 A south Tulsa turnpike was first authorized by OTA in 1987 , the same time as three other turnpikes that would ultimately become the Cherokee , Chickasaw , and John Kilpatrick turnpikes . Eleven possible routings were researched before OTA settled on the 96th Street corridor as the site of the proposed turnpike . On February 16 , 1989 , OTA sold $ 558 @.@ 4 million in revenue bonds ( about $ 1 @.@ 36 billion in 2015 dollars ) to cover the cost of all four proposed turnpikes . 
