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Highway History:
OK 3A was once known as OK 66A, when U.S. 66 ran along the current Interstate 44 route in northwest Oklahoma City. After Interstate 44 was extended west in the early 1980s, OK 66A changed to OK 3A.

Highway Review:
OK 3A is a short connector highway in northwest Oklahoma City that connects OK 3 and OK 74 (the Lake Hefner Parkway) to Interstate 44, near Penn Square Mall and the Belle Isle Bridge. The highway also has an interchange at May Ave. The Northwest Expressway was planned to be built first as a parkway, then as a freeway, but it never came to fruition, which is the reason for the exits at May. However, there are no acceleration or deceleration lanes present, so be watchful of merging traffic which is supposed to yield!

Highway Information:
Distance: 2.2 miles
Counties traveled through: Oklahoma
Highway intersections: OK 3/74 (Mile 0.0), Interstate 44/OK 66 (Mile 2.2)
Highway duplexes: None

WESTERN TERMINUS
OK 3/74, Oklahoma City

	OK 3 West assurance shield/END OK 3A sign just west of OK 74. OK 3 and OK 3A are both part of the Northwest Expressway, a major thoroughfare for thousands of people in Oklahoma City. (Photo taken 1/31/03)
	Final OK 3A West assurance shield just before Interstate 44. The first eastbound assurance shield (shown closer up a little bit later on this page) is located at about the same location in the other direction. (Photo taken 1/31/03)
	OK 3A West approaching OK 74 North in Oklahoma City. Notice the very faded Interstate 44 shield. The interstate is located about two miles south of this interchange. The Interstate 44 shield has probably been there since this part of the highway was Interstate 240 in the 1970s. (Photo taken 1/31/03)
	OK 3A West at OK 3 East/OK 74 South in Oklahoma City. The end sign is actually located just ahead, near the Circuit City in the distance. (Photo taken 1/31/03)
	OK 3 East approaching OK 3A East/OK 74 South. Yet another faded Interstate 44 shield is present here. (Photo taken 1/31/03)
	OK 3 East at OK 3 East/OK 74 South in Oklahoma City. OK 3 joins OK 74 for its final couple of miles, and OK 3A begins straight ahead. (Photo taken 1/31/03)
	After leaving OK 3 behind on the other side of the overpass, OK 3A East begins as OK 74 Northbound traffic departs the Northwest Expressway. (Photo taken 1/31/03)
	OK 3A East assurance shield just east of OK 74. The highway ends just two miles later at Interstate 44. The buildings seen in several pictures from OK 3 and OK 3A East are in the Baptist Medical Center complex of medical offices. (Photo taken 1/31/03)
	OK 74 North/OK 3 West at OK 3/3A exit in Oklahoma City. (Photo taken 11/6/02)
	After squinting your eyes a little bit, you can see that this is the exit from OK 74 South to OK 3/3A. (Photo taken 11/6/02)

EASTERN TERMINUS
Interstate 44, Oklahoma City

	"END OK 3A" sign on OK 3A East just after the Interstate 44 West ramp and just before the Interstate 44 East ramp. This is one of just two times where the "A" in OK 3A is smaller than the "3." (Photo taken 1/31/03)
	OK 3A East at Interstate 44 West exit in Oklahoma City. The end sign is barely visible in the distance just before the stoplight and the Interstate 44 bridge. (Photo taken 1/31/03)
	OK 3A East at Interstate 44 East exit. The ramp loops around in an oval shape (instead of a more circular shape) and merges with Interstate 44 at the western beginning of the Belle Isle Bridge, named after the Belle Isle power plant that stood near this interchange until just a few years ago. Now, a large shopping complex stands in its old place. (Photo taken 1/31/03)
	Due to the Belle Isle Bridge and the proximity of the surrounding roads, traffic wanting to access OK 3A from Interstate 44 East exits here, at Exit 125A, for Penn Ave., which leads to the Northwest Expressway about a mile to the north. (Photo taken 11/6/02)
	Interstate 44 West at Exit 125C-OK 3A-Northwest Expressway. Penn Square Mall is visible straight ahead, and a part of the Wal-Mart Supercenter at Belle Isle Station is visible to the right. (Photo taken 11/6/02)