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The present incarnation of SH-16 first appeared on Oklahoma's state highway map in 1937 as a gravel highway connecting Bristow to Beggs. [3] This would be SH-16's extent for nearly two decades. This section of the highway was first paved in 1950. [4] SH-16 was not extended beyond Beggs until 1954, when it was extended east to US-62 and US-64.
The highway no longer meets the former route of its parent, U.S. Route 66 (US 66), and is closely paralleled by Interstate 40 (I-40), which replaced US 266 (along with accompanying routes US 62 from Oklahoma City to Henryetta and US 64 from Warner to the Arkansas border west of Fort Smith, Arkansas) as the major east–west highway east of ...
In 1898, the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railway Company (later the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway), [4] connected Sapulpa and Oklahoma City. [3] The present Creek County was established at the time of statehood, with a population of 18,365. The town of Sapulpa was initially designated as the county seat.
Interstate 40 (I-40) is an Interstate Highway in Oklahoma that runs 331 miles (533 km) across the state from Texas to Arkansas.West of Oklahoma City, it parallels and replaces old U.S. Highway 66 (US-66), and, east of Oklahoma City, it parallels US-62, US-266, and US-64.
Okmulgee is a city in the Tulsa metropolitan area and the county seat of Okmulgee County in Oklahoma, United States. [4] The name is from the Muskogee word okimulgi, which means "boiling waters". [5] The site was chosen because of the nearby rivers and springs. Okmulgee is 38 miles south of Tulsa and 13 miles north of Henryetta via US-75. [6]
Bristow is located in northern Oklahoma, just south of the geographic center of Creek County.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.6 square miles (9.3 km 2), of which 3.6 square miles (9.2 km 2) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km 2), or 1.66%, is water.
SH-33C was first shown on the Oklahoma state highway map in 1958. [25] At the time of the highway's designation, it was a gravel highway; by 1959, however, it had been paved. [ 26 ] The first revision of the state highway map to reflect the renumbering of SH-33 to US-412 was the 1989 edition; this was also the first to show SH-33C redesignated ...
Interstate 444 begins at its western terminus near the Arkansas River on the southwest side of Downtown Tulsa.It serves traffic heading to and from locations including Okmulgee, Oklahoma City, and Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and Joplin, Missouri It splits off from a complete interchange with Interstate 244, which is also known as the Red Fork Expressway, at exit 4B and borders the southern side of ...