The State of Oklahoma will close a portion of U.S. Highway 60 in Nowata County beginning next month.  The Oklahoma Department of Transportation plans to replace two bridges on US-60 east of the US-169 junction. 

Work that will have a significant impact on traffic through early 2020 is scheduled to start Monday, December 3^rd.  Beginning at 8a on the 3rd crews will begin closing all lanes of east and westbound traffic on US-60 from three miles east of the US-169 junction to about three miles west of the State Highway 28 junction. You will be directed to use US-169 and SH-28 as a detour.

The 8.4 million dollar project will replace the US-60 bridges over the Verdigris River and also at Kentucky Creek. The spans are located approximately four and five miles east of the US-169 junction.

The overall project is expected to complete in early 2020, weather permitting.