In October 1924, a convict labor camp was established to assist in the difficult rock excavation needed to construct SH-4 across the Arbuckle Mountains in Murray and Carter Counties.
In October 1926, the SH-10 Hugo-Paris Bridge, the first free bridge built over the Red River was completed in Choctaw County.
In October 1930, a small prison camp was established in Coal County for the purpose of constructing culverts on US-75 north of Coalgate.
On October 1, 1922, M. L. Cunningham became the sixth Chief Engineer of the highway Department
On October 1, 1936, the first inventory of all roads in Stephens County was completed and work began to prepare the first Stephens County Highway and Transportation Map.
On October 1, 1984, the Local Government Coordination Division was created at ODOT.
On October 2, 1926, the third of a seven day count of the first average traffic count was taken of the State Highway System.
On October 2, 1929, the Highway Commission approved the designation of SH 42 between Granite and SH 24.
On October 2, 1945, Congress declared that highway construction halted by rationing during WWII could resume and the Highway Department cold move forward with future planning and construction.
On October 3, 1949, the highway commission approved the designation of SH-66A from Lincoln Boulevard to Eastern Avenue in Oklahoma City.
On October 3, 1960, a project to pave I-35 north of SH-33 in Logan County completed.
On October 4, 1944, the Highway Commission approved the designation of SH-74B from the junction of SH-76 south of Blanchard east to the junction of SH-74.
On October 4, 1951, the Highway Commission was asked by a local garden club to establish roadside parks in Oklahoma, one in each County, beginning with the Blue Star Memorial Highway, US 77.
On October 4, 1954, the Highway Commission approved US-62 as an Interstate Federal-Aid Primary Route from Oklahoma County to Okmulgee County.
On October 5, 1949, the Highway Commission awarded a project to construct a portion of the US-66 Bypass from NE 63rd St. & Eastern Ave. to Lincoln Boulevard in Oklahoma City.
On October 6, 1922, the second official Highway Department construction project, the “Williams Highway Project,” was completed. The 27 miles project constructed a road from Bethel to Broken Bow in McCurtain County.
On October 6, 1936, the first inventory of all roads in Cimarron County was completed and work began on the first Cimarron County Highway and Transportation Map.
On October 6, 1958, the Highway Commission approved the designation of SH-50A from SH-50 east to Alabaster Caverns State Park in Woodward County.
On October 6, 1958, US-77 Business Men’s Association President Paul E. Livingston presented to the commission a resolution commending Gov. Raymond Gary and deeming him “Oklahoma’s Road-Buildingest Governor”
On October 6, 1974, a dedication event and open house was held for the new Department of Highways Building. This building currently houses ODOT’s Central Office in Oklahoma City.
On October 6, 2003, ODOT was awarded the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ 2003 Transportation Achievement Award for the reconstruction of the Webbers Falls bridge.
On October 7, 1936, the first inventory of all roads in Love County was completed and work began on preparing the first Love County - General Highway and Transportation Map
On October 7, 1974, the first Commission Meeting in the new Department of Highways building at 200 NE 21st Street was held.
On October 9, 1947, the contract to build the SH-74 over Rush Creek, 5 miles south of Maysville was awarded. The bridge is still in use today.
On October 9, 1987, Gov. Henry Bellmon dedicated a new four-lane section of SH-33 between SH-88 near Inola and US-69 south of Chouteau.
On October 10, 1936, the first inventory of all roads in Carter County was completed. The inventory was used to prepared the first Carter County - General Highway and Transportation Map.
On October 10, 1959, State Highway Director Lee B. Washbourne estimated that nearly $1 million in flood damages had occurred that month to the highway system, more than half of that was in Tulsa.
On October 11, 2002, the project to build bridges over McMurty Creek and Witteville Road as part of the new US-59 Bypass project in Poteau completed.
On October 12, 1935, the second Federal Work Project Administration project by the Oklahoma Department of Highways was awarded. The SH-33 project near Inola built and overpass over a county road and Missouri Pacific Railroad.
On October 13, 1923, record flooding hit Western Oklahoma. State funds were extended to the western counties to replace some of the important structures which the counties were not able to finance.
On October 13, 1936, the first inventory of all roads in Woodward County was completed and work began on creating the first Woodward County Highway and Transportation Map
On October 15, 1926, traffic counts were taken for the fourth of seven day as part of the first average traffic count taken of the State Highway System.
On October 16, 1968, a project to pave 6 miles of US-77 through Springer in Carter County was complete. The project included 6 highway overpasses.
On October 17, 1936, the first inventory of all roads in Beaver County was completed and work began on the first Beaver County Highway and Transportation Map
On October 18, 1960, the surfacing of I-35 in Logan County was completed from Waterloo Rd. north 7 miles.
On October 19, 1936, the first inventory of all roads in Beckham County was completed and work began on the first Beckham County Highway and Transportation Map.
On October 21, 1941, construction began on the SH-18 bridge over the North Canadian River south of Shawnee.
On October 22, 1962, the project to construct I-40 from US-270 to SH-18 was completed in Pottawatomie County.
On October 23, 1941, ten highways in northwestern Oklahoma were closed and the towns of Waynoka and Woodward were flooded, following heavy rains.
October 23, 1972, State Highway Commission approved Richard D. Ward as the 8th Department of Highway Director effective December 1, 1972.
On October 25, 1921, a federally aided project to construct a gravel road from the Horse Creek Bridge near Afton, south to the Delaware County Line was completed in Ottawa County.
On October 25, 1924 a federal aid project to construct a section of gravel surfaced road from Weleetka and extending north 7 miles in Okfuskee County was completed.
On October 26, 1976, a project to construct the SH-48 bridge over Beemore Creek was completed south of Holdenville.
On October 27, 2009, a project to construct the US-283 bridge over Spring Creek north of US-270 in Harper County was completed.
On October 28, 1926, a traffic count was done on all highways for the fifth of a seven days as part of the first average traffic count taken of the State Highway System.
On October 28, 1936, the first inventory of all roads in Texas county was completed and work began on preparing the first Texas County Highway and Transportation Map
On October 29, 1965, the project to complete dirt and drainage work for I-40 between Portland Ave. and May Ave. in Oklahoma City was completed.
On October 30, 1924, a federally aided project to pave five miles of Meridian Highway in Stephens County was completed.
On October 30, 1939, a project to construct a four-mile section of US-69 in Atoka County and build two bridges was awarded.
On October 30, 1939, a project to pave 6 miles of US-60 and build 3 bridges between the Nowata County line and US-66 was awarded
On October 31, 1962, the project to construct a new alignment of US-270 north of Holdenville was completed.
