 As originally planned , the Creek Turnpike was to begin at US @-@ 75 and end at Memorial Drive , for a total length of 6 @.@ 9 miles ( 11 @.@ 1 km ) . ODOT would then build a $ 26 million ( approximately $ 63 million in 2015 dollars ) freeway connection from the eastern terminus of the turnpike at Memorial Drive to tie in with the south end of the Mingo Valley Expressway . OTA intended the turnpike to be built on a " fast track " , with construction to be complete by the close of 1991 . The estimated cost to construct this first segment of the Creek Turnpike was $ 85 million ( about $ 207 million in 2015 dollars ) . Initially , the highway was planned to have an 18 @-@ foot @-@ wide ( 5 @.@ 5 m ) median with a Jersey barrier , which would meet minimum AASHTO requirements of 10 feet ( 3 @.@ 0 m ) . Later plans expanded this to a 46 @-@ foot ( 14 m ) grass median . Four toll plazas were planned , with one mainline plaza collecting a fifty @-@ cent toll no matter what distance was traveled . 
