L.L. Tisdale Parkway
L.L. Tisdale Parkway highlighted in red
Route information
Length	3.2 mi (5.1 km)
Existed	1986[1]–present
Major junctions
South end	I-244 / US 64 / US 75 / US 412 / SH-51 in Tulsa
North end	Gilcrease Expressway / 36th Street North in Tulsa
Location
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
Counties	Tulsa, Osage
Highway system
Oklahoma State Highway System Interstate US State Turnpikes

The L.L. Tisdale Parkway is a 3.2-mile-long (5.1 km) freeway that runs through northwest Tulsa. The highway is named in honor of local Tulsa pastor, Rev. L.L. Tisdale. The parkway was originally known as the Osage Expressway, as part of a cancelled freeway project to Pawhuska, the capitol of the Osage Nation.

Route description

The expressway begins as a limited access highway at an interchange with I-244/US 64/US 75/US 412 just outside Downtown Tulsa. The freeway runs north weaving into Osage County before returning to Tulsa County in Tulsa. The expressway becomes a surface street just north of the Gilcrease Expressway before ending at West 36th Street North in Northern Tulsa. It is the Osage Nation's only expressway.

History

Plans for the expressway were almost abandoned in 1983 by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation due to lack of funding and other roads needing the funds.^[2] The highway was later funded entirely by the residents of Tulsa.^[3] Construction began on the Osage Expressway in 1986 and was completed in 1993, running from Interstate 244 to Apache Street. The expressway was extended further north in 1995 to 36th Street North, with construction finishing in 1997.^[1] With the northern extension, the Osage Expressway was renamed L.L. Tisdale Parkway in honor of the Reverend L.L. Tisdale.

Junction list

The entire route is in Tulsa. All exits are unnumbered.

County	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Tulsa	0.00	0.00	I-244 west / US 64 / SH-51 (Red Fork Expressway) – Broken Arrow, Oklahoma City	Red Fork Expwy. continues south beyond southern terminus
			US 64 / SH-51 west (US-412 west) – Sand Springs	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			I-244 / US 412 east (Crosstown Expressway) – Downtown	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	0.3	0.48	Fairview Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Tulsa–Osage county line	0.9	1.4	Pine Street – Gilcrease Museum
Osage	1.8	2.9	Apache Street
Tulsa	2.9	4.7	Gilcrease Expressway – Tulsa Botanic Garden	North end of freeway
	3.2	5.1	36th Street North	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

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