Interstate 244 also known as the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Expressway (in honor of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the...

), the Crosstown Expressway, and the Red Fork Expressway, is a 15.8-mile-long east–west Interstate Highway bypass route of Interstate 44

Interstate 44 in Oklahoma

Interstate 44 runs diagonally through the U.S. state of Oklahoma, spanning from the Texas state line near Wichita Falls to the Missouri border near Joplin. It connects three of Oklahoma's largest cities, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Lawton. Most of I-44 in Oklahoma is a toll road. In southwestern...

 in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...

, USA

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At both I-244's western and eastern terminus, the highway connects with Interstate 44. I-244 runs from the western bank of the Arkansas River

Arkansas River

The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's initial basin starts in the Western United States in Colorado, specifically the Arkansas...

, across the river and past downtown Tulsa, before running through the northern half of the city and connecting again with Interstate 44.

In downtown Tulsa, I-244 forms the northern and western legs of the "Inner Dispersal Loop". The southern and eastern legs are formed by the unmarked I-444 (marked as US-75).

Replacement of Westbound Bridge across the Arkansas River

Ironically, the I-244 bridges have already reached the end of their service lives. The westbound bridge was closed and demolition begun in May 2011. Demolition was 85 percent complete as of August 1, 2011. The demolished structure will be replaced by a double-deck, multimodal span. The top deck will carry vehicles and the lower deck will have a pedestrian way and two railroad tracks (to be added in the future). Completion is scheduled for 2013. Extreme care has been used during the demolition to avoid vibrations that might further damage the old 11th Street Bridge.

Exit list

The entire route is in Tulsa County Tulsa.

# Exit number An exit number is a number assigned to a road junction, usually an exit from a freeway. It is usually marked on the same sign as the destinations of the exit, as well as a sign in the gore....	Destinations	Notes
		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
1A	- Joplin	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
1B	51st Street (Gilcrease Expressway Gilcrease Expressway The Gilcrease Expressway is a highway in Tulsa County, Oklahoma's overall, long-term plan to complete an outer highway loop around Tulsa's central business district. The highway will connect Interstate 44 in West Tulsa to Interstate 244 near the Tulsa International Airport.-Route... )	No eastbound entrance
1C	33rd West Avenue
1D	40th Place, Southwest Boulevard
2		West end of US-75 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
3A	Southwest Boulevard	No westbound exit
3B	21st Street, Union Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
4A	17th Street, Southwest Boulevard	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
4B		East end of US-75 overlap; west end of US-64/SH-51 overlap
4C	7th Street - Downtown Tulsa	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
5A	2nd Street - Downtown Tulsa	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
5B		East end of US-64/SH-51 overlap; west end of US-412 overlap
5C	L.L. Tisdale Parkway
6A	Cincinnati Avenue, Detroit Avenue
6B
6C	1st Street - Downtown Tulsa	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
7	Utica Avenue, Lewis Avenue, Peoria Avenue
8	Delaware Avenue, Lewis Avenue
9	Harvard Avenue	Eastbound exit is via exit 8
10	Yale Avenue
11	Sheridan Road - Tulsa Zoo Tulsa Zoo The Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum is a zoo and living museum located in Tulsa, Oklahoma USA. The Tulsa Zoo is owned by the city of Tulsa and is part of the Tulsa Parks Department. The zoo is located in Mohawk Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the United States...
12A	Memorial Drive
12B
13A	Mingo Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
13		Signed as exits 13B (south) and 13C (north)
14	Garnett Road
15	129th East Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	- Joplin	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance