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The H. E. Bailey Turnpike is an 86.4-mile (139.0 km) controlled-access toll road in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.The route, opened on April 23, 1964, is a four-lane freeway that connects Oklahoma City to Lawton in its northern section and Lawton to Wichita Falls, Texas along its southern section, roughly paralleling U.S. Route 277.
Present U.S. 281 Business and former U.S. 277-281 follows 2nd Street south of I-44 (Exit 39B) into the downtown area and south of Lee Boulevard (Oklahoma 7), curves into the diagonal route to 11th Street and still locally designated by the City of Lawton as Highway 277 even though it is officially designated as U.S. 281 Business.
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.
Walters is a town in Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,412 as of the 2020 United States census . [ 4 ] The city, nestled between twin creeks, is the county seat of Cotton County. [ 5 ]
Its county seat is Walters. [2] When Oklahoma achieved statehood in 1907, the area which is now Cotton County fell within the boundaries of Comanche County. [3] It was split off in 1912, becoming the last county created in Oklahoma; it was named for the county's primary crop. [4] Cotton County is included in the Lawton, Oklahoma metropolitan area.
The highway passes through fifteen of Oklahoma's counties. Along the way the route serves two of Oklahoma's largest cities, Lawton and Oklahoma City, as well as many regionally important cities, like Altus, Chickasha, Muskogee, and Tahlequah. Despite this, US-62 has no lettered spur routes like many other U.S. routes in Oklahoma do.
Three of Oklahoma’s largest school districts — Norman, Moore and Stillwater — are among those that have publicly said they won’t be following state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters ...
Lawton was the former home to the Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry, a basketball team. The team moved in 2007 from Oklahoma City to Lawton, where they won two Continental Basketball Association championships and a Premier Basketball League championship. [60] [61] In 2011, the Cavalry ceased operations in their second year in the PBL. [62]