Interstate 444

Interstate 444
Inner Dispersal Loop
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 Oklahoma State Highways Interstate U.S. Turnpikes ← US-412 SH-1 →

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

mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
		94A	I‑244 west / US-75 south – Okmulgee, Oklahoma City	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance, I-244 exit 4B, Western terminus of US-75 concurrency
		94B	I‑244 east / US-64 / SH-51 west – Sand Springs, Joplin, St Louis	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	Eastern terminus of US-64/SH-51 concurrency
		96A	7th Street – Downtown
		96B	I‑244 / US-412 east – Joplin	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		96C	I‑244 west / US-412 / US-75 – Oklahoma City	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance, I-244 exit 6B
		US-75 continues north toward Bartlesville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

1. "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080509140019/http://www.tulok.net/s3.html. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved October 16, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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