McDonald's McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hambur ...

is a restaurant that spans the

Will Rogers Turnpike The Will Rogers Turnpike is a freeway-standard toll road in the northeast portion of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The highway begins as a continuation of the Creek Turnpike in Tulsa, continuing northward from the I-44/ US-412 interchange there ...

section of Interstate 44 (I-44) near

Vinita, Oklahoma Vinita is a city and county seat of Craig County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,743, a decline of 11.22 percent from the figure of 6,469 recorded in 2000. History Vinita was founded in 1870 by Elias C ...

. It is notable as the first

bridge restaurant A bridge restaurant or restaurant bridge is a restaurant, usually indoors, built like a bridge over a road, mostly over freeways or motorways. It usually provides access from both sides of the road without the need of crossing the road by tunnel or ...

in the world and as an example of a U.S. roadside restaurant. It was the world's largest McDonald's before the current largest McDonald's in the world located in Orlando, Florida was built. It shares the space with a Phillips 66 gas station. The building and service plaza closed on June 4, 2013, for a $14.6 million renovation. At its grand reopening on December 22, 2014, it was renamed from "Glass House Restaurant" to "Will Rogers Archway". At the front of the west anchor stands a statue of Will Rogers. The restaurant contains a small Will Rogers museum.

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Image:VinitaMCD Stairs.jpg, Stairwell inside of the west anchor Image:VinitaMCD Inside1.jpg, Inside the McDonald's looking northwest Image:VinitaMCD Inside2.jpg, Looking toward the counter on the east side of the restaurant

References

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