Interstate 240 (Oklahoma)
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length: | 16.22 mi (26.10 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1965 – present | |||
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   I‑44 / US-62 / SH-3 in Oklahoma City, OK
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  I‑35 / US-62 / US-77 in Oklahoma City, OK
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  I‑40 / US-270 / SH-3 in Oklahoma City, OK
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Oklahoma State Highway System
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Interstate 240 (abbreviated I-240) is an Interstate Highway in Oklahoma, United States, that runs 16.22 miles (26.1 km) west from Interstate 40 to Interstate 44 in southern Oklahoma City. After its terminus in southwest Oklahoma City, the main I-240 roadbed becomes Interstate 44 and Airport Road toward Will Rogers World Airport. The interstate overlaps SH-3, the longest Oklahoma state highway, for its entire length.
Major destinations along the route include Crossroads Mall, Tinker Air Force Base, and the heavily populated Southside of Oklahoma City. With just under 8,000,000 square feet (740,000 m2) of commercial space, I-240 is a major corridor of retail, industrial and office space. As of 2012, however, the corridor included some "pockets of shuttered stores and creeping shabbiness" and local planners were in the first stages of efforts to revitalize the corridor.
I-240's service road is named S.E. 74th Street.
From the western terminus at I-44, I-240/US-62/SH-3 runs east towards Interstate 35. The western half is the busier of the two sections, serving the Southside area of Oklahoma City and traffic headed to the airport. This segment has a configuration of ramps that causes much weaving and many accidents. An entrance ramp will merge onto the highway, forming a new lane. This new lane will then become an Exit Only lane for the next exit. However, the exits are not spaced very far apart, causing entering and exiting traffic to conflict. (For a satellite photo, see. ) Signs were installed in October 2004 designating the western half of I-240 as the Keith Leftwich Memorial Loop, in honor of a state senator who died recently. I-240 meets I-35 at a cloverleaf interchange. US-62 splits off to join with I-35 northbound at this interchange.
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