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Pikepass
Oklahoma has an extensive turnpike system, maintained by the state government through the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. All of Oklahoma's turnpikes are controlled-access highways with at least four lanes, although the Chickasaw Turnpike only has two lanes. Tolls on Oklahoma's turnpikes are collected through several methods, particular to each turnpike, involving mainline plazas. Tolls can either be paid by mail or through the Pikepass transponder system. In place of cash collection booths, PlatePay, a cashless pay-by-mail system, operates on all of the state's turnpikes, including the Kilpatrick Turnpike, Kickapoo Turnpike, and Creek Turnpike. As of November 2024, the entire turnpike system is cashless; the last toll booths at the Will Rogers Turnpike closed as part of the transition to PlatePay. Turnpikes *The Cherokee Turnpike is part of U.S. Highway 412 (US-412) in eastern Oklahoma. *The Chickasaw Turnpike connects US-177 just north of Sulphur to State Highway 1 (SH-1) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cimarron Turnpike
The Cimarron Turnpike is a controlled-access toll road in north-central Oklahoma. The route travels , from an interchange with Interstate 35 (I-35) north of Perry, to Westport, just west of Tulsa. The route also consists of a spur which runs from the mainline southwest to an interchange with U.S. Route 177 (US 177) north of Stillwater. The entirety of the Cimarron Turnpike is concurrent with US 412 except for the Stillwater spur. At either end of the Turnpike, US-412 begins (or ends, depending on direction) a concurrency with US-64. The Cimarron Turnpike opened to traffic in 1975. The US 412 designation was applied to the Cimarron Turnpike in 1988. Route description The Cimarron Turnpike, carrying US-412, passes through Noble, Payne, and Pawnee Counties. The highway heads east from I-35 to its first interchange, Exit 2, which provides access to US-77. The first mainline toll plaza is just west of Exit 15, a cloverleaf interchange with no straight-line ramp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Nation Turnpike
The Indian Nation Turnpike, also designated State Highway 375 (SH-375), is a controlled-access highway, controlled-access toll road in southeastern Oklahoma, United States, running between Hugo, Oklahoma, Hugo and Henryetta, Oklahoma, Henryetta, a distance of . It is the longest tollway in the state. Route description The Indian Nation Turnpike is built to parkway-like design standards, omitting a center barrier and left-hand shoulders for a slightly mounded grassy median that is flush with the edge of the left lane in each direction. However, the median is slowly being upgraded to a cable barrier with left shoulders bordering it. The turnpike's speed limit is from I-40 south to north of US-270/OK-1, and from there to the southern terminus it is 75 mph (120 km/h). Law enforcement along the Indian Nation Turnpike is provided by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troop XC, a special troop assigned to the turnpike. The only Service Area, service plaza along the entire turnpike is located j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilpatrick Turnpike
The John Kilpatrick Turnpike, signed as Interstate 344 (I-344) since November 2024, is a controlled-access highway, controlled-access toll road in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The turnpike forms a partial Ring road, beltway around the west and north side of the city that runs from Oklahoma State Highway 152, State Highway 152 (SH-152) and Interstate 240 (Oklahoma), Interstate 240 (I-240) to an interchange with Interstate 35 in Oklahoma, Interstate 35 (I-35) and Interstate 44 in Oklahoma, Interstate 44 (I-44). At the eastern terminus, traffic continuing east merges with I-44 traffic, forming the Turner Turnpike. The Kilpatrick Turnpike is long. The turnpike is named after John Kilpatrick (politician), John Kilpatrick, who was the chairman of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority in the early 1990s. Route description The Kilpatrick Turnpike's entire route lies within the city limits of Oklahoma City. There are no exit numbers assigned to any of the turnpike's interchanges. The Kilpatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chickasaw Turnpike
The Chickasaw Turnpike, also designated State Highway 301 (SH-301), is a controlled-access highway, controlled-access toll road in the rural South Central Oklahoma, south central region of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A two-lane expressway, two-lane freeway, it stretches for from north of Sulphur, Oklahoma, Sulphur to just south of Ada, Oklahoma, Ada. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) owns, maintains, and collects tolls on the turnpike. The first section of the Chickasaw Turnpike opened on September 1, 1991. The Chickasaw resulted from a compromise between urban and rural legislators. Originally, it was part of a now-canceled plan to connect southern and eastern Oklahoma with a longer turnpike. It was also intended to link Ada to the Interstate system. A segment of the turnpike was transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), making it a toll-free road, in 2011. Route description The Chickasaw Turnpike takes a southwest-to-northeast route, passing throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kilpatrick Turnpike
The John Kilpatrick Turnpike, signed as Interstate 344 (I-344) since November 2024, is a controlled-access toll road in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The turnpike forms a partial beltway around the west and north side of the city that runs from State Highway 152 (SH-152) and Interstate 240 (I-240) to an interchange with Interstate 35 (I-35) and Interstate 44 (I-44). At the eastern terminus, traffic continuing east merges with I-44 traffic, forming the Turner Turnpike. The Kilpatrick Turnpike is long. The turnpike is named after John Kilpatrick, who was the chairman of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority in the early 1990s. Route description The Kilpatrick Turnpike's entire route lies within the city limits of Oklahoma City. There are no exit numbers assigned to any of the turnpike's interchanges. The Kilpatrick Turnpike begins at an interchange with State Highway 152 (SH-152) and Interstate 240 (I-240) just west of Council Road in southwestern Oklahoma City. The turnpike heads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kickapoo Turnpike
The Kickapoo Turnpike, signed Interstate 335 (I-335) since November 2024, is a controlled-access highway, controlled-access toll road in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The northern section from U.S. Route 62 in Oklahoma, U.S. Route 62 (US 62) to Interstate 44 in Oklahoma, I-44 (Turner Turnpike) opened to traffic on October 13, 2020. The southern segment from SE 89th Street to US 62 opened to traffic on January 5, 2021. Despite the naming of I-335, a connection with Interstate 35 in Oklahoma, I-35 will not be made until the southern extension of the turnpike to Purcell, Oklahoma, Purcell is built. Route description The turnpike begins just east of Luther Road, at an Intersection (road), at-grade intersection with SE 89th Street, on the Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma–Cleveland County, Oklahoma, Cleveland county line. It heads north and features a southbound-only interchange with Interstate 40 in Oklahoma, I-40 a half-mile () later. There are four other interchanges between its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherokee Turnpike
The Cherokee Turnpike is a controlled-access toll road in eastern Oklahoma. Opened in 1991, the route is a four-lane freeway carrying US-412 from east of Kansas, Oklahoma, to east of Chouteau, and has a total length of and a speed limit of . An alternate route, US-412 Alternate, provides a free but not controlled-access route through the towns bypassed by the Turnpike with only a speed limit. Route description The turnpike begins by branching off US-412 east of the Grand River in Mayes County. The turnpike carries US-412 for its entire length; the old alignment of US-412, which was also at one time State Highway 33, is now US-412 Alternate. The Cherokee Turnpike runs within a close distance of US-412 Alternate for its entire length. The turnpike generally varies only a few degrees from true east–west throughout its entire route. The turnpike's first exit is a diamond interchange with State Highway 82 just south of Locust Grove. From this point, the road travels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilcrease Expressway
The Gilcrease Expressway is a highway in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the county's long-term plan to complete an outer highway loop around Tulsa's central business district. The highway will connect Interstate 44 (I-44) in Sapulpa to I-244 near Tulsa International Airport. Route description The eastern segment of the highway runs from North 41st West Avenue east to Interstate 244. From US-75 to I-244/ US-412, the Gilcrease carries the easternmost part of State Highway 11. The currently existing highway serves Tulsa International Airport and surrounding areas. Additionally, the Gilcrease Expressway Extension has been constructed. On October 29, 2015, Governor Mary Fallin announced Driving Forward, a $892 million turnpike package. A tolled extension of the Gilcrease Expressway was included in the package. The project began in the third quarter of 2016. On June 4, 2018, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved the designation Oklahoma State Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawton, Oklahoma
Lawton is a city in and the county seat of Comanche County, Oklahoma, Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Located in western Oklahoma, approximately southwest of Oklahoma City, it is the principal city of the Lawton metropolitan area, Lawton, Oklahoma, metropolitan statistical area. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Lawton's population was 90,381, making it the sixth-largest city in the state, and the largest in Western Oklahoma. Developed on former Indian reservation, reservation lands of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Fort Sill Apache Tribe, Apache peoples, Lawton was incorporated in 1901. It was named after Major General Henry Ware Lawton, who served in the Civil War, where he earned the Medal of Honor, and was killed in action in the Philippine–American War. Lawton's landscape is typical of the Great Plains, with flat topography and gently rolling hills, while the area north of the city is marked by the Wichita Mountains. The city's proximity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls metropolitan area, Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Archer County, Texas, Archer, Clay County, Texas, Clay, and Wichita Counties. According to the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, it had a population of 102,316, making it the List of municipalities in Texas, 43rd-most populous city in Texas. Wichita Falls is home to Midwestern State University, enrolling more than 5,500 students. History From the early 18th century to the mid 19th century, the Wichita Falls area was inhabited by the Wichita people, Wichita and the Comanche people. The Spanish called the lands controlled by the Comanche as Comancheria. The Wichita were forced onto a reservation in Oklahoma after 1859. The last battle with the Comanche in this area occurred in 1872 and the Comanche were finally defeated in 1874. Anglo-American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Oklahoma, most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, its population ranks List of United States cities by population, 20th among United States cities and 8th in the Southern United States. The population grew following the 2010 Census and reached 681,054 in the 2020 United States census. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,396,445, and the Oklahoma City–Shawnee, Oklahoma, Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,469,124, making it Oklahoma's largest municipality and metropolitan area by population. Oklahoma City's city limits extend somewhat into Canadian County, Oklahoma, Canadian, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie counties. However, much of those areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chickasha
Chickasha is a city in and the county seat of Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 16,051 at the 2020 census, a 0.1% increase from 2010. The city is named for and strongly connected to Native American heritage, as "Chickasha" (''Chikashsha'') is the Choctaw word for Chickasaw. Chickasha is home to the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. History Chickasha was founded by Hobart Johnstone Whitley, a land developer, banker, farmer and Rock Island Railroad executive. At the time of its founding, Chickasha was located in Pontotoc County, Chickasaw Nation. The founding took place in 1892 when the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway (Rock Island) built a track through Indian Territory. A post office was established in June 1892. One of the earliest industrial plants to come to Chickasha was the Chickasha Cotton Oil Company, which was established in 1899.Munn, 7 The town incorporated in 1902.Jefferies, Angie. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
