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==Route description== I-244 begins at a stack interchange with I-44 (which is concurrent with [[Oklahoma State Highway 66|State Highway 66]] (SH-66) at this point). I-244 continues northeast from here, running parallel to Southwest Boulevard. Two interchanges provide access to 33rd West Avenue, 40th Place, and Southwest Boulevard. [[US-75 (OK)|US-75]] northbound then merges into I-244 eastbound at exit 2, forming a [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with the Interstate; US-75 south of here is a freeway headed south toward [[Glenpool, Oklahoma|Glenpool]] and [[Okmulgee, Oklahoma|Okmulgee]].<ref name="odot-2013-14-map-tul">{{cite map|publisher=Oklahoma Department of Transportation|title=Official State Map|edition=2013–14|inset=Tulsa|url=http://www.odot.org/maps/state/2013/map_state_2013_inset-tulsa.pdf|access-date=October 13, 2013}}</ref> The next three interchanges only provide partial access to the roads they link to. Exit 3A, which lacks a westbound exit ramp, provides access to Southwest Boulevard; exit 3B to 21st Street and Union Avenue and exit 4A to 17th Street and Southwest Boulevard provide only a westbound exit and eastbound entrance. North of exit 4A, I-244 and US-75 cross the Arkansas River.<ref name="ggm"/> Exit 4B marks I-244's entry into the Inner Dispersal Loop (IDL), a ring of freeways encircling [[Downtown Tulsa]]. At exit 4B, the southwest corner of the loop, US-75 splits away from I-244, joining [[I-444]], which begins at this interchange and proceeds along the south and east edges of the loop. [[US-64 (OK)|US-64]] and [[SH-51 (OK)|SH-51]] westbound join I-244 at this interchange, continuing along the westside of the loop with the Interstate. Two partial interchanges, exits 4C and 5A, provide access to Downtown Tulsa streets. I-244 then reaches the northwest corner of the IDL. At this point lies an interchange with two other freeways. US-64 and SH-51 split away from I-444 here to join westbound [[US-412 (OK)|US-412]], forming the Keystone Expressway. The [[L.L. Tisdale Parkway]] continues north from here. I-244 turns east from here, following the north leg of the IDL, joined by US-412 eastbound, which will overlap I-244 for the remainder of the highway. Three more exits to downtown streets are along this leg of the loop. At the northeast corner of the loop, I-244 junctions with I-444, which ends at this interchange, and US-75, which continues north toward [[Bartlesville, Oklahoma|Bartlesville]]. I-244 and US-412 exit the loop on an easterly course.<ref name="odot-2013-14-map-tul"/> East of the IDL, I-244 and US-412 run generally parallel to Admiral Place. This segment of the Interstate provides access to several major north–south streets, including Lewis, Harvard, and Yale avenues.<ref name="odot-2013-14-map-tul"/> The interchanges at Sheridan Road and Memorial Drive are [[inverted single-point urban interchange]]s (SPUI) with lefthand entrance and exit ramps intersecting the surface street at a single traffic signal.<ref name="ggm"/> East of here, I-244 intersects the Gilcrease Expressway again at its eastern terminus; this interchange also forms the eastern terminus of [[SH-11 (OK)|SH-11]], which runs along the Gilcrease for its easternmost stretch. The next interchange to the east, serving Mingo Road, provides an exit for eastbound traffic and an entry to westbound traffic. I-244 then junctions with [[US-169 (OK)|US-169]], the Mingo Valley Expressway (a freeway). East of US-169 lies a [[parclo interchange]] with Garnett Road and a partial interchange, providing only an eastbound exit and westbound entrance, with 129th East Avenue. I-244 then reaches its eastern terminus at a [[yield sign]], where it merges into eastbound I-44/SH-66. US-412 continues east along I-44.<ref name="odot-2013-14-map-tul"/>
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