Interstate 244

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Interstate 244 marker

Interstate 244

Red Fork Expy[1]

Crosstown Expy[2]
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length: 15.75 mi[3] (25.35 km)
Major junctions
West end: I-44 / SH-66/Gilcrease Expressway in Tulsa[1]
East end: I-44 / US-412 / SH-66 in Tulsa[2]
Highway system

Oklahoma State Highways
Oklahoma Turnpike System

I-240 SH-251A

Interstate 244 (abbreviated I-244), also known as the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Expressway (in honor of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.), the Crosstown Expressway, and the Red Fork Expressway, is a 15.8 miles (25.4 km)-long east-west Interstate Highway bypass route of Interstate 44 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

At both I-244's western and eastern terminus, the highway connects with Interstate 44. I-244 runs from the western bank of the Arkansas River, across the river and past downtown Tulsa, before running through the northern half of the city and connecting again with Interstate 44.

In downtown Tulsa, I-244 forms the northern and western legs of the "Inner Dispersal Loop". The southern and eastern legs are formed by the unsigned I-444 (signed as US-75).

Contents

Route description [edit]

History [edit]

Future [edit]

Replacement of Westbound Bridge across the Arkansas River [edit]

I-244 with downtown Tulsa in the background

Ironically, the I-244 bridges have already reached the end of their service lives. The westbound bridge was closed and demolition begun in June 2011. Demolition was 85% complete as of August 1. The demolished structure will be replaced by a double-deck, multimodal span. The top deck will carry vehicles, and the lower deck will have a pedestrian way and two railroad tracks (to be added in the future). Completion is scheduled for 2013. Extreme care has been used during the demolition to avoid vibrations that might further damage the historic 11th Street Bridge.[4]

Exit list [edit]

The entire route is in Tulsa, Tulsa County.

Mile km Exit Destinations Notes
0.0[5] 0.0 I-44 / SH-66 continue west toward Sapulpa and Oklahoma City
0.0 0.0 1A I-44 east – Joplin Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
0.4 0.6 1B 51st Street (Gilcrease Expressway) No eastbound entrance
1.1 1.8 1C 33rd W. Avenue
1.9 3.1 1D 40th Place, Southwest Boulevard
2.7 4.3 2 US-75 south – Glenpool, Okmulgee Western terminus of US-75 concurrency, westbound exit and eastbound entrance
3.6 5.8 3A Southwest Boulevard No westbound exit
4.1 6.6 3B 21st Street, Union Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
4.5 7.2 4A 17th Street, Southwest Boulevard Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
4.8 7.7 4B I-444 east / US-64 east / US-75 north / SH-51 east – Broken Arrow, Bartlesville[6] I-444 unsigned, eastern terminus of US-75 concurrency, western terminus of US-64/SH-51 concurrency
4.9 7.9 4C 7th Street – Downtown Tulsa Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
5.5 8.9 5A 2nd Street – Downtown Tulsa Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
5.8 9.3 5B US-64 west / US-412 west / SH-51 west (Keystone Expressway) – Sand Springs, Enid[7] Eastern terminus of US-64/SH-51 concurrency, western terminus of US-412 concurrency
6.0 9.7 5C L.L. Tisdale Parkway
6.4 10.3 6A Cincinnati Avenue, Detroit Avenue
7.0 11.3 6B I-444 east / US-75 – Bartlesville, Okmulgee[8] I-444 unsigned
7.3 11.7 6C 1st Street – Downtown Tulsa Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
7.8 12.6 7 Utica Avenue, Lewis Avenue, Peoria Avenue
8.9 14.3 8 Delaware Avenue, Lewis Avenue
9.6 15.4 9 Harvard Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound exit
10.3 16.6 10 Yale Avenue
11.4 18.3 11 Sheridan Road – Tulsa Zoo
12.4 20.0 12A Memorial Drive
12.7 20.4 12B SH-11 west (Gilcrease Expressway) – Tulsa International Airport[9]
13.4 21.6 13A Mingo Road Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
13.9 22.4 13 US-169 (Mingo Valley Expressway) – Owasso, Nowata Signed as exits 13B (south) and 13C (north)[10]
14.5 23.3 14 Garnett Road
15.2 24.5 15 129th E. Avenue Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
15.8 25.4 I-44 / US-412 continue east toward Joplin
  •       Concurrency terminus
  •       Closed/former
  •       HOV only
  •       Incomplete access
  •       Tolled/ETC
  •       Unopened

References [edit]

Route map: Google / Bing

  1. ^ a b Google Inc. Google Maps – Interstate 244 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tulsa,+OK&sll=33.212301,-97.157807&sspn=0.02262,0.055747&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tulsa,+Oklahoma&ll=36.0888,-96.039283&spn=0.010924,0.027874&z=16. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  2. ^ a b Google Inc. Google Maps – Interstate 244 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tulsa,+OK&sll=33.212301,-97.157807&sspn=0.02262,0.055747&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tulsa,+Oklahoma&ll=36.161993,-95.823526&spn=0.010914,0.027874&z=16. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  3. ^ Route Log - Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2
  4. ^ Off, Gavin. "Demolition of westbound I-244 bridge over Arkansas River nearly complete. Tulsa World August 2, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2011.[1]
  5. ^ Google Inc. Google Maps – Interstate 244 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=I-44+E&daddr=I-244+E&hl=en&ll=36.145915,-95.932617&spn=0.167729,0.220757&sll=36.156831,-95.821209&sspn=0.020963,0.027595&geocode=FfagJgIdv4JG-g%3BFXnNJwIdIsRJ-g&oq=Sapulpa&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=15&t=m&z=12. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  6. ^ Google Inc. Google Maps – Interstate 244 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tulsa,+OK&sll=33.212301,-97.157807&sspn=0.02262,0.055747&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tulsa,+Oklahoma&ll=36.145603,-95.995853&spn=0.010916,0.027874&z=16. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  7. ^ Google Inc. Google Maps – Interstate 244 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tulsa,+OK&sll=33.212301,-97.157807&sspn=0.02262,0.055747&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tulsa,+Oklahoma&ll=36.160365,-95.997205&spn=0.010914,0.027874&z=16. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  8. ^ Google Inc. Google Maps – Interstate 244 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tulsa,+OK&sll=33.212301,-97.157807&sspn=0.02262,0.055747&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tulsa,+Oklahoma&ll=36.160555,-95.976713&spn=0.010914,0.027874&z=16. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  9. ^ Google Inc. Google Maps – Interstate 244 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tulsa,+OK&sll=33.212301,-97.157807&sspn=0.02262,0.055747&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tulsa,+Oklahoma&ll=36.163986,-95.875905&spn=0.010914,0.027874&z=16. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  10. ^ Google Inc. Google Maps – Interstate 244 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tulsa,+OK&sll=33.212301,-97.157807&sspn=0.02262,0.055747&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tulsa,+Oklahoma&ll=36.165649,-95.856593&spn=0.010914,0.027874&z=16. Retrieved 2010-07-09.