Kickapoo Travel Plaza

[Pete]

The Kickapoos are planning a huge travel plaza on the NE corner of Britton and the Kickapoo Turnpike.

[Midtowner]

I haven't been a big fan of that new loop. I've tried to integrate it into my travels around eastern OK County, but if you're traveling to Edmond from Shawnee or somewhere east on I-40, they inexplciably made it go back to far north and east to really be useful versus a trip to I-35 or just staying on 40.

[warreng88]

Ok, I am going to ask the stupid question: why? Five miles from the turner turnpike and in Jones, OK. Are they just anticipating a lot of growth out there or just trying to make it a destination? Sorry, I am not trying to be cynical, I am trying to understand it.

[The]

I’m glad others agree. They built the POS so far east it’s useless. Of course, OKC will sprawl to meet it. It would’ve been better if it went north from the I-40/240 junction.

[Martin]

if the cars in the rendering a true representation of scale, that canopy is easily 30 feet high or a little more.

[warreng88]

Is that an RV park to the north of the gas station?

[SEMIweather]

Ok, I am going to ask the stupid question: why? Five miles from the turner turnpike and in Jones, OK. Are they just anticipating a lot of growth out there or just trying to make it a destination? Sorry, I am not trying to be cynical, I am trying to understand it.

What is currently a weird spur that serves next to no purpose will make a lot more sense and presumably collect a lot more traffic once they finally extend it down to I-35 between Noble and Purcell.

This is also when I’ll finally stop getting annoyed every time I look at Google Maps and see that the OKC Metro now has an I-335 that starts at I-44 and ends at I-40.

[HFAA Alum]

What is currently a weird spur that serves next to no purpose will make a lot more sense and presumably collect a lot more traffic once they finally extend it down to I-35 between Noble and Purcell.

This is also when I’ll finally stop getting annoyed every time I look at Google Maps and see that the OKC Metro now has an I-335 that starts at I-44 and ends at I-40.

Fun fact, there have been interstate projects that have been built to a substantial degree, but never completed to the connector of their cosigned suffix. Here's a vid that further explains these routes and the many reasons why they have or never will be finished.

[stlokc]

I’m glad others agree. They built the POS so far east it’s useless. Of course, OKC will sprawl to meet it. It would’ve been better if it went north from the I-40/240 junction.

OKC will never sprawl that far east. It hasn't sprawled more than a couple of miles eastward in my entire lifetime. It hasn't even filled in between Broadway Extension and I-35.

[therhett17]

I’m glad others agree. They built the POS so far east it’s useless. Of course, OKC will sprawl to meet it. It would’ve been better if it went north from the I-40/240 junction.

Yeah I never understood why they didn't intersect it with 40/240. They built it wayyyy too far east

[Bellaboo]

Yeah I never understood why they didn't intersect it with 40/240. They built it wayyyy too far east

In the big picture, the Kickapoo Turnpike will extend and connect to Purcell. It will allow a lot of traffic going to Tulsa to bypass OKC.

[Dob Hooligan]

Looks to be like it is within the Kickapoo tribal boundaries. Travel stop on an Interstate and maybe some gaming. Economic development for the tribe.