Interstate 240 (Oklahoma)
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Interstate 240 (I-240) is an Interstate Highway in southern Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, that runs 16.22 miles (26.10 km) from I-40 to I-44. The Interstate overlaps State Highway 3 (SH-3), the longest Oklahoma state highway, for its entire length and functions as a southern bypass around the Downtown area.
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Route information | ||||
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Auxiliary route of I-40 | ||||
Maintained by ODOT | ||||
Length | 16.22 mi[1] (26.10 km) | |||
Existed | 1965[2]–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | I-44 / US 62 / SH-3 in Oklahoma City | |||
Major intersections | I-35 / US 62 / US 77 in Oklahoma City | |||
East end | I-40 / US 270 / SH-3 in Oklahoma City | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Oklahoma | |||
Counties | Oklahoma | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Major destinations along the route include Tinker Air Force Base and the heavily populated southside of Oklahoma City. With just under eight million square feet (0.74×10^6 m2) of commercial space,[3][unreliable source?] I-240 is a major corridor of retail, industrial, and office space. As of 2012[update], 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.[4]