Interstate 444

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Interstate 444
Unsigned auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Maintained by ODOT

Length:

2.51 mi^[1] (4.04 km)

Formed:

early 1970s [1]

West end:

I-244 / US-64 / US-75 / SH-51 in Tulsa, OK

East end:

I-244 / US-75 / US-412 in Tulsa, OK

Oklahoma State Highways
< US-412		SH-1 >

Interstate 444 (abbreviated I-444) is an unsigned auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System, with both ends at Interstate 244 in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. It makes up the eastern and southern sections on the square-shaped Inner Dispersal Loop.

It is one of a few unsigned Interstates. It is instead signed as U.S. Highway 75, with the first half of the highway also being signed as U.S. Highway 64 and State Highway 51. The I-444 designation does appear on Rand McNally Maps, and can also appear on some online driving direction maps, like MSN Maps.

1 History
2 Exit list
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

At the time I-44 was designated, the mile markers in the Tulsa area were in the 90s range. Rather than having their own numbers, I-244 and I-444 started their numbering based on what mile marker the highways were at when they branched off. Therefore, one exit along I-444 was labeled "94D". When the I-444 signs were removed from the highway and the "94" numbers were removed from the other markers (their gore signs simply bore the letter suffixes "A", "B", and "C") the 94D marking remained. The number became even more out of place when the other signs were replaced, bearing no exit numbers.[2]

[edit] Exit list

Exit numbers no longer exist. (See History section above for explanation of exit numbers.) The whole route is in Tulsa County, Tulsa.

Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
	94A	I-244 West/US-75 South – Okmulgee, Oklahoma City	westbound exit and eastbound entrance; US-75 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
	94B	I-244 East/US-64 West/SH-51 West – Sand Springs, Joplin	westbound exit and eastbound entrance; US-64 and SH-51 join eastbound and leave westbound
	94C	11th Street, Houston Avenue	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	94D	13th Street, Denver Avenue, Cheyenne Avenue
		US-64 East/SH-51 East – Broken Arrow	US-64 and SH-51 join westbound and leave eastbound
	96A	7th Street - Downtown
	96B	I-244 East/US-412 East - Joplin, Missouri	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	96C	I-244 West/US-412 West – Oklahoma City	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
becomes – Bartlesville