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The Automobile Alley Historic District was primarily developed as a commercial district just north of downtown Oklahoma City. During the 1920s Automobile Alley, A-Alley for short, was a popular auto row, home to more than 2/3 of the city's car dealerships for several decades in the 1900s.
The Turner Turnpike was Oklahoma's first turnpike, connecting Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The Turner Turnpike parallels historic US-66 (now SH-66), and carries I-44. The Will Rogers Turnpike connects Tulsa to the Missouri state line near Joplin. Like the Turner Turnpike, this turnpike serves as a parallel route to US-66 and carries I-44.
The airport first opened in 1911 as Oklahoma City Municipal Airfield.It was renamed in Rogers' honor in 1941. [9]World War II postcard from Will Rogers Army Airfield. During World War II, Will Rogers Field was a major training facility for the United States Army Air Forces; many fighter and bomber units were activated and received initial training there.
The Will Rogers Turnpike's most prominent service plaza lies between the toll plaza and the Vinita exit. The main feature of this service plaza is a 29,135-square-foot (2,706.7 m 2) McDonald's bridge restaurants spanning the turnpike. Customers can view the traffic passing beneath the restaurant from the dining area through windows overlooking ...
Katie is a town in Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States. The town is 69 miles (111 km) south of Oklahoma City. It was incorporated in 2004 [3] and had a population of 348 at the 2010 census. [4] On May 9, 2016, an EF4 tornado touched down in the southern part of Katie, and tracked to the east, causing one death and several injuries.
An estimated 521,400 GMT360 trucks were built at the Oklahoma City Assembly plant. [2] The Oklahoma City plant employed 2,400 people — 2,200 hourly and 200 salaried — but economists estimated that as many as 7,500 jobs in the area could be affected, including those at GM suppliers and secondary jobs, like hotel and restaurant workers.
Titus, Brzezinski and Schaaf won the three Democratic nominations for four-year terms on City Council that were on the ballot in the May 16 municipal primary, emerging from a 10-candidate field.
Oklahoma: Oklahoma City: 0.00: 0.00: I-344 Toll west (Kilpatrick Turnpike) Continuation west — I-35 / I-44 west / Sooner Road – Wichita, Oklahoma City, Downtown: Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; western end of I-44 concurrency; exit 138A on I-35: 139: Post Road: Proposed interchange on the existing turnpike: 11.4: 18.3: 146: Luther ...