Interstate 44

Interstate 44 is an interstate highway in the central United States. Its western terminus is in Wichita Falls, Texas at an intersection with U.S. Highway 287; its eastern terminus is in Saint Louis, Missouri at Interstate 55.

Length

Major cities along the route

• Wichita Falls, Texas
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Springfield, Missouri
• Saint Louis, Missouri

Intersections with other Interstates

• Interstate 35 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Interstate 40 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Interstate 55 in Saint Louis, Missouri

Spur routes

• Tulsa, Oklahoma – I-244, I-444 (unsigned)
• St. Louis, Missouri – I-244 (decommissioned in 1974, made part of I-270)

Notes

• I-44 in Oklahoma is a toll road most of the way, paralleled by former U.S. 66.
• Some highway mavens think that I-44 and I-64 could and should hook up in St. Louis, Missouri, become one longer interstate, and be renamed I-60.
• I-244 in Tulsa, Oklahoma has its own loop route, I-444. I-244 and I-444 together form a square around Tulsa's downtown known locally as the "Inner Dispersal Loop". But while some maps show the "444" designation, it is signed only with the names of the US and state routes it also carries: US 75, US 64, and Oklahoma State Highway 51.
• What was once I-244 around St. Louis is currently part of that city's I-270/I-255 beltway.