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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 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. [5]
The Will Rogers Turnpike is a controlled-access toll road in the northeast portion of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The highway begins as a continuation of the Creek Turnpike in Tulsa , continuing northward from the I-44 / US-412 interchange there to the Missouri state line west of Joplin, Missouri .
In southwestern Oklahoma, I-44 is the H. E. Bailey Turnpike and it runs northeast–southwest (and vice-versa). In the Oklahoma City area, I-44 is either six or eight lanes; it runs concurrent with I-35 for about four miles (6.4 km) in Oklahoma City. From Oklahoma City, I-44 runs northeast–southwest as the Turner Turnpike towards Tulsa.
I-44 westbound as it enters Oklahoma near Joplin, Missouri. I-44 crosses the Red River near Burkburnett, Texas.It enters the state on a mostly north–south alignment. The route is toll-free until exit 5, which is the last free exit before the start of the southern section of the H. E. Bailey Turnpike.
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 ...
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 ...
The Oklahoma City metro area was ... More than 20 million residents from central Kansas to the Tennessee Valley and the mid-Atlantic were ... Eggs spilled on Oklahoma turnpike after crash as ...