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[Photograph 2012.201.B0260.0584]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The First structural steel is being laid on the Oklahoma City-Tulsa turnpike and to general manager H. E. Bailey and members of the turnpike authority that's something big."
Date: March 13, 1952
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3544]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Automotive hearts should leap with joy at this scene., showing laying of the first paving on the Oklahoma City end of the Turner turnpike Friday morning. Here Metropolitan Paving Co. workmen spread a five-inch layer of asphaltic concrete beginning at Mile No. 7, some 15 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. They will spread the ribbon back toward the city to Witcher, where the Oklahoma City toll gate will be built… more
Date: August 14, 1952
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3565]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Tolls haven't been set, but toll gates for the Turner Turnpike have been designed and here's what contractors will be asked to bid on early this month. This is how the Oklahoma City and Tulsa entrances will look, or one entering and three leaving, if necessary. Tolls will be collected upon leaving the road. Intermediate toll gates, offset from the super-highway, will be constructed at Chandler, Stroud, Bristow and Sa… more
Date: 1952
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3575]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Motorists on the Turner Turnpike will be able to eat in style when the road is opened to traffic next year. Shown here is an architect's drawing of the large restaurant to be built near Stroud. It will accommodate 175 diners. Phillips Petroleum Co. is building the restaurant and service station concessions. The restaurant will be operated by Howard Johnson, who operates a chain of restaurants in the east. Four smaller … more
Date: 1952
Creator: Peterson, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3753]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "These pictures were made on the new four-lane highway near Moore that will eventually connect Oklahoma City with Norman. The cracks, as shown in the pictures, appeared after the highway department accepted the bew road from the contractors more that a month ago. The picture on the left was made on the east lane of the new road one mile south of Moore and the picture on the right was made three-fourths of a mile south … more
Date: September 4, 1952
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3545]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Automotive hearts should leap with joy at this scene., showing laying of the first paving on the Oklahoma City end of the Turner turnpike Friday morning. Here Metropolitan Paving Co. workmen spread a five-inch layer of asphaltic concrete beginning at Mile No. 7, some 15 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. They will spread the ribbon back toward the city to Witcher, where the Oklahoma City toll gate will be built, and wh… more
Date: August 14, 1952
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3547]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Above is an artist's drawing of the scene that will greet the eyes of motorists enetering the Turner Turnpike when it is completed and ready for use April 1. This is the terminal plaza planned for the Oklahoma City and Tulsa ends of the express route, where motorists pay the fee for use of the roadway. There will be toll booths at Chandler, Storud, Bristow and Sapulpa, but they will not span the toll road itself, and … more
Date: 1952
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3583]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The map shows the toll road route finally selected through the city of Sapulpa by the Oklahoma Turnpike Autority. The authority took the top, northern route (A). The lower southern route © was favored by the city of Sapulpa. The center route (B) was surveyed last spring and recommended by engineerd. However, engineers Tuesday recommended the nothern route because of increased right of way costs that have developed since… more
Date: 1952
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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