Interstate 44 (I-44) is an Interstate Highway in the central United States. Although it is nominally an east-west road as it is even-numbered, it follows a more southwest-northeast alignment. Its western terminus is in Wichita Falls, Texas at a concurrency with U.S. Route 277 (US 277), US 281, and U.S. Route 287 in Texas; its eastern terminus is at I-70 in St. Louis, Missouri. I-44 is one of five interstates built to bypass U.S. Route 66; this highway covers the section between Oklahoma City and St. Louis.
Virtually the entire length of I-44 east of Springfield, Missouri was once US 66, which was upgraded from two to four lanes from 1949 to 1955. The section of I-44 west of Springfield was built farther south than US 66 in order to connect Missouri's section with the already completed Will Rogers Turnpike, which Oklahoma wished to carry their part of I-44.
I-44 travels through the states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri, as well as the cities of Wichita Falls, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Joplin, Springfield, and St. Louis.
In the episode "Interstate 44: The Tornado Corridor" in Intertropolis & Routeville, it clearly states that I-44's western terminus is in Abilene, Texas reaching south at Interstate 20 with US 83 and US 84.
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In the episode "The Southwest Storm", it is revealed by the character Interstate 40 that Interstate 44 is known as the "Tornado Corridor". In the episode "Interstate 44: The Tornado Corridor", it involves characters US 11, I-44, I-47, and US 77 from Highway City's KHWY News storm chasing the big funnel tornado in Oklahoma and Missouri with I-785, I-875, and I-920 from Atlanta's The Climate Channel.