Interstate 444

Interstate 444
Inner Dispersal Loop
I-444 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length	2.51 mi[1] (4.04 km)
Existed	early 1970s – present
Major junctions
West end	I-244 / US-64 / US-75 / SH-51 in Tulsa
East end	I-244 / US-75 / US-412 in Tulsa
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Oklahoma State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Turnpikes

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

It is signed as US-75, with the first half of the highway also being signed as US-64 and State Highway 51 (SH-51). The I-444 designation does appear on Rand McNally maps, and also on some online maps, such as Bing Maps.

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]

Exit list

Exit numbers and mileposts no longer exist (see #History section above for explanation of exit numbers). The entire route is in Tulsa, Tulsa County.

mi	km	Old exit	New exit	Destinations	Notes
0.00	0.00	94A		I-244 west / US-75 south (Red Fork Expressway) – Okmulgee, Oklahoma City	Western terminus; I-244 exit 4B; western terminus of US-75 concurrency
		94B		I-244 east / US-64 / SH-51 (Red Fork Expressway) – Sand Springs, Joplin	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; Western terminus of US-64/SH-51 concurrency
		94C		11th Street / Houston Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		94D		13th Street / Denver Avenue / Cheyenne Avenue
		95		US-64 / SH-51 east (Broken Arrow Expressway) – Broken Arrow	Eastern terminus of US-64/SH-51 concurrency
		96A		7th Street – Downtown
2.51	4.04	96B		I-244 / US-412 east (Crosstown Expressway) – Joplin	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		96C		I-244 / US-412 west (Crosstown Expressway) / US-75 north (Cherokee Expressway) – Oklahoma City, Bartlesville	Eastern terminus; old exit number was for I-244/US 412; I-244 exit 6B; eastern terminus of US-75 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

External links

Route map:

• Media related to Interstate 444 at Wikimedia Commons
• Tulok.Net Side Trips - Wherefore Art Thou 94D
• OKHighways.com - Hidden Interstate 444