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Edison Street in Tulsa: Eastern segment; Length: 10.5 mi [1] (16.9 km) West end: 41st West Avenue in Tulsa: Major intersections: L.L. Tisdale Parkway in Tulsa US 75 / SH-11 in Tulsa: East end: I-244 / US 412 in Tulsa: Location; Country: United States: State: Oklahoma: Highway system; Oklahoma State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Turnpikes
The Turner Turnpike was Oklahoma's first turnpike, connecting Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The Turner Turnpike parallels historic US-66 (now SH-66), and carries I-44. The Will Rogers Turnpike connects Tulsa to the Missouri state line near Joplin. Like the Turner Turnpike, this turnpike serves as a parallel route to US-66 and carries I-44.
The Turner Turnpike is a controlled-access toll road in central Oklahoma, connecting its two largest cities, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Authorized by the Oklahoma Legislature in 1947 and opened in May 1953, it is the oldest of the state's twelve turnpikes . [ 1 ]
It connects three of Oklahoma's largest cities: Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Lawton. Most of I-44 in Oklahoma is a toll road. In southwestern Oklahoma, I-44 is the H. E. Bailey Turnpike and follows a diagonally northwest–southeast (and vice versa) direction. From Oklahoma City to Tulsa, I-44 follows the Turner Turnpike.
It passed through Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and many smaller communities. West of the Oklahoma City area, it has been largely replaced by I-40; the few independent portions that are still state-maintained are now I-40 Business. However, from Oklahoma City northeast to Kansas, the bypassing I-44 is mostly a toll road, and SH-66 remains as a free ...
I-44 has two auxiliary routes. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, there is an I-244 and an unsigned I-444. There was also another auxiliary route located in St. Louis, Missouri, but was decommissioned in 1974. It was instead signed as I-270. In Fall 2023, the AASHTO approved designating the Kilpatrick Turnpike in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as I-344. [5]
There will be 21 overhead toll gantries placed between the current toll plazas along the 236-mile turnpike through Interstate 70 in Kansas City, Interstate 470 in Topeka, Interstate 335 in Emporia ...
The Kansas Turnpike Act, defining a turnpike from Oklahoma to Kansas City, became effective April 7, 1953. [7] It created the KTA, with Gale Moss selected as its first chairman. With a budget of only $25,000 (equivalent to $227,437 in 2023 [ 8 ] ), the KTA's first office was a former barbershop in the Kansas State Capitol .