Interstate 40
IH 40/U.S. 270 turns southeast from the exchange with Business Loop I-40 at Exit 119 into the city of El Reno, Oklahoma. - 05/09/2022
I-40/SH 3E at Kickapoo Road in Shawnee, Oklahoma. - 10/04/2021
Interstate 40 crosses the Sooner State from Texola to the Arkansas state line east of Roland. IH 40 replaced U.S. 66 east from the Texas Panhandle to Oklahoma City. Business Loops following old U.S. 66 join IH 40 with Erick, Sayre, Elk City, Clinton and El Reno.
Through Oklahoma City (OKC), IH 40 shifts south from Yukon and parallels the Oklahoma River east to IH 44. Construction completed in 2012 realigned IH 40 off of the aging Crosstown Expressway to the south of Downtown, onto a new route closer to the Oklahoma River. The realignment ties into the exchange joining IH 35/235 east of Bricktown, where IH 40 combines with IH 35 east for 1.01 miles.
Continuing southeast from IH 35, IH 40 passes through Del City and a portion of Midwest City ahead of Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. IH 240, an urban loop west to IH 44 near Will Rogers World Airport, ties into IH 40 east from there. As approved by AASHTO in Fall 2021, IH 240 combines with IH 40 east to the Kickapoo Turnpike along an elongated beltway encircling OKC.
U.S. 270 overlaps with Interstate 40 east from OKC to Shawnee. U.S. 62 accompanies the freeway between Okemah and Henryetta, where another business loop is designated. Eastern reaches of IH 40 in Oklahoma parallel U.S. 266 from Checotah to Warner, and U.S. 64 from Warner to Roland.
Interstate 40 Oklahoma Guides
East
El Reno to Yukon - 46 photos
Oklahoma City - 56 photos
Del City to Oklahoma City - 47 photos
Shawnee to Okemah - 47 photos
Henryetta to Checotah - 50 photos
Warner to Arkansas - 70 photos
West
Henryetta to Okemah - 24 photos
Cromwell to Shawnee - 39 photos
Oklahoma City to Del City - 58 photos
Oklahoma City - 51 photos
Yukon to Hydro - 54 photos
Weatherford to Canute - 55 photos
Elk City to Texas - 51 photos
Business Routes
scenes
Kickapoo Road (SH 3E) constitutes a commercial boulevard leading north into a modified diamond interchange (Exit 185) with IH 40/SH 3E at Shawnee.
10/04/21
SH 3E overlaps with Interstate 40 west from SH 18 in Shawnee to U.S. 270/SH 3E at Exit 181.
10/04/21
Shawnee Mall Drive comprises a frontage road along the north side of IH 40/SH 3E west from SH 18 (Harrison Avenue) to Kickapoo Road at Exit 185 in Shawnee.
10/04/21
SH 3E formerly extended 2.77 miles south along Kickapoo Road from IH 40 at Shawnee Mall Drive to U.S. 277 Business in Shawnee.
10/04/21
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Page Updated Wednesday July 13, 2022.