So how would you get to the dam at this point? Would like to go through Sherman but I think there is a bridge out over there. . . . And have to go to madil to pick up some fishing gear
Well, the Roosevelt Bridge is now closed! I don't believe this has ever happened before. This is the Hwy 70 bridge that pretty well cuts the lake in half. It's around 1/2 mile long, maybe a mile. Water is not over the bridge itself but, the road up to the bridge. To add insult to injury, Hwy 199 is also closed!
This pretty well stops anyone from going from east to west or west to east in Southern Ok. And, for a few hours yesterday, the 377 bridge was also closed so you couldn't even bypass the lake by going south into texas!
Weatherman said last night that the lake will rise to it's all time high before the weekend is over. If you stop and think about it, the inflow has been more than 100,000 cubic feet per second for weeks now!!!! That is a LOT of water! Last Friday, my son and I drove over the dam. It looked like the lake would go over the spillway, which it did a day later. It is now more than 4' over the spillway and rising! This is just incredible and we have heavy rains in the forecast thru Sunday morning!
I don't believe any ramps are open anywhere on the lake and I doubt there will be for a month or more possibly.
Stay tuned for further updates.
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So how would you get to the dam at this point? Would like to go through Sherman but I think there is a bridge out over there. . . . And have to go to madil to pick up some fishing gear
Well, it depends on where you are coming from. You show you are from OK City? If not, where? If you are going from Sherman to Madill you only have two choices. Go West out of Sherman on hwy 82 to Hwy 377 then north to Madill. Or, go up 75/69 to hwy 78 west to Tishamingo, over to Mannsville and back east to Madill. The hwy 199 is shut down now as is the bridge west of Tish that goes down to Madill. It looks like this mess will hang around for possibly months.
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Will be coming from okc and stopping in madil to pick up some things then to the dam
This is from Lacey Swope's Facebook page, not sure if all can access, but I don't know how to copy the video ...... boat going over Rooster Creek Bridge
https://www.facebook.com/laceyswope....47702291933360
Any problems getting to Dallas from Tulsa? Gotta be there next tues and weds
Thanks Frank!
Getting to Madill is no problem. From there, it's a big problem. First, I recommend you not try to go to the dam. The crowds are huge and the roads are not built for that kind of traffic. I guess everyone wants to say they saw the record flood.
You know that hwy 199, hwy 70 are closed. The bridge over the Wa****a has the road from Madill to Tishamingo closed. So that leaves you with getting to Tish the best way you can, then go east to hwy 69, south to Colbert, (last exit before the Red River) and then west to cross the dam.
Your other option is I-35 south to Gainsville, east on hwy 82 to Sherman, north on hwy 69/75 across the Red River and west from Colbert.
It's really a long way out of your way but, if you have to go, good luck.
PS: hwy 32 east of Marietta is closed now too.
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