Interstate 244

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This article is about the Interstate in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. For the former I-244 in Missouri, now I-270, see Interstate 270 (Illinois-Missouri).

Interstate 244
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Maintained by ODOT

Length:

15.75 mi^[1] (25.35 km)

West end:

I-44 / SH-66 /Gilcrease Expressway in Tulsa

East end:

I-44 / US-412 / SH-66 in Tulsa

Oklahoma State Highways
< I-240		SH-251A >

Interstate 244 (abbreviated I-244), also known as the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Expressway (in honor of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.), the Crosstown Expressway, and the Red Fork Expressway, is a 15.8 mile-long east-west interstate highway bypass route of Interstate 44 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

At both I-244's western and eastern terminus, the highway connects with Interstate 44. I-244 runs from the western bank of the Arkansas River, across the river and past downtown Tulsa, before running through the northern half of the city and connecting again with Interstate 44.

In downtown Tulsa, I-244 forms the northern and western legs of the "Inner Dispersal Loop". The southern and eastern legs are formed by the unmarked I-444 (marked as US-75).

[edit] Exit list

The entire route is in Tulsa County.

Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Tulsa		I-44 west / SH-66 west – Sapulpa, Oklahoma City	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	1A	I-44 east - Joplin	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	1B	51st Street (Gilcrease Expressway)	No eastbound entrance
	1C	33rd West Avenue
	1D	40th Place, Southwest Boulevard
	2	US-75 south – Glenpool, Okmulgee	West end of US-75 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	3A	Southwest Boulevard	No westbound exit
	3B	21st Street, Union Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	4A	17th Street, Southwest Boulevard	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	4B	US-64 east / US-75 north / SH-51 east (I-444 east) – Broken Arrow, Bartlesville	East end of US-75 overlap; west end of US-64/SH-51 overlap
	4C	7th Street - Downtown Tulsa	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	5A	2nd Street - Downtown Tulsa	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	5B	US-64 west / US-412 west / SH-51 west – Sand Springs, Enid	East end of US-64/SH-51 overlap; west end of US-412 overlap
	5C	L.L. Tisdale Parkway
	6A	Cincinnati Avenue, Detroit Avenue
	6B	US-75 (I-444 west) – Bartlesville, Okmulgee
	6C	1st Street - Downtown Tulsa	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	7	Utica Avenue, Lewis Avenue, Peoria Avenue
	8	Delaware Avenue, Lewis Avenue
	9	Harvard Avenue	Eastbound exit is via exit 8
	10	Yale Avenue
	11	Sheridan Road - Tulsa Zoo
	12A	Memorial Drive
	12B	SH-11 west – Tulsa International Airport
	13A	Mingo Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	13	US-169 – Owasso, Nowata	Signed as exits 13B (south) and 13C (north)
	14	Garnett Road
	15	129th East Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		I-44 east / US-412 east - Joplin	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance