City Weather Response - Sunday, March 3

3/3/2019

The City of Tulsa is responsible for clearing snow and ice from certain segments of the Tulsa expressway system and all arterial (main) streets. Other expressway segments in Tulsa are the responsibility of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

The goal of the program is to make expressways and arterial streets safe and passable as soon as possible after snowfall or ice begins.

These resources are available to attain this goal

• 49 truck-mounted salt spreaders
• 44 truck-mounted snow plows (Of the 49 trucks with spreaders, 44 have plows.)
• 7 4x4 pick-up trucks equipped with snow plows
• 3 motor graders for use as plows
• 170 employees (including drivers and support staff)
• Approximately 12,000 tons of salt on hand
• 2 salt brine systems equipped with 2 applicators

The salt brine system serves as an anti-icing agent by helping prevent precipitation from bonding to the roadway.

Crews are assigned to 35 specific routes totaling 1,770 lane-miles, which is approximately the same distance as driving from Tulsa to San Francisco