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The Route 66 Historical Village at 3770 Southwest Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an open-air museum along historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66). [1] The village includes a 194-foot-tall (59 m) oil derrick at the historic site of the first oil strike in Tulsa on June 25, 1901, which helped make Tulsa the " Oil Capital of the World ". [ 1 ]
Tulsa: Route 66 and Associated Resources in Oklahoma AD MPS: 18: Cheairs Furniture Company Building: June 11, 2018 : 537 S Kenosha Ave. Tulsa: 19: The Church Studio: The Church Studio: September 8, 2017
The 66 Motel in Tulsa, Oklahoma was built on the original, two-lane U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66) around 1933 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The listing included two buildings: the main or office building and a separate strip of motel rooms.
In addition, throughout its entire length in Tulsa, historic Route 66 is a drivable road, with motels and restaurants reminiscent of the route's heyday era. Tulsa Transit, the city's transit bus operator, runs 97 buses on 19 different routes across Tulsa and in surrounding suburbs such as Broken Arrow, Sand Springs and Jenks.
The area serves as Tulsa's financial and business district, and is the focus of a large initiative to draw tourism, which includes plans to capitalize on the area's historic architecture. Much of Tulsa's convention space is located in downtown, such as the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, the Tulsa Convention Center, and the BOK Center.
Apache Street / Sheridan Road – Tulsa Zoo: Apache Street not signed westbound: 8.5: 13.7: Virgin Street – Airport Terminal: Virgin Street not signed eastbound: 9.1: 14.6: Memorial Drive / Pine Street: Signed for Memorial Drive eastbound, Pine Street westbound: 10.5: 16.9: I-244 / US 412 to US 169 – Joplin, Downtown SH-11 ends
From 2009 through 2012, the Convention Center was the home arena for the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League. In 2013, the team returned to the SpiritBank Event Center in nearby Bixby . [ 9 ] In March 2012, the now-defunct Oklahoma Defenders of the American Professional Football League played their first game at the arena.
In 1925, Tulsa businessman Cyrus Avery, known as the "Father of Route 66," [25] began his campaign to create a road linking Chicago to Los Angeles by establishing the U.S. Highway 66 Association in Tulsa, earning the city the nickname the "Birthplace of Route 66". [26]