Interstate 40 in Oklahoma

This article is about the section of Interstate 40 in Oklahoma. For the entire length of the highway, see Interstate 40.

Interstate 40
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	331 mi (533 km)
Existed:	1957 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-40 at the Texas state line
	US-81 in El Reno I-44 in Oklahoma City I-35 in Oklahoma City I-235 in Oklahoma City I-240 in Oklahoma City Indian Nation Tpk. in Henryetta US-69 in Checotah Muskogee Tpk. near Webbers Falls
East end:	I-40 at the Arkansas state line
Highway system
Main route of the Interstate Highway System Main • Auxiliary • Business Oklahoma State Highways Oklahoma Turnpike System ← SH-39 SH-42 →

Interstate 40 (I-40) is an Interstate Highway in Oklahoma that runs 331 miles (530 km) across the state from Texas to Arkansas. West of Oklahoma City, it parallels and replaces Old US-66, and east of Oklahoma City, it parallels US-62, US-266 and US-64.

Cities along the route include Erick, Sayre, Elk City, Clinton, Weatherford, El Reno, Oklahoma City, Shawnee, Okemah, Henryetta, Checotah and Sallisaw.

Route description

Interstate 40 enters Oklahoma near Texola, in Beckham County. It crosses the North Fork of the Red River near Sayre and runs through the south side of Elk City. It then cuts across the northwest corner of Washita County before entering Custer County, where it passes through Clinton and Weatherford. After leaving Weatherford, I-40 then runs across the northern tip of Caddo County before it enters Canadian County.

I-40 runs through the south side of El Reno, entering the Oklahoma City metro. It then passes through Yukon before entering Oklahoma City proper. There, it has a junction with Interstate 44 (the Amarillo Junction). It then runs just south of downtown Oklahoma City on an elevated, dilapidated structure called the I-40 Crosstown, which is scheduled for replacement in 2012. It next meets Interstate 35 in the Fort Smith Junction complex, forming a concurrency with it for about two miles (3 km). It then passes through Del City and Midwest City on a freeway known as the Tinker Diagonal, providing access to Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City.

In far eastern Oklahoma City, I-40 meets Interstate 240 in a partial junction before passing through the north side of Shawnee. In Henryetta, I-40 serves as the northern terminus of the Indian Nation Turnpike. In McIntosh County, it crosses the northernmost arm of Lake Eufaula and meets the US-69 freeway south of Checotah.

Near Webbers Falls, I-40 is the southern terminus of the Muskogee Turnpike. It then crosses the Arkansas River before heading around southern Sallisaw. The interstate crosses into Arkansas north of Moffett.

History

West of Oklahoma City, Interstate 40 parallels and replaces Old US-66. US-66 was decommissioned in Oklahoma in 1985.

The I-40 bridge over the Arkansas River/McClellan-Kerr Navigation System near Webbers Falls was struck by a barge on May 26, 2002, causing the bridge to collapse and resulting in the death of 14 people.

Oklahoma City Crosstown realignment

Main article: Oklahoma City Crosstown Expressway

The I-40 Oklahoma City Crosstown Expressway was built in 1966;^{[citation needed]} however, this stretch of elevated highway is too narrow for existing traffic, and is in disrepair. In response, I-40 is being relocated a few blocks south of the exiting route, with the current elevated route torn down, and a landscaped boulevard built on the old right-of-way, similar to the I-30 reconstruction through downtown Fort Worth, Texas.^{[citation needed]} The project was completed in February 2012.

Business routes and old alignments

I-40 has eight business routes in Oklahoma, six of which are old alignments of US-66. A number of other old alignments of US-66 are also present west of Oklahoma City.

Erick I-40 Business Loop (formerly US-66) is a Business Loop that runs from I-40 two miles (3 km) west of Erick to the old alignment of US-66, through Erick, and back to I-40, four miles (6 km) east of Erick.

Sayre I-40 Business Loop (formerly US-66) is a Business Loop that begins two miles (3 km) south of Sayre at US-283, runs north into the city, and then leaves Sayre to the east, rejoining I-40 two miles (3 km) east of US-283.

Elk City I-40 Business Loop (formerly US-66) is a Business Loop that begins at Exit 32, seven miles (11 km) west of Elk City. It runs for ten miles (16 km) through Elk City, rejoining I-40 at Exit 41.

Clinton I-40 Business Loop (formerly US-66) is a Business Loop that begins at Exit 65, runs five miles (8 km) through Clinton, and rejoinds I-40 at Exit 69.

Weatherford I-40 Business Loop (formerly US-66) is a Business Loop that exits I-40 at Exit 82B, runs four miles (6 km) through Weatherford, and rejoins I-40 at Exit 82.

El Reno I-40 Business Loop (formerly US-66) is a Business Loop through El Reno. It exits I-40 at Exit 119, runs eight miles (13 km) through El Reno, and rejoins I-40 at Exit 125, the interchange with US-81.

Henryetta I-40 Business Loop (formerly US-62/US-75) is a Business Loop that leaves I-40 at Exit 237, runs four miles (6 km) through Henryetta, and rejoins I-40 at Exit 240, the interchange with US-75 and the Indian Nation Turnpike.

Sallisaw I-40 Business Loop is a Business Loop that leaves I-40 at Exit 308, US-59, runs four miles (6 km) through Sallisaw, and rejoins I-40 at Exit 311, US-64.

Exit list

Exit 176

Exit 181

Exit 240A

Exit 262

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
I-40 enters Texas
Beckham			1	Texola
			5	BL I-40 east (Honeyfarm Road) – Erick
	Erick		7	SH-30 – Erick, Sweetwater
			11	BL I-40 west – Erick
			14	Hext Road
	Sayre		20	BL I-40 east / US-283 (South 4th Street) – Mangum
			23	SH-152 (Main Street) – Cordell
			25	BL I-40 west (North 4th Street)
			26	Cemetery Road
			32	BL I-40 east / SH-34 south – Carter, Mangum, Elk City
			34	Merritt Road
	Elk City		38	SH-6 (South Main Street) – Altus
			40	East 7th Street
			41	BL I-40 west / SH-34 north – Woodward, Elk City
Washita			47	Canute
			50	Clinton Lake Road
			53	SH-44 – Foss, Altus
Custer			57	Stafford Road
			61	Haggard Road
			62	Parkersburg Road
	Clinton		65	BL I-40 east (Gary Boulevard)	No eastbound entrance
			65A	10th Street, Neptune Drive
			66	US-183 (South 4th Street) – Cordell
			69	BL I-40 west – Clinton	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			71	Custer City Road
			80	SH-54 – Thomas
	Weatherford		80A	BL I-40 east (West Main Street) – Southwestern Oklahoma State University	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			82	BL I-40 west (East Main Street)
			84	Airport Road
Caddo			88	SH-58 – Hydro, Carnegie
			95	Bethel Road
			101	US-281 / SH-8 – Hinton, Anadarko
Canadian			104	Methodist Road
			108	US-281 Spur north – Geary, Watonga
			115	US-270 west – Calumet	West end of US-270 overlap
			119	BL I-40 east – El Reno
	El Reno		123	Country Club Road
			125	BL I-40 west / US-81 – El Reno, Chickasha
			130	Banner Road
			132	Cimarron Road – C.E. Page Airport
	Yukon		136	SH-92 – Yukon, Mustang
			137	Cornwell Drive, Czech Hall Road
			138	SH-4 (Mustang Road) – Yukon, Mustang	Westbound exit via exit 139
			139	Kilpatrick Turnpike east
			140	Morgan Road
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City		142	Council Road
			143	Rockwell Avenue
			144	MacArthur Boulevard
			145	Meridian Avenue
			146	Portland Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			147A	I-44 west / SH-3 east – Lawton
			147B	I-44 east / SH-3 west – Tulsa
			147C	May Avenue – Fair Park	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			148A	Agnew Avenue, Villa Avenue
			148B	Crosstown Boulevard	Projected ramp to future boulevard along old I-40 alignment
			148C	Penn Avenue
			149	Western Avenue
			150A	Shields Boulevard
			150B	Robinson Avenue	Westbound exit
			151A	Crosstown Boulevard	Projected ramp to future boulevard along old I-40 alignment
			151B	I-35 south / US-62 west (US-77 south) – Dallas	West end of I-35/US-62 overlap
			151C	I-235 north (US-77 north) – Edmond, State Capitol, Oklahoma Health Center	Signed as exit 126 westbound
			127	Eastern Avenue, M. L. King Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			153	I-35 north / US-62 east to I-44 – Tulsa, Wichita	East end of I-35/US-62 overlap
	Del City		154	Reno Avenue, Scott Street
			155A	Sunny Lane Road – Del City
			155B	Southeast 15th Street – Del City, Midwest City
	Midwest City		156A	Sooner Road
			156B	Hudiburg Drive	No eastbound entrance
			157A	Southeast 29th Street – Midwest City	Eastbound exit only
			157B	Air Depot Bloulevard - Tinker Gate
			157C	Town Center Drive - Eaker Gate
			159A	Hruskocy Gate
			159B	Douglas Boulevard – Midwest City, Tinker Air Force Base Gates
	Oklahoma City		162	Anderson Road
			165	I-240 west (SH-3) – Lawton, Dallas	West end of SH-3 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			166	Choctaw Road
			169	Peebly Road
			172	Newalla Road – Harrah
Pottawatomie			176	SH-102 north (McLoud Road)	West end of SH-102 overlap
			178	SH-102 south – Dale, Bethel Acres	East end of SH-102 overlap
			181	US-177 / US-270 east / SH-3W east – Shawnee, Tecumseh	East end of US-270 overlap
	Shawnee		185	SH-3E east – Shawnee
			186	SH-18 – Shawnee, Meeker
			192	SH-9A south – Earlsboro
Seminole			200	US-377 / SH-99 – Prague, Seminole
			212	SH-56 – Cromwell, Wewoka
Okfuskee			217	SH-48 – Holdenville, Bristow
			221	US-62 west / SH-27 – Okemah, Wetumka	West end of US-62 overlap
			227	Clearview Road
			231	US-75 south – Wetumka - Weleetka	West end of US-75 overlap
Okmulgee	Henryetta		237	BL I-40 east – Henryetta
			240A	Indian Nation Turnpike – McAlester, Dallas
			240B	US-62 east / US-75 north / BL I-40 west – Okmulgee	East end of US-62/US-75 overlap
McIntosh			247	Tiger Mountain Road
			255	Pierce Road
			259	SH-150 (Lake Eufaula Road)
			262	To US-266 / Lotawatah Road
			264	US-69 – Eufaula, McAlester, Dallas	Signed as exits 264A (south) and 264B (north)
			265	US-69 Bus. – Checotah
			270	Texanna Road – Porum Landing
Muskogee			278	US-266 / SH-2 – Muskogee, Warner, Porum
			284	Ross Road
			286	Muskogee Turnpike west – Muskogee, Tulsa
			287	SH-100 north – Webbers Falls, Gore
Sequoyah			291	SH-10 north (Carlisle Road) – Gore
			297	SH-82 – Vian, Tahlequah
			303	Dwight Mission Road
	Sallisaw		308	BL I-40 east / US-59 – Salisaw, Poteau
			311	BL I-40 west / US-64 – Salisaw, Stilwell
			321	SH-64B north – Muldrow
			325	US-64 – Roland, Fort Smith
			330	SH-64D south – Dora, Fort Smith	Eastbound exit and wesbound entrance
I-40 enters Arkansas

See also

• U.S. Route 66 in Oklahoma

External links

• I-40 at OKHighways.com
• I-40 at AARoads

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