Interstate 44

Interstate 44
Game	American Truck Simulator Texas Oklahoma
State	Texas, Oklahoma
Length	234† mi (378† km)
Speed Limit	45–75 mph (72–121 km/h)
Route
	0 mi (0 km) US 277, US 281 and US 287 in Wichita Falls
	TX 0–25† mi (0–41† km) US 287 Spur 325
	OK 25–234 mi (41–378 km) I-35, I-40, I-244 US 62, US 75, US 277, US 281, US 377, US 412 SH-5, SH-7, SH-66, SH-99, SH-364
	234† mi (378† km) US 59, US 60, and US 69 in Miami
Map
Highway System
Previous	← I-40
	IS
Next	I-45 →
← I-40
TX
SH 44 →
← I-40
OK
US 54 →

Interstate 44 (I-44) is an east–west Interstate Highway in northern Texas and central Oklahoma in American Truck Simulator. The route is separated into two sections: The first section runs from US 277, US 281 and US 287 in Wichita Falls to Interstate 40 and US 270 in southwestern Oklahoma City. The second section runs from Interstate 35 in northeastern Oklahoma City to US 59, US 60, and US 69 in Miami.

In real life, Interstate 44 spans a total length of 633.79 miles (1,019.99 km) from Wichita Falls, Texas to Saint Louis, Missouri.

Course

Interstate 44 begins at the downtown area of Wichita Falls concurrent with US 277, US 281 and US 287. The three U.S. Highways continue to the south until US 277 and 287 split at an interchange; US 281 simply ends there. Heading north for 3 miles (4 km) the 287 leaves I-44 at exit 3.

Soon afterwards, I-44 continues to the north until it reaches the Red River, where it crosses into Oklahoma as the H. E. Bailey Turnpike, and then it encounters a toll gate underneath SH-5 and a Service Center shortly thereafter. The highway soon crosses the Wichita Uplift and passes through the city of Lawton to the east, where it intersects SH-7 and has a short concurrency with US 62. After leaving Lawton, I-44 crosses the easternmost portion of the Anadarko Basin and a second toll gate is reached as the highway approaches Oklahoma City, where I-44 intersects Interstate 40 and its western segment ends here. The highway resumes at Interstate 35 northeast of the city as the Turner Turnpike and is soon greeted by a toll gantry and another Service Center before reaching US 377 and SH-99 in Stroud. Continuing northeast across the Cherokee Platform, one last toll gate is encountered before I-44 loops to the southeast of Tulsa, where Interstate 244 (along with US 75) provides access into its downtown, as it joins with SH-66 for a concurrency. The highway then briefly joins US 412 for a concurrency as it heads east out of Tulsa before reaching its current eastern terminus as it splits off from the 412 at an interchange that also serves the Creek Turnpike (SH-364). Due to an interchange with US 69 discovered on I-44 past this split; the highway will eventually be extended to this interchange with the release of the Kansas DLC, and will eventually continue past the 69 into Missouri.

Cities

Texas

• Wichita Falls

Oklahoma

• Lawton
• Oklahoma City
• Tulsa

Scenery towns

• Stroud

Exit List

Texas

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Wichita Falls	0	0		US 277 South / US 281 South / US 287 South to US 82 – Texarkana, Fort Worth, Lubbock, Abilene		Western terminus; road continues as US 277, US 281 and US 287
	3	4	3A	US 287 North – Childress, Amarillo		Eastern terminus of US 287 concurrency; exit 3 westbound
	6	9	3B	Spur 325 North – Sheppard AFB		Spur 325 northbound is inaccessible; westbound turnaround only
	14	23	6	Bacon Switch Road		Eastern terminus in Texas DLC; access to Wichita Falls Azure Glasswork plant

Oklahoma

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
	35	57	20	SH-5 – Walters		Toll Gate under overpass; eastern terminus of US 277 and US 281 concurrencies; inaccessible
	39	63	----	Elmer Graham Plaza
Lawton	56	90	36 A-B	SH-7 East (Lee Boulevard) – Duncan		Western terminus in Oklahoma DLC; western terminus of SH-7; western terminus of US 277 and US 281 concurrencies; signed as exit 36 eastbound
	74	119	40 A-B-C	US 62 West (Rogers Lane) – Altus		Eastern terminus of US 277 and US 281 concurrencies
	100	162	----	Toll Gate
Oklahoma City	128	206	120 A-B	I-40 – Amarillo, Fort Smith		I-40 exits 147 A-B; I-44 continues north inaccessibly
End first section; start second section
Oklahoma City	128	206	----	Kilpatrick Turnpike		Signed as I-44 westbound on I-35; inaccessible
				I-35 to I-40 – Oklahoma City, Wichita		I-35 exits 138 A-B
	137	222	----	Toll Gantry
	141	227	----	W.D. "Bill" Hoback Plaza
Stroud	151	243	179	US 377 / SH-99 – Stroud, Drumright		Toll Gate within ramp; access to Oklahoma City Vortex plant; US 377 and SH-99 southbound are inaccessible
	170	274	----	Toll Gate
Tulsa	187	301	244 A-B	I-244 East / US 75 – Henryetta, Tulsa		Western terminus of I-244; western terminus of SH-66 concurrency
	218	351	277	Lewis Avenue		Access to Tulsa Pickit market
	232	373	236	I-244 West / US 412 West – Enid		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of I-244; western terminus of US 412 concurrency
	234	378	----	US 412 East / SH-364 West (Creek Turnpike) – Chouteau		Eastern terminus in-game; eastern terminus of US 412 concurrency; eastern terminus of SH-66 concurrency; SH-364 is inaccessible

History

• In the initial version of the Texas map expansion DLC, Interstate 44 was entirely within Wichita Falls and began at US 277, US 281 and US 287 and ended at the Wichita Falls Azure Glasswork plant, concurrent with US 277 and US 281 for its entire length.

• In the initial version of the Oklahoma map expansion DLC, the sections of Interstate 44 from the Wichita Falls Azure Glasswork plant to Interstate 40 in Oklahoma City and from Interstate 35 in Oklahoma City to US 412, SH-66, and SH-364 east of Tulsa were added.

• In update 1.49, the section of Interstate 44 from US 412, SH-66, and SH-364 east of Tulsa to US 59, US 60, and US 69 in Miami was added.

Trivia

I-44 in the usa.dds file prior to the release of the Oklahoma DLC. Note the section around Oklahoma City.

• In the original plans for the Oklahoma DLC, I-44 was going to be one continuous section as marked in the usa.dds map starting in the update 1.48 Open Beta; the section that was planned to be added is around the northwestern part of Oklahoma City. Ultimately, that section was cut from the release of the expansion, possibly due to the fact that another interchange between Interstate 40 and the Turner Turnpike would have taken up more space because of the 1:20 map scale (1:3 scale for cities) of ATS. This was in favor of the existing "truck route" of I-44, which follows portions of I-40 and Interstate 35 around the southeastern part of Oklahoma City. I-44 was also planned to continue northeast and end at US 69 in Big Cabin. Ultimately, this area was not added in the initial version of the DLC and will be added in update 1.49.

Gallery

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  Wichita Falls

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  Lawton

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  Oklahoma City

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  Stroud

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  Tulsa

See also

• Information about Interstate 44 in real life