An auction of surplus land owned by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority generated more than $8 million last month.
A total of 59 properties encompassing 707.9 acres are under contract for a combined sale price of $8,007,305, a spokeswoman for the OTA said. Five properties offered at the June 9-10 auction, held by Dakil Auctioneers Inc. of Oklahoma City, did not sell.
Two of the highest sale prices were for land off the Creek Turnpike near 22500 E. Omaha St. in Broken Arrow. A total of 71.2 acres there went for $1.606 million to Fifty-First South LLC, doing business as Silverleaf/Chuck Ramsay, and 58.3 acres went to John Robson for $1.045 million, documents indicate.
In the Oklahoma City area, 62.21 acres on the east side of the Kickapoo Turnpike between Southeast 15th and Southeast 29th streets were sold for $1.056 million to Skyridge Homes/Yosef Hoosyar.
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Buyers were not available for comment Tuesday.
The land roster for the auction included property alongside the Creek, Turner, Will Rogers, Kickapoo and H.E. Bailey turnpikes.
Three other properties in the state were sold for at least $250,000, records show. Land was up for sale in nearly a dozen counties, including Tulsa, Creek, Rogers, Craig, Wagoner and Oklahoma counties.
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority regularly auctions surplus properties it acquires during right-of-way acquisitions. Typically, the OTA purchases these smaller pieces of land as part of a larger purchase or if the property would not have access to a public road once construction is complete.
The OTA said it strives to keep its property inventory to a minimum with a review process of current and future needs and employs several methods to sell surplus property, including direct sales and sealed-bid auctions.
To expedite returning land to consumers, OTA began using a public auction house in May 2021.
No other public auctions are scheduled for this year.
Oklahoma has 624.4 miles of roadway in its 11 turnpikes, excluding the Gilcrease Expressway extension in west Tulsa, which is under construction and scheduled for a late summer completion.
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority system generated $357.6 million in toll revenues in 2021, according to Brenda Perry of the Oklahoma Transportation Cabinet agencies, which include the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission.
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Throwback Tulsa: Turner Turnpike opened in 1953
September 2020 video: Aerial view of the Turner turnpike near the Tulsa entrance
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Turner Turnpike 1950's highway workers. Photo courtesy of Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
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Turner Turnpike 1950's highway workers. Photo courtesy of Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
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Turner Turnpike construction in Stroud. Photo courtesy of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
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Dignitaries took a bus ride to inaugurate the Turner Turnpike. Photo courtesy of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
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Turner Turnpike opening day dignitaries. Photo courtesy of Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
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Roy Turner, former Oklahoma governor, cuts the ribbon over a lane of the brand new Turner Turnpike, May 16, 1953. Tulsa World File
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The Oklahoma City gate of the Turner Turnpike on opening day as crowds waited for the highway to open at 3:00 p.m. Tulsa World File
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Turner Turnpike in 1953. Photo courtesy of the Oklahoma History Museum
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A car goes through a toll gate shortly after the Turner Turnpike opened in 1953. Photo courtesy of Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
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The original Phillips 66 station served motorists when the Turner Turnpike opened in 1953. Photo courtesy of Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
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Turner Turnpike in 1957. Photo courtesy of Oklahoma History Museum
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Vehicle westbound on Turner Turnpike goes under canopy which at one time covered toll booths on Nov. 14, 1996. Tulsa World File
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Mike Lee of Century Construction signals to crane operator how he wants beams lowered into place. The beams support new roadway to carry Oklahoma 97 over Turner Turnpike, in northern Sapulpa on Nov. 15, 1996. Tulsa World File
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Cars go east on the Turner Turnpike near the Sapulpa exit during dusk on Sept. 18, 1997. TOM GILBERT/Tulsa World File
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Stroud City Manager, Earl Burson, poses near the Turner Turnpike where the Tanger Outlet Mall use to stand until it was destroyed by a tornado in May 1999. Taken April 27, 2000. Tulsa World File photo
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Gary Richardson, running for governor is promising to take fees off Turnpikes. Has seven signs on turnpike declaring "make this turnpike free." photographed on Turner Turnpike on September 4, 2001. Tulsa World File
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Traffic passes by Sapulpa on the Turner Turnpike on May 12, 2005, with Route 66 on the left, and taken from the 96th Street bridge. Tulsa World File
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New bison sculpture which sits between the Turner Turnpike and Route 66 near Sapulpa on Sept. 28, 2007. Tulsa World File
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Firefighters fight a fire next to the Turner Turnpike near West 151st on Aug 4, 2012. TOM GILBERT/Tulsa World File
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A crane towers over a construction zone on the Creek Turnpike in Tulsa on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The project is one of several currently underway by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. Tulsa World File
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Turner Turnpike six lane expansion construction looking East from S. 152nd W. Ave bridge in Creek Co, OK, Sept. 11, 2018. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World
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Aerial view of the Turner turnpike (right) looking south west near the Tulsa entrance on Sept. 24, 2020. TOM GILBERT/Tulsa World
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