| | Interstate 240 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | In Oklahoma, I-240 runs 16.22 miles west from (Click link for more info and facts about Interstate 40) Interstate 40 to (Click link for more info and facts about Interstate 44) Interstate 44 in southern (Capital and largest city of Oklahoma; the economy is based on oil and livestock) Oklahoma City. |
 | | I-240 was first planned circa 1955, but it was to have been a 30.8 mile beltway to completely encircle midtown Memphis, with the exception of the segment between Interstates 40 and 55, which was proposed as I-255. |
 | | The interstates were duplexed around the northern bypass of Memphis for many years, but I-240 was later removed from the northern leg for reasons of redundancy. |
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