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Image Gallery – Kansas - Oklahoma Celebration

The Kansas Turnpike Authority and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation celebrated 50^th Anniversary of the Interstate and the connection between the two states in a joint ceremony on April 21. Below are some photos from the ceremony, courtesy of the Wellington Daily News.

Kansas Highway Patrol Troop G Commander John Walters salutes the Americn flag during the National Anthem. Former Oklahoma Governor George Nigh addresses attendees. Kansas Turnpike Authority President/CEO Michael L. Johnston speaks.
Former Oklahoma Governor George Nigh addresses attendees. Kansas Highway Patrol Lieutenant Joe Bott salutes the flag. A Braman high schooler sang the National Anthem to begin the celebration.
One of the original roadway signs. Former Oklahoma Governor George Nigh addresses attendees. The photo in front was Governor Nigh as a young man on the occasion of the dedication of the roadway connection on April 22, 1958.
Former Oklahoma Governor George Nigh looks at photos of the April 22, 1958, dedication of the Oklahoma Interstate near Braman. Governor Nigh was in attendance at the original dedication in 1958.