 Further extensions to both the east and the west followed in later years after several years of false starts under the administrations of two different governors . Expansion of the highway was finally approved in 1998 . The extension to the west , linking the Creek Turnpike to the Turner Turnpike in Sapulpa , opened December 15 , 2000 . The extension to the east opened in three parts over the course of 2001 and 2002 . 
