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Article: Oklahoma City: Transportation
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Oklahoma City: Transportation
Approaching the City
Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport, just 10 miles northwest of the city, is served by 12 commercial carriers that carry more than 3.2 million passengers a year. As of 2005 construction was underway on a five-year expansion project totaling more than $100 million and expected to add 9 new gates, bigger ticketing and lobby areas, and better traffic flow to handle capacity requirements into 2012 and beyond. Located near the center of the United States, Oklahoma City is connected to the east and west coasts and north and south borders of the nation by interstate highways I-40, I-35, I-44, and I-240. Numerous state highways and a ...