Interstate 44

*Not to be confused with US Route 66, Will Rodgers Turnpike, Turner Turnpike, H.E. Bailey Turnpike, or US Route 44.*

## Junctions

### Junctions

  in St Louis, MOI-270 near Kirkwood, MO
US 50 near Union, MO
US 63 in Rolla, MO
US 65 in Springfield, MO
MO 360 in Springfield, MO
 from Fidelity, MO to Duenweg, MO
US 400 US 160 in Loma Linda, MO
US 59 US 60 US 69 near Afton, OK
US 60 US 69 in Vinita, OK
US 69 in Big Cabin, OK
OK 20 in Claremore, OK
US 412 OK 364 in Catoosa, OK
OK 66 in Catoosa, OK
I-244 near Catoosa, OK
US 169 near Tulsa, OK
US 64 near Broken Arrow, OK
US 75 near Oakhurst, OK
I-244 OK 344 in Oakhurst, OK
OK 364 in Sapulpa, OK
US 177 in Warwick, OK
Kickapoo Turnpike in Luther, OK
 Kilpatrick Tpke in Witcher, OK
US 77 I-235 near Oklahoma City, OK
OK 74 OK 3 OK 66 near Oklahoma City, OK
 near Oklahoma City, OK
OK 152 I-240 near Oklahoma City, OK
US 62 US 277 US 81 in Chickasha, OK
US 62 in Lawton, OK

### West End

US 82 US 277 US 281 US 287 in Wichita Falls, TX

## Location

### States

Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas

**Interstate 44** is an east-west highway between St Louis, Missouri and Wichita Falls, Texas, passing Springfield, Missouri, Joplin, Missouri, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Lawton, Oklahoma. Interstate 44 was also the replacement for US 66 between Oklahoma City and St Louis.

## Route Description

### Missouri

I-44 begins at I-70 near St Louis, then begins moving south, passing the Gateway Arch and Downtown Saint Louis. It then meets I-64 and I-55, then begins a concurrency with I-55. I-55 turns south and I-44 begins going west. I-44 passes around to the south of Saint Louis. I-44 continues southwest passing Kirkwood, and passing I-270. I-44 then continues west, then turns to the southwest when US 50 splits off near Union. I-44 then passes southwest through the Mark Twain National Forest, meeting US 63 along the way, then turns west after meeting US 65 near Springfield. I-44 then forms a north loop around Springfield, and meets MO 13 along the way, then leaves Springfield after passing MO 360 and US 160. I-44 then keeps going west, and meets I-49 in Fidelity. I-49 has a short concurrency with I-44, then splits off again in Duenweg at the MO 249 junction. It then passes I-49B and I-44B near Silver Creek. I-44 then has a last second exit in Loma Linda with US 400 and US 160, which nearly immediately enters Kansas. I-44 then enters Oklahoma.

### Oklahoma

*Main Articles: Will Rodgers Turnpike, Turner Turnpike, H.E. Bailey Turnpike, US Route 66*

### Will Rodgers Turnpike and Catoosa

I-44 enters Oklahoma as the Will Rodgers Turnpike, a toll road. It passes through rural parts of Ottawa County, then meets OK 10 in Miami. It then turns south and meets US 69, US 59, and US 60 near Afton. It then turns southwest again, meeting US 60, US 69, and US 59 in Vinita (which is also where the American Heartland Themepark will be), and then continues southwest, passing under the Will Rodgers Archway, paralleling US Route 66 (Oklahoma 66), meeting US 69 in Big Cabin, OK 28 (partial intersection) between Foyil and Adair, OK 20 near Claremore, OK 266 in Verdegris, and E Pine Street (partial intersection) near Catoosa, then meets an intersection with OK 364 (Creek Turnpike), and US 412. I-44 turns west, following US 412, then splitting off with US 412 at I-244. I-244 and US 412 continue west into Tulsa, and I-44 goes southwest towards Broken Arrow and Sapulpa.

#### Tulsa, The Turner Turnpike, and Oklahoma City

I-44 passes many Tulsa/Broken Arrow city streets along the way, but also meets US 169 near Columbus, US 64 near Hoover, then crosses the Arkansas River, and meets US 75 near Oakhurst, and then meets the Gilcrease Expressway and I-244, and I-44 continues moving southwest as the Turner Turnpike, passing Sapulpa, Bristow, Stroud, and Luther then meets I-35 north of Oklahoma City and meets the Kilpatrick Turnpike. I-44 turns south following I-35. I-44 then splits off with I-35 near Lake Aluma. I-44 turns west, then begins a concurrency with OK 3. I-44 turns south, then passes I-40. I-44 then splits with OK 3 near I-240. I-44 then continues southwest as the H.E. Bailey Turnpike.

#### H.E. Bailey Turnpike

On the H.E. Bailey Turnpike it passes Chickasha and Lawton, then turns south in Lawton, meets US 70 and US 277 in Randlett, then enters Texas.

### Texas

I-44 continues south, passing TX 240 in Burkburnett, US 287 north of Wichita Falls, then ends in Wichita Falls at US 82, 277, 281, and 287.