In downtown Tulsa, I-244 forms the northern and western legs of the "Inner Dispersal Loop".

Two interchanges provide access to 33rd West Avenue, 40th Place, and Southwest Boulevard.

[3] Exit 4B marks I-244's entry into the Inner Dispersal Loop (IDL), a ring of freeways encircling Downtown Tulsa.

I-244 turns east from here, following the north leg of the IDL, joined by US-412 eastbound, which will overlap I-244 for the remainder of the highway.

At the northeast corner of the loop, I-244 junctions with I-444, which ends at this interchange, and US-75, which continues north toward Bartlesville.

This segment of the Interstate provides access to several major north–south streets, including Lewis, Harvard, and Yale avenues.

[2] The interchanges at Sheridan Road and Memorial Drive are inverted single-point urban interchanges (SPUI) with lefthand entrance and exit ramps intersecting the surface street at a single traffic signal.

It was named the Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway east from Downtown by the Oklahoma Highway Commission in 1984.