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The AT6 Monument is a granite memorial to Royal Air Force cadets who were killed while on a training flight during World War II. It stands on Big Mountain, north of Moyers, Oklahoma, in the United States, and was dedicated on February 20, 2000—the 57th anniversary of the deadly crashes.
State Highway 266 (abbreviated SH-266) is a state highway near Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. It runs for 10.92 miles (17.57 km) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] through Tulsa and Rogers Counties in northeastern Oklahoma .
The eastern segment of the highway runs from North 41st West Avenue east to Interstate 244. From US-75 to I-244/ US-412 , the Gilcrease carries the easternmost part of State Highway 11 . The currently existing highway serves Tulsa International Airport and surrounding areas.
Interstate 244 (I-244), also known as the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Expressway (in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.) since 1984, the Crosstown Expressway, and the Red Fork Expressway, is a 15.8-mile-long (25.4 km) east–west Interstate Highway bypass route of I-44 around Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The highway no longer meets the former route of its parent, U.S. Route 66 (US 66), and is closely paralleled by Interstate 40 (I-40), which replaced US 266 (along with accompanying routes US 62 from Oklahoma City to Henryetta and US 64 from Warner to the Arkansas border west of Fort Smith, Arkansas) as the major east–west highway east of ...
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. The turnpike carries the I-44 designation for its entire length. The turnpike is 88.5 miles (142.4 km) long and costs $4.75 (for a two-axle vehicle) to drive one way.
United States Numbered Highways in Oklahoma are part of a nationwide network of roadways passing through the 48 contiguous states. These U.S. Highways are the second-highest category of road classifications in the Oklahoma road system, just below the Interstate Highways.
The route is signed in its entirety as U.S. Highway 75 (US 75); the first half is also signed as US 64 and State Highway 51 (SH-51), and the latter half is known as the Cherokee Expressway. The 2.51-mile-long (4.04 km) freeway was first planned around 1957 with construction occurring into the 1970s before being fully open in 1981.