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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 ...
In 2010, the Oklahoma Legislature authorized the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to study the construction of a turnpike to complete the Gilcrease Expressway. The cost of the turnpike was estimated at $373 million for the final 6.7 miles (10.8 km) of the expressway.
SH 152 – Oklahoma City: I-35 / I-44 / Turner Turnpike – Oklahoma City: $7.98 (PlatePay) $3.84 (Pikepass) [67] Muskogee Turnpike: 53.1 85.5 SH-364 / Creek Turnpike – Broken Arrow: I-40 – Webbers Falls: $8.06 (PlatePay) $3.80 (Pikepass) Creek Turnpike: 32.2 51.8 I-44 / Turner Turnpike – Sapulpa: I-44 / US 412 / Will Rogers Turnpike ...
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.
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 .
US-75 enters Kansas from Oklahoma near Caney and almost immediately starts an overlap with US-166. The highways split about 4 miles north of the state line. South of Neodesha, US-75 overlaps with US-400 as a 2 lane freeway. At Interstate 35 (I-35), US-75 becomes a two-lane expressway again, passing east of Melvern Lake.