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By March 1, 1930, the department name had been modified slightly to simply the Oklahoma Department of Highways. [9] In 1976, the Oklahoma Legislature restructured the Department of Highways as an overall coordinating agency for the state's highways, railways and waterways and renamed to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
An Oklahoma Tourism Information Center is located on the turnpike near the Kansas exit, 13 miles (21 km) from the Arkansas–Oklahoma state line. Free coffee is available at the tourism center. [2] Law enforcement along the Cherokee Turnpike is provided by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troop XD, a special troop assigned to the turnpike. [3]
Arkansas state line west of Fort Smith, Arkansas: 1959: current I-42: 166: 267 I-35 in Noble County, Oklahoma: Arkansas state line in Siloam Springs, Arkansas: proposed — Future Interstate I-44: 328.53: 528.72 Texas state line north of Burkburnett, Tex. Missouri state line west of Joplin, Mo. 1964: current
On July 6, 1964, the Oklahoma State Highway Commission approved a realignment to US-59's route through Poteau. [17] Another change, further north, was approved on March 4, 1968. This moved US-59 onto a new bridge over the Arkansas River upon completion of its construction, with the old highway being turned over to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The ODOT web site has a section that lists memorial highways and bridges on Oklahoma highways. While this is of marginal importance to the articles, each page also contains a complete history (changelog) of each route that has a memorial name or bridge on it.
State Highway 4, abbreviated as SH-4 or OK-4, is a designation for two distinct highways maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. One of them serves as an important route through the suburbs west of Oklahoma City, while the other connects US-259 to the Arkansas state line west of Cove, Arkansas. SH-4 has no lettered spur routes.
In the early 2000s, Oklahoma was 48th in the nation for bridge conditions. Today, the state ranks in the top 10 nationally for good bridge conditions. How Oklahoma has turned around and fixed ...
The majority of the numbered highways within Oklahoma are maintained by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT). The only exceptions are sections of Interstate 44 (I-44) and U.S. Highway 412 (US 412), which run along turnpikes maintained by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA).