Gilcrease Expressway

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Gilcrease Expressway
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Gilcrease Expressway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length: 10.5 mi[1] (16.9 km)
Component
highways:		 SH-11 (US-75 to I-244) SH-344 (I-44 to W 41st St)
Major junctions
CCW end: I‑44 / I‑244 in Tulsa
  US-64 / US-412 / SH-51 near Sand Springs (future)

L.L. Tisdale Parkway in Tulsa

US-75 / SH-11 in Tulsa
CW end: I‑244 / US-412 in Tulsa
Highway system
Oklahoma State Highways

The Gilcrease Expressway is a 10.5-mile-long (16.9 km) highway in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the county's long-term plan to complete an outer highway loop around Tulsa's central business district. The highway will connect Interstate 44 (I-44) in West Tulsa to I-244 near the Tulsa International Airport.

Route description

Currently, the portion of freeway open to traffic is the section between North 41st West Avenue and Interstate 244. From US-75 to I-244/US-412, the Gilcrease carries the easternmost part of State Highway 11. The currently existing freeway serves Tulsa International Airport and surrounding areas.

Additionally, the Gilcrease Expressway Extension has been constructed. It is a one-mile (1.6 km) stretch of two-lane road signed as State Highway 344. The extension currently runs from W. 51st St. to W. 41st St. South at the 5600 block in West Tulsa. The Extension connects the community of Berryhill and the recent developments along W. 41st St. South to Interstate 44.

Future

The next portion of the Gilcrease Expressway to be constructed is the segment between North 41st W Avenue and Edison Street in West Tulsa. Although, the section between 41st W Ave and Edison Street is named 31st Street N, 53rd West Avenue, Newton Street and 57th West Avenue.[2]

Many homes have been removed along South 57th West Avenue between West 26th Street and West 21st Street. Plans include construction of a bridge over the Arkansas River, connecting Sand Springs and Berryhill.

$88 million of a $918.7 million tax increase will be put forward to the expressway's extension.[3]

Proposed turnpike

In 2010, the Oklahoma Legislature authorized the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to study the construction of a turnpike to complete the Gilcrease Expressway. The cost of the turnpike was estimated at $373 million for the final 6.7 miles (10.8 km) of the expressway.[4]

On October 29, 2015, Governor Mary Fallin announced Driving Forward, a $892 million turnpike package. A five-mile (8.0 km) tolled extension of the Gilcrease Expressway was included in the package.[5] The project is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2016.[6]

On June 4, 2018, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved the designation Oklahoma State Highway 344 for the highway, to take effect upon completion of construction.[7]

Exit list

Mile markers reset between gap in route. The entire route is in Tulsa County. All exits are unnumbered.

Location mi[1][8] km Destinations Notes
Oakhurst 0.00 0.00 I‑44 / SH-66 – Joplin, Sapulpa, Oklahoma City Counterclockwise terminus; proposed south end of tolled section;[5] expressway continues as I-44/SH-66 east
0.7 1.13 51st Street At-grade intersection; temporary north end of limited-access section; proposed interchange[5]
Proposed Toll Gantry
1.9 3.1 41st Street South At-grade intersection; proposed interchange;[5] temporary north end of counterclockwise section
​ Proposed Toll Gantry
​ 21st Street South Proposed interchange[5]
​ Proposed Toll Gantry
​ US-64 / US-412 / SH-51 Proposed north end of tollway[5]
​ Edison Street Temporary north end of proposed counterclockwise extension;[5] road to continue north into Tulsa as 57th West Avenue
Sections linked by 57th West Avenue, Newton Street, 53rd West Avenue, and 31st Street North
Tulsa 0.0 0.0 41st West Avenue Temporary west end of clockwise section; road continues west as 31st Street North
2.2 3.5 L.L. Tisdale Parkway – Downtown Tulsa, Gilcrease Museum At-grade intersection; west end of limited-access section
3.5 5.6 Peoria Avenue / Mohawk Boulevard
4.4 7.1 Lewis Avenue
5.0 8.0 SH-11 west / US-75 – Okmulgee, Downtown Tulsa, Bartlesville Western terminus of SH-11 concurrency
5.6 9.0 Harvard Avenue
6.5 10.5 Yale Avenue
7.5 12.1 Apache Street / Sheridan Road – Tulsa Zoo Signed solely as Sheridan Road westbound
8.5 13.7 Virgin Street – Airport Terminal Signed solely as Airport Terminal eastbound
9.1 14.6 Memorial Drive
Pine Street		 Eastbound signage
Westbound signage
9.9–
10.5		 15.9–
16.9		 SH-11 ends / I‑244 / US-412 to US-169 – Joplin, Downtown Clockwise terminus of Gilcrease Expwy.; eastern terminus of SH-11 concurrency; eastern terminus of SH-11
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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