Interstate 240 (Oklahoma)

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.

Interstate 240

I-240 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-40
Maintained by ODOT
Length16.22 mi (26.10 km)
Existed1965–present
NHSEntire 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
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountiesOklahoma
Highway system
  • Main
  • Auxiliary
  • Suffixed
  • Business
  • Future
  • Oklahoma State Highway System
  • Interstate
  • US
  • State
  • Turnpikes
← I-235→ I-244

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, 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.

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