Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi - July 2, 2013
Our ride from Oklahoma City up through Mississippi. Main routes were
I-240, I-40, The Indian Nation Turnpike, US 271, Texas 45, US 59, US
80, I-20, and US 45.
Starting out in Oklahoma City on I-44 West (really, south).
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We'll take I-240 to get going in the right direction.
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My first (known) ride on I-240.
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Around here is where we saw a little evidence of roof damage off to the south. This is about where the Moore tornado last month lifted after its devastation in and near Moore.
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Next, I-40 for a while.
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Lots of native nation land in Oklahoma.
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We'll take the Indian Nation Turnpike as our first jog toward the southeast.
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It's a pleasant road, but much narrower than a genuine interstate.
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Rather than a single speed zone around the tool booth area, there are a series of signs that take us down by 10 MPH at a time.
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Into the hilly country of southeastern Oklahoma. Very scenic!
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We're at the end of the Turnpike and now heading to US 271 south for a while.
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It's signed as a bypass around Hugo.
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Coming up on the Red River, which we cross to enter Texas.
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Texas will ask us to do 65 for a little while.
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A monument to welcome us.
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And the regular Texas welcome sign.
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Coming up on Paris.
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Going back to US 82, US 271, and Loop 286, after our Whataburger lunch on the north end of Paris.
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We only were on this for a very short distance.
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Informative diagram.
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This is Business US 271 C, it seems.
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This business US 271 is into Mt. Pleasant.
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We cross I-30, but don't need to get on.
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Lots of construction here as the US 271 bypass route appears to be in the process of extending southward.
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We leave US 271 here in Mt. Pleasant to follow Texas 49 for a while.
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We briefly join up with US 259 here in Daingerfield.
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Not that Naples.
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Hughes Springs is one of the small towns we pass through on Texas 49.
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Hughes Springs.
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And Avinger.
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Avinger
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The trees here seem to be suddenly young. Maybe this area had a fire? Or logging?
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In Jefferson, we switched to US 59.
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In Marshall, we bypass the city to get onto US 80, which will soon take us to I-20.
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It's also Loop 390.
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When the Loop Road ends at US 80, there's a stop sign with flashing LEDs.
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And here we are on US 80.
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Which leads us to I-20, our home for the next several hours.
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And into Louisiana on I-20 East.
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From our gas stop on the west side of Shreveport.
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Have to wonder if this street name is appropriate.
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Lots of 3/4 mile distances on these signs along I-20 in Louisiana.
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Lots of massive tree removal in the I-20 median here.
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Too bad about the tree removal, this excellent median forest looks much nicer...
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Many of these BGS Louisiana route markers don't have much of a Mississippi delta...
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I've seen bear crossing signs in several places, but I don't recall one on an interstate highway.
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Getting onto the I-20 bridge over the Mississippi into Mississippi.
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In Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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Best I could do in the dark here in Meridian.
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It's a minor mileage milestone in eastern Mississippi.
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