Oklahoma Voice: Oklahoma seeks interstate designation for two more turnpikes

The Duncan Banner

By Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice

Feb 4, 2026

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority on Tuesday voted to seek interstate designations for two eastern Oklahoma turnpikes.

The panel voted to designate the nearly 33-mile Creek Turnpike in south Tulsa as Interstate 644 and to designate the 52-mile Muskogee Turnpike from Tulsa to Interstate 40 near Webbers Falls as Interstate 343.

Both turnpikes are currently classified as state highways, said Darian Butler, OTA engineering director.

The interstate destination means the roadway is one of the highest quality, said Dana Weber, an OTA member.

“It is the highest, most prestigious number that you can assign a roadway,” said Joe Echelle, OTA executive director. “Our turnpikes 99.9 percent of the time fit an interstate designation already.”

Echelle said the agency will work with the Federal Highway Administration to make any needed changes to obtain the designations.

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