miles have been contracted for , extending westward from NE 63 and Eastern to NW 50 and May. The picture at the lower left shows the Eastern and Lincolm has been open to travel about a year. Julting east from the Eastern terminus is another section of the by-pass that will connect with Turner turnpike - … more
Date: August 27, 1951
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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