- Interstate 444
Infobox road
state=OK
route=444
type=I
maint=ODOT
alternate_name=Inner Dispersal Loop
length_mi=2.51
length_round=2
length_ref= [ [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table2.htm Route Log - Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2] ]
year_established=early 1970s [http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-444_ok.html]
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Jct|state=OK|I|244|US|64|US|75|SH|51 in Tulsa, OK
junction=
direction_b=East
terminus_b=Jct|state=OK|I|244|US|75|US|412 in Tulsa, OK
previous_type=US
previous_route=412
next_type=SH
next_route=1Interstate 444 (abbreviated I-444) is an unsigned auxiliary route of the
Interstate Highway System , with both ends at Interstate 244 in downtownTulsa, Oklahoma . It makes up the eastern and southern sections on the square-shaped Inner Dispersal Loop.It is one of a few unsigned Interstates. It is instead signed as U.S. Highway 75, with the first half of the highway also being signed as U.S. Highway 64 and State Highway 51. The I-444 designation does appear on
Rand McNally Maps, and can also appear on some online driving direction maps, like MSN 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. [http://www.tulok.net/s3.html]
Exit list
Exit numbers no longer exist. (See History section above for explanation of exit numbers.) The whole route is in Tulsa County, Tulsa.
References
External links
* [http://www.tulok.net/s3.html Tulok.Net Side Trips - Wherefore Art Thou 94D]
* [http://www.okhighways.com/tulsa/i444.html OKHighways.com - Hidden Interstate 444]
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