Mattress causing hazard on eastbound i-44 near exit 229, Tulsa OK
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a mattress is lying in the right lane of eastbound I-44 near exit 229 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, creating a traffic hazard. Authorities are coordinating to have it removed.
Audio|Heard on: Tulsa OK Public Works Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:37
Transcript:
00:00
On Hydrate, I'm sorry, on Highway 44, I'm heading on, sorry,
00:07
Highway 44 on eastbound, right before 229, there is a mattress lying in the middle of the highway.
00:17
Is there any way you can contact highway traffic, see if they can pick it up? It is definitely a hazard.
00:26
We'll reach out to Department of Transportation.
00:30
Goodport, thank you.
00:32
Citi 544.
00:35
Go ahead.
00:38
That mattress being on eastbound I-44 at 229th.
00:42
The highway patrol is telling me that that veers off to, like the Wheel Rider's Turnpike or 412.
00:51
Clarify.
00:52
It's going to be close to Yale.
00:58
I'll say it's about half a mile or a quarter mile east of Yale itself.
01:03
But again,
01:05
if you get on the highway from Harvard,
01:10
I'll say on 51st and on the eastbound,
01:13
you should be able to see the mattress on the right lane, almost on the exit.
01:20
But again, it's going to be on the eastbound,
01:24
about a quarter mile west of the exit of 229.
01:29
Exit number 229, then?
01:33
10-4-229.
01:35
Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
I-44, Tulsa, OK
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