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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 following is list of names for the expressway part of US 75 in the Tulsa area. Okmulgee-Bee Line Expressway (Okmulgee to Creek Turnpike) Okmulgee Expressway (Creek Turnpike to I-244) Martin Luther King, Junior Memorial Expressway (overlap with I-244) Broken Arrow Expressway (southern leg of Inner Dispersal Loop)
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 ]
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]
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 turnpike authority previously set PlatePay tolls for passenger vehicles traveling from Oklahoma City to Tulsa on the Turner Turnpike to go up from $5 to $8.75. With PlatePay, cameras record ...
I-40 near Oklahoma City: I-44 in Luther: 2024 [4] current Redesignation of Kickapoo Turnpike; will be extended to I-35 in the future I-344: 31.0: 49.9 I-240 in Oklahoma City: I-35/I-44 near Oklahoma City 2024 [4] current Redesignation of John Kilpatrick Turnpike: I-440 — — in Oklahoma City: I-35 in Oklahoma City — c. 1965: Became part of ...
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.