An Ardmore company has been awarded a $9.5 million contract to build a new weigh and inspection station on Interstate 35 just north of the Texas border.
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission voted Monday to award the contract to Overland Corporation of Ardmore. Construction on the new station 12 miles north of the Oklahoma-Texas border is expected to begin the spring and take a little more than a year to complete.
Two other new weigh and inspection stations already are operational on I-35 in Kay County near the Oklahoma-Kansas state line and on I-40 near Texola in Beckham County. The Department of Transportation says a third station near the Oklahoma-Arkansas state line in Sequoyah County has been completed but is not yet operational.
Four other port-of-entry facilities are in planning stages.
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