Cruce Connection

Another campus area path that gets a lot of traffic in the fall is the Cruce Street connection between Broad Lane and S. Pickard Avenue near McKinley Elementary School.  The sidewalk connects the two dead-end sections of Cruce and at about 500 ft., it boasts some interesting venerable trees, a bridge over the WPA drainage system and a neighbor’s privacy fence that has inspired some local “artists”. It’s tempting to walk off the path and check out the ditch, maybe camp out a while, troll-style, and scare passersby trip-trapping across. Dog-walkers beware, the Secret Sidewalk mascot, Scooter, found some small burs along the way, nothing painful, just annoying.  The Broad Lane side on the west of the path runs parallel to the neighbor’s driveway, located at N 35º 12.566'  W 097º 27.372'. The east end, near McKinley, at N 35º 12.566’ W 097º 27.284', points you in the direction of the University of Oklahoma campus.