Interstate 444 (I-444) is an
unsigned auxiliary route of the
Interstate Highway System
The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States. Th ...
, with both ends at
I-244
Interstate 244 (I-244), also known as the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Expressway (in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.) since 1984, the Crosstown Expressway, and the Red Fork Expressway, is a east–west Interstate Highway bypass route ...
in downtown
Tulsa
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population, 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...
in the
US state
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of
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
. It makes up the eastern and southern sections on the square-shaped Inner Dispersal Loop.
It is signed as
U.S Highway 75 (US-75), with the first half of the highway also being signed as
US-64 and
State Highway 51 (SH-51).
History
I-244 and I-444 initially used
exit number
An exit number is a number assigned to a road junction, usually an exit from a freeway. It is usually marked on the same sign as the destinations of the exit. In some countries, such as the United States, it is also marked on a sign in the go ...
s in the 90s range, based on the
milemarker
A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary. They can indicate the distance to towns, cities, and other places or landmarks; or they can give their position on the route relative to s ...
s for I-44 in the Tulsa area and where they diverged. I-444 had four exits that were numbered 94A–94D until the highway designation became unsigned in 1995.
The exit numbers were removed, leaving only the letter suffixes before later becoming unmarked.
Exit list
Exit numbers and mileposts no longer exist (see
History
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section above for explanation of exit numbers).
References
External links
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Tulok.Net Side Trips - Wherefore Art Thou 94D
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Transportation in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Transportation in Tulsa County, Oklahoma