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A number of other old alignments of US-66 are also present west of Oklahoma City. Interstate 40 Business (I-40 Bus., formerly US-66) in Erick is a business loop that runs from I-40 two miles (3.2 km) west of Erick to the old alignment of US-66, through Erick, and back to I-40 four miles (6.4 km) east of Erick. I-40 Bus.
The historic U.S. Route 66 (US-66, Route 66), sometimes known as the Will Rogers Highway after Oklahoma native Will Rogers, ran from west to northeast across the state of Oklahoma, along the path now taken by Interstate 40 (I-40) and State Highway 66 (SH-66). It passed through Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and many smaller communities.
Much of the western part of I-40, from Barstow to Oklahoma City, parallels or overlays the historic U.S. Route 66. East of Oklahoma City, the route generally parallels US 64 and US 70. I-40 was established by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, and the numbering was subsequently approved on August 14, 1957, along with most of the rest of the ...
U.S. Route 70 (abbreviated US-70) is a transcontinental U.S. highway extending from Globe, Arizona to Atlantic, North Carolina. Along the way, 289.81 miles (466.40 km) of its route passes through the state of Oklahoma. Entering the state south of Davidson, the highway serves Oklahoma's southern tier before exiting the state east of Broken Bow.
Now: Truxton, Arizona. Truxton wasn't much of anything until the 1950s postwar car boom, and then became one among many Route 66 cities bypassed by the construction of Interstate 40 in 1979.
I-35/I-40/US-77/US-270 in Oklahoma City: I-44/US-77 in Oklahoma City 1976 [3] current I-240: 26.22: 42.20 I-344 (John Kilpatrick Turnpike) in Oklahoma City: I-40 in Oklahoma City 1965: current In 2024, I-240 was extended west following I-44 to SH-152 to I-344 adding 10 miles (16 km) to the route I-244: 15.75: 25.35 I-44/SH-66 in Tulsa
An entrepreneur operating a Route 66 business at Arcadia wants to promote towns along one of the Mother Road's most scenic stretches in Oklahoma.
Many Oklahoma state highways have short spur routes connecting them to towns which lie off of the main route. Many times, these bear the same number as the parent highway, with a letter suffix. Some state highway spurs and loops from US highways have designations that are drawn from the parent US Highway designation.