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Interstate 44
Exit Guide
(Miles 1-108)

Exit 1

OK 36
Grandfield

Exit 5

U.S. 70
U.S. 277
U.S. 281
Randlett

Exit 20

OK 5
Walters

Exit 30

U.S. 277
U.S. 281
OK 36
Geronimo
Faxon

Exit 33

Business U.S. 281
11th St.

Exit 36A

OK 7
Lee Blvd.
Duncan

Exit 36B
(WB Only)

Lee Blvd. West

Exit 37

Gore Blvd.

Exit 39A

Cache Rd.

Exit 39B
(WB Only)

Business U.S. 281
Lawton

Exit 40A
(WB Only)

Rogers Lane Eastbound

Exit 40B (WB)
Exit 40 (EB)

U.S. 62 West
Rogers Lane
Cache
Altus

Exit 40C

Gate 2 (Closed)

Exit 42

Ft. Sill
Key Gate

Exit 45

OK 49
Medicine Park
Carnegie

Exit 46
(EB Only)

U.S. 62 East
U.S. 277 North
U.S. 281 North
Elgin
Apache
Anadarko

Exit 53

U.S. 277
Elgin
Fletcher
Sterling

Exit 62
(WB Only)

Fletcher
Cyril
Sterling

Exit 80

U.S. 81
Chickasha
Duncan

Exit 83

U.S. 62
Chickasha

Exit 99A

H.E. Bailey Spur
Blanchard
Norman

Exit 99B

OK 4
Tuttle
Mustang
Yukon

Exit 107

U.S. 62 West
U.S. 277 South
Newcastle
Blanchard

Exit 108

OK 37 West
Tuttle
Minco

Exit 108A
(WB Only)

Frontage Rd.


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Interstate 44 (Miles 1-108)

(Miles 1-108)
(H.E. Bailey Turnpike)

Highway Review:
Interstate 44 is the second-longest interstate in the state of Oklahoma. It lasts 328 miles, only three less than Interstate 40. The highway is signed east-west, but it starts out in Oklahoma heading north 14 miles north of Wichita Falls, Texas, where its western terminus is located. The highway heads in a mostly northerly direction all the way to Oklahoma City. Interstate 44 once started at Interstate 35 in Oklahoma City, but it was extended down the H.E. Bailey Turnpike in the 1980s.

After crossing the Red River into Oklahoma travelers are immediately greeted with Exit 1 for OK 36. The freeway is free for the first five miles, but after Exit 5 for U.S. 70, the H.E. Bailey Turnpike's southern section begins. It lasts until Exit 30 for U.S. 277/281 South and the northern terminus of OK 36. The freeway is free through the city of Lawton (pop. 92,757), which was until a couple of years ago the third-largest city in Oklahoma, but that distinction now belongs to Norman. In Lawton, there are exits for Bus. U.S. 281 (Exit 33), OK 7 (Exits 36A-B), Gore Blvd. (Exit 37), Bus. U.S. 281/2nd St. (Exit 38), Cache Rd. (Exit 39A), and U.S. 62/Rogers Lane (Exit 40A). Exit 38 is a westbound only exit, and the exit ramp heads straight while the interstate juts out to the left. The next few exits after traveling through Lawton are for Fort Sill. Exit 45 is for OK 49 West, which heads toward the Wichita Mountains, and after Exit 46 (U.S. 62 East & U.S. 277/281 North), the turnpike begins once again.

Most of the turnpike exits are spaced out by about 15-20 miles. Exit 53 for U.S. 277 North is the final eastbound exit until U.S. 81 in Chickasha (Exit 80). Chickasha (pop. 15,850), home of Jake's Rib (arguably the best bar-b-que around-I highly recommend the sloppy jake) is also served by Exit 83 (U.S. 62/277/OK 9). After that the next exit is unmarked Exit 99 for the H.E. Bailey Turnpike Spur eastbound, completed in 2001, and OK 4 North. Exit 107 (U.S. 62 West/U.S. 277 South) is the final exit of the turnpike. The speed limit falls to 70 with the transformation of Interstate 44 from turnpike to interstate. OK 37 joins I-44 for three miles at Exit 108.

To continue on Interstate 44 through the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, please see the Interstate 44 Guide @ OKC Highways page.

PICTURES

Interstate 44 West at Exit 1 - OK 36 -
Grandfield. (Photo taken 10/11/02)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 5 - U.S. 70 -
Randlett. (Photo taken 12/11/03)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 20 - OK 5 - Walters.
The toll plaza for the southern section of the
H.E. Bailey Turnpike is located underneath
the overpass ahead. (Photo taken 12/11/03)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 30 - OK 36 -
Geronimo/Faxon. (Photo taken 12/11/03)
Interstate 44 East at Exit 33 - Business U.S.
281 - 11th St. (Photo taken 9/6/02)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 33 - Business U.S.
281 - 11th St. (Photo taken 10/11/02)
Interstate 44 East at Exit 36A - OK 7 - Lee
Blvd./Duncan. (Photo taken 9/6/02)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 36A - OK 7 East -
Duncan. (Photo taken 10/11/02)

Interstate 44 West at Exit 36B - Lee Blvd.
West. Before 2003, OK 7 went west from here
and ended at U.S. 62 in Lawton, but now, OK
7 has its western terminus here, so the OK 7
shield has since been greened out. (Top
photo taken 10/11/02, bottom photo taken
12/11/03)
Sun-glared view of Interstate 44 West at Exit
37
- Gore Blvd. (Photo taken 12/11/03)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 39A - Cache Rd.
(Photo taken 12/11/03)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 39B - Business
U.S. 281 - Lawton. (Photo taken 10/11/02)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 40A - Eastbound
Rogers Lane. (Photo taken 10/11/02)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 40B - U.S. 62
West - Cache/Altus. (Photo taken 10/11/02)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 40C - Gate 2. The
gate has been closed, so this exit
basically leads to nothing these days. (Photo
taken 12/11/03)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 45 - OK 49 -
Medicine Park/Carnegie. (Photo taken
10/11/02)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 53 - U.S. 277 -
Elgin/Fletcher/Sterling. (Photo taken 10/11/02)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 62 - Fletcher/
Cyril/Sterling. (Photo taken 10/11/02)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 80 - U.S. 81 -
Chickasha/Duncan. (Photo taken 12/11/03)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 83 - U.S. 62 -
Chickasha. (Photo taken 10/11/02)
Interstate 44 East at Exit 83 - U.S. 62 -
Chickasha. (Photo taken 11/22/02)
Interstate 44 East approaching the H.E.
Bailey Turnpike Spur - 1 mile, and OK 4 -
1 1/4 miles. (Photo taken 11/22/02)
Interstate 44 East at unmarked Exit 99A -
H.E. Bailey Spur - Blanchard/Norman.
(Photo taken 11/22/02)
Interstate 44 West at unmarked Exit 99A -
H.E. Bailey Spur - Blanchard/Norman.
(Photo taken 11/22/02)
Interstate 44 East at unmarked Exit 99B -
OK 4 - Tuttle/Mustang/Yukon. (Photo taken
11/22/02)
Interstate 44 West at unmarked Exit 99B -
OK 4 - Tuttle/Mustang/Yukon. (Photo taken
11/22/02)
Interstate 44 East at Exit 107 - U.S. 62
South (should be West) - Newcastle. (Photo
taken 11/22/02)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 107 - U.S. 62
West/U.S. 277 South - Newcastle/Blanchard.
The H.E. Bailey Turnpike begins just after
this exit. (Photo taken 12/11/03)
Interstate 44 East at Exit 108 - OK 37
West - Tuttle/Minco. (Photo taken 11/22/02)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 108 - OK 37
West - Tuttle/Minco. (Photo taken 10/4/02)
Interstate 44 West at Exit 108A - Frontage
Rd. (Photo taken 11/22/02)