Interstate 240 (Oklahoma)
Oklahoma State Highways
Oklahoma Turnpike System
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Interstate 240 (abbreviated I-240) is an Interstate Highway in Oklahoma, USA, that runs 16.22 miles (26.1 km) west from Interstate 40 to Interstate 44 in southern Oklahoma City. After its terminus in southwest Oklahoma City, the main I-240 roadbed becomes Interstate 44 and Airport Road toward Will Rogers World Airport. The interstate overlaps SH-3, the longest Oklahoma state highway, for its entire length.
Major destinations along the route include Crossroads Mall, Tinker Air Force Base, and the heavily populated Southside of Oklahoma City. With just under 8,000,000 square feet (740,000 m2) of commercial space, I-240 is a major corridor of retail, industrial and office space. As of 2012, however, the corridor included some "pockets of shuttered stores and creeping shabbiness" and local planners were in the first stages of efforts to revitalize the corridor.
I-240's service road is named S.E. 74th Street.
Read more about Interstate 240 (Oklahoma): Route Description, History, Exit List
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