Memorial Interchange to be designated

The interchange of Interstate 40 and Airport Road in Weatherford soon will be designated as the “Lt. Gen. Thomas P.

Stafford Memorial Interchange,” thanks to legislation I was able to pass this year.

House Bill 2291 took effect Nov.

1. It directs the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) to place permanent markers bearing that name on the bridge.

The department currently is wrapping up a replac…