Finishing a four-year project, Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation installed about 30 Route 66 road signs in the metro area, reported The Oklahoman newspaper.
State Sen. David Holt said it was done to help direct Route 66 travelers through the city.
Holt […] noted there were only a half-dozen or so signs marking the route through the metro, five of them at one intersection. Holt thought there had to be a better marking.
The city named this portion of the road the official Route 66 Scenic Byway because it largely is the location used from 1929 to 1954 during the heyday of Route 66.
That route, from west to east, follows NW 36 to NW 39 Expressway, briefly follows Interstate 44, turns south at May Avenue, east at NW 23, north at N Lincoln Boulevard, follows I-44 again until turning north at Kelley.
It then leaves Oklahoma City just north of Memorial Road before coming back into the city for 3 more miles east of Arcadia along NE 192.
Whew! See why it was confusing?
The city’s cost was a shade under $3,000.
The city also worked with Oklahoma Route 66 Association President Mike Hickey to point out landmarks that would get their own signs.
I had recently heard OKC was installing more Route 66 signs in the metro area, and noted it had become easier to follow the Mother Road through there.