Improvements Begin On Highway 20 Road In Claremore

A $4.6 million project starts Tuesday in Claremore on Highway 20 between route 66 and the Will Rogers Turnpike.

Tuesday, July 6th 2021, 5:16 pm

By: Dustin Stone, Matt Rahn

CLAREMORE, Oklahoma -

A pavement project on Highway 20 in Claremore started on Tuesday.

The Oklahoma Department Of Transportation's $4.6 million project will replace the pavement on Highway 20 between Route 66 and the Will Rogers Turnpike.

Claremore city leaders said drivers should plan for delays, especially during rush hour. They said east and westbound lanes will be narrowed to one lane during the project, and some side streets will be closed off at different times throughout the project.

They said any house or business that doesn’t have another non-highway entrance will remain open.

ODOT said the project is scheduled to wrap up by Spring of 2022.

Dustin Stone

Dustin joined the News On 6 team in 2000 as a video tape and master control operator. In 2003, he became a live truck operator. During his time in that role, he covered several national stories including the space shuttle Columbia tragedy, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Moore tornado and the Joplin tornado. After 11 years in that position, Dustin became the station's master control supervisor until 2018 when he moved back into the news department as the news operations manager.