Public Radio Tulsa
By MATT TROTTER
August 9, 2021
Some segments of Oklahoma highways are getting renumbered.
The state transportation commission approved a slate of them last week, including a new State Highway 375 designation that includes the Indian Nations Turnpike and creation of I-240, a loop around the Oklahoma City metro that spans I-40 and the Kickapoo and Kilpatrick Turnpikes.
Transportation Secretary Tom Gatz said the changes will help drivers and any devices they use with navigation, especially with the OKC metro loop.
"That's common practice across the country, and you'll see that in many of the metropolitan areas. And that update will really be beneficial, as far as everything from signage to how do you describe that route on a green-and-white sign?" Gatz said.
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