Transportation in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Transportation in Tulsa, Oklahoma is aided by a bus network and a system of raised highways and primary thoroughfares laid out in mile-by-mile increments. In addition, through its entire duration through Tulsa, historic Route 66 is a drivable road with motels and restaurants reminiscent of the route's heyday era. Tulsa Transit is the city's primary public transit system, operating by bus. The system has two operating transit centers. One is located on Denver Avenue and the other is located east of Memorial on 33rd Street.

Highways

Interstate 44 and the Skelly Drive Bypass crosses Tulsa through midtown from east and west, while its sister highways, Interstate 244 and Interstate 444, make up the inner-dispersal loop surrounding downtown and wrap through the northern part of the city, reconnecting to Interstate 44 in the east and southwest parts of the city. U.S. Highway 412 leaves the city from its most eastern and western points, but through most of its duration in Tulsa it is primarily concurrent with Interstate 244. U.S. Highway 64 forms the Broken Arrow Expressway to the east, going as far as the Sand Springs Expressway to the west. U.S. Highway 75 traverses West Tulsa through downtown going north and south, while U.S. Highway 169, also called the Mingo Valley Expressway or the Pearl Harbor Memorial Expressway, generally traverses the city in its eastern areas in a north–south direction. State Highway 11 serves the Tulsa International Airport, connecting from I-244 and Highway 75. The Creek Turnpike splits away from Highway 169 from the South and Interstate 44 from the East, bypassing most of the city of Tulsa and the suburb of Broken Arrow, eventually reconnecting with I-44 in Catoosa to the east and Jenks to the west.

treet network

Tulsa follows a systematic naming and numbering convention for all streets falling within its municipal jurisdiction. Admiral Place is the east–west-running dividing line for "streets north" and "streets south", while Main Street is the north–south-running dividing line for "west avenues" and "east avenues." Avenues falling west of Main Street are named for US cities west of the Mississippi River for one run of the alphabet, after which numbered "west avenues" are assigned. Avenues falling east of Main Street are named for US cities east of the Mississippi River for approximately three runs of the alphabet, after which numbered "east avenues" are assigned. Streets falling north of Admiral Place are labeled for important names in Tulsa's history for one run of the alphabet, after which numbered "streets north" are assigned. Streets falling south of Admiral Place are numbered, beginning with "1st Street" and continuing southward. Street names and numbers are consistent throughout the Tulsa jurisdiction, regardless if a particular street is contiguous or continuous.

Addresses reflect their associated hundred block from either Admiral or Main. There are usually 16 blocks per mile as counted by avenues, and there are 10 blocks per mile as counted by streets. Other right-of-way labels (such as Place, Court, Drive, Terrace, etc.) may be used to describe an intermittent street or avenue, but the actual name will usually be the same as the adjacent street or avenue (such as Knoxville Avenue and its neighboring Knoxville Place, both assigned as the 3600 block east).Major arterial streets can be found at every mile, as assigned by the township-and-range system, resulting in a well-defined grid of thoroughfares across the Tulsa region. As an example, east–west-running thoroughfares south of Admiral Place are streets ending with a 1, including 11th Street, 21st Street, 31st Street, etc.

History

At one time, there was a trolly line that ran from nearby Sand Springs to downtown Tulsa. It has since been paved over by the MKT Trail.

External links

* [http://www.tulsatransit.org Tulsa Transit]