 The first section of the Creek Turnpike to open was a 3 @.@ 6 @-@ mile ( 5 @.@ 8 km ) segment from Delaware Avenue to its eastern terminus at Memorial Drive , which opened to traffic at 7 p.m. on March 13 , 1992 . Tolls were waived until 12 : 01 a.m. on March 16 . The next section to the west , from Elm Street in Jenks to Delaware Avenue , including the Arkansas River bridge , opened the afternoon of April 15 . The final leg of the first segment of the turnpike , from US @-@ 75 to Elm Street , opened at noon on July 30 . The Creek Turnpike was initially posted with a 55 @-@ mile @-@ per @-@ hour ( 89 km / h ) speed limit , due to the National Maximum Speed Limit law then in effect . Traffic levels on the new highway were about double what was expected , with an average of 9 @,@ 000 vehicles per day using the turnpike in August 1992 ; a 1988 estimate predicted only 3 @,@ 000 to 5 @,@ 000 vehicles would use the road each day . 
