Muskogee Turnpike

{{Short description|Toll road in Oklahoma, US}}

{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{More citations needed|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox road

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|route=Muskogee

|type=Turnpike

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|length_mi=53.1

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|established=October 16, 1969

|allocation={{plainlist|

  • {{Jct|state=OK|SH|351}} entire length
  • {{Jct|state=OK|SH|165}} in Muskogee

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|direction_a=West

|terminus_a={{Jct|state=OK|OK|51}} in Broken Arrow

|junction={{Jct|state=OK|Turnpike|Creek}} in Broken Arrow
{{Jct|state=OK|US|69}} in Muskogee
{{Jct|state=OK|US|62}} in Muskogee

|direction_b=East

|terminus_b={{Jct|state=OK|I|40}} near Webbers Falls

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The Muskogee Turnpike, also designated State Highway 351 (SH-351), is a controlled-access toll road in eastern Oklahoma.

Route description

Opened in 1969, the 53-mile (85.2 km) route begins at the Broken Arrow Expressway (SH-51) southeast of Tulsa, near an intersection with the Creek Turnpike. The Turnpike ends at Interstate 40 west of Webbers Falls. The Muskogee Turnpike's north section is connected to its south section by Oklahoma 165.

History

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The Muskogee Turnpike originally bore no numbered designation. On March 10, 2014, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission unanimously approved a motion to apply the SH-351 designation to the turnpike.{{cite news|last=Killman|first=Curtis|title=Cable Barriers Approved For Six Stretches of Oklahoma Highways|newspaper=Tulsa World|date=2014-03-11|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/cable-barriers-approved-for-six-stretches-of-oklahoma-highways/article_560280fb-d325-5023-b1ef-d36aac20f0d4.html|accessdate=2014-03-26}}{{cite web|author=Oklahoma Transportation Commission|title=Minutes for the Special Transportation Committee Meeting|date=2014-03-10|url=http://www.odot.org/tcomm/minutes14/tc_minutes-20140310.pdf|accessdate=2014-03-26}}

On May 5, 2025, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission unanimously approved a motion to apply the Interstate 343 designation to the turnpike, pending approval by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).{{Cite web |last=Oklahoma Transportation Commission |date=May 5, 2025 |title=Agenda for the Special Transportation Committee Meeting |url=https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/odot/about-us/transportation-comission/agenda/2025/r/tc_agenda-202505.pdf |publisher = Oklahoma Transportation Commission |access-date=May 6, 2025}}

Tolls

{{as of|2023|August}}, a two-axle vehicle pays $7.00 PlatePay ($3.30 with Pikepass) to drive the full length of the Turnpike.{{cite web|url=https://www.pikepass.com/toll/AllTollRates.aspx|title=PIKEPASS|publisher=Oklahoma Turnpike Authority|accessdate=March 3, 2018}} There are two toll collection plazas located along the length of the Muskogee Turnpike. The Muskogee Main Line Plaza is located approximately {{convert|5|mi|km}} south of the city of Muskogee and has an inline Pikepass lane, an exact change lane, and an attended collection lane. Speed limits through this plaza are {{convert|30|mph|kph}} for all vehicles. The Coweta Main Line Plaza is located approximately {{convert|15|mi|km}} north of the city of Muskogee at the Coweta exit, and has four collection lanes: one exact change lane, two attended lanes, and a Pikepass lane that is independent from the plaza. The speed limit at this plaza is {{convert|30|mph|kph}} for all vehicles, except Pikepass vehicles, which bypass the collection plaza.

Services

Located approximately {{convert|10|mi|km}} north of the city of Muskogee is a newly renovated concession plaza which reopened in April 2011. This concession plaza has an EZ Go gasoline station selling Phillips 66 gasoline, as well as a McDonald's restaurant. The concession plaza has free restrooms, is open 24 hours a day, and is located in the median for easy access from both travel directions. Groundwork was laid out for a second concession plaza just north of the Muskogee Main Line collection plaza; however this plaza was never built, and all pavement and ramps have since been removed.

Law enforcement along the Muskogee Turnpike is provided by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troop XB, a special troop assigned to the turnpike.{{cite web|url=http://www.dps.state.ok.us/ohp/tngrct/OHPtroops.htm|title=Oklahoma Highway Patrol|accessdate=2008-04-05}}

Exit list

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|road={{jct|state=OK|Turnpike|Creek|dir1=east}}

|notes=SH-364 not signed westbound; no toll from EB Muskogee Tpk. to WB Creek Tpk.}}

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|exit=33

|road=Hyde Park Road – Port of Muskogee, War Memorial Park

|notes=Exit number not signed westbound

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{{OKint|exit

|mile=none

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|place={{Jct|state=OK|OK|165}} begins
Free section begins

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{{OKint|exit

|mile=34

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{{OKint|exit

|mile=35

|exit=–

|road=Gibson Street

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{{OKint|exit

|mile=36

|exit=–

|road=Chandler Road / Hancock Street

|notes=Hancock Street not signed westbound

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{{OKint|exit

|mile=

|exit=56

|road={{Jct|state=OK|I|40|city1=Oklahoma City|location2=Fort Smith}}

|notes=Eastern terminus; signed as exits 56A (west) and 56B (east); exit 286 on I-40

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See also

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