Roads and Highways
Oklahoma City is served by an extensive freeway network. The city's network serves every major city in the region and are 6-8 lanes. Most have a level of congestion significantly lower than most comparably sized cities. In fact, OKC's freeways are rarely congested with the "stop and go" commuter patterns of other major cities. It is often said that one can get from any part of the OKC Metro area to downtown in 30 minutes or less by freeway. The city streets are on a N-S-E-W grid network with major streets one mile separated.
The section of I-40 directly adjacent to downtown is known as the "Crosstown Expressway". The I-40 Crosstown Construction Project will relocate the stretch of highway several blocks to the south. It is expected to be completed in 2012.
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Famous quotes containing the words roads and/or highways:
“A novel is a mirror carried along a high road. At one moment it reflects to your vision the azure skies at another the mire of the puddles at your feet. And the man who carries this mirror in his pack will be accused by you of being immoral! His mirror shews [sic] the mire, and you blame the mirror! Rather blame that high road upon which the puddle lies, still more the inspector of roads who allows the water to gather and the puddle to form.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)
“That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)