Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-401: Cooperation with, or agency for, Bureau of Public Roads -

Contracts on terms approved by Bureau of Public Roads.

In order to facilitate civil defense and the construction and

maintenance of flight strips, access highways, and the construction

of other federal aid highways and roads, the Commission, upon the

request of the Bureau of Public Roads, may cooperate with and act as

the agent of the Bureau of Public Roads in making the surveys, plans

and specifications and estimates for, and in the construction and

maintenance of, flight strips, roads and bridges necessary to

provide access to military and naval establishments, defense

industries, defense-industry sites, source of raw materials, roads

and bridges replacing existing highways and highway connections shut

off from general public use at military and naval reservations and

defense-industry sites, and other federal aid highways.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Commission may

negotiate and enter into contracts for the construction or

maintenance of any such flight strip, road, bridge or highway, under

such procedure, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as

may be approved by the Bureau of Public Roads, or may, either as

principal or agent of the Bureau of Public Roads, perform such

construction and maintenance work by the "force-account" method. The

provisions of this article shall be applicable in all cases where

the work is being paid for either in whole with federal funds or in

part with federal funds and in part with funds of the State of

Oklahoma or one of its subdivisions.