Editing Interstate 44 (section)

{{Short description|Interstate Highway mostly in Oklahoma and Missouri}}
{{Redirect|I-44|the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine|Japanese submarine I-44}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox road
|country=USA
|type=I
|route=44
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Interstate 44}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=I-44 highlighted in red
|length_mi=636.69
|length_ref=<ref>{{cite web |first =  Jeff |last = Price |date =  May 6, 2019 |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |title = Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2018 |work = Route Log and Finder List |publisher = [[Federal Highway Administration]] |access-date = May 3, 2020 }}</ref>
|established=
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=TX|US|82|US|277|US|281|US|287}} in [[Wichita Falls, Texas|Wichita Falls, TX]]
|junction={{plainlist|<!-- Major junctions only; Only 5-8 most major intersections and cities belong here; please read [[WP:USRD/STDS]] for more info -->
*{{Jct|state=OK|I|40}} in [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, OK]]
*{{Jct|state=OK|I|35}} in Oklahoma City, OK
*{{Jct|state=MO|I|49|US|71}} near [[Joplin, Missouri|Joplin, MO]]
*{{Jct|state=MO|I|55|I|64|US|40}} in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, MO]]
}}
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=MO|I|70}} in St. Louis, MO
|states=[[Texas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Missouri]]
}}

'''Interstate&nbsp;44''' ('''I-44''') is an [[Interstate Highway System|Interstate Highway]] in the central [[United States]]. Although it is nominally an east–west road as it is even-numbered, it follows a more southwest–northeast alignment. Its western terminus is in [[Wichita Falls, Texas]], at a [[Concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with [[U.S. Route 277 in Texas|U.S. Route&nbsp;277]] (US&nbsp;277), [[U.S. Route 281 in Texas|US&nbsp;281]], and [[U.S. Route 287 in Texas|US&nbsp;287]]; its eastern terminus is at [[Interstate 70 in Missouri|I-70]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. I-44 is one of five Interstates built to bypass [[U.S. Route 66|US&nbsp;66]]; this highway covers the section between [[Oklahoma City]] and St. Louis. Virtually the entire length of I-44 east of [[Springfield, Missouri]], was once US&nbsp;66, which was upgraded from two to four lanes from 1949 to 1955. The section of I-44 west of Springfield was built farther south than US&nbsp;66 in order to connect Missouri's section with the already completed [[Will Rogers Turnpike]], which Oklahoma wished to carry their part of I-44.