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Oklahoma's state highways serve as the second-lowest tier on the Oklahoma road system. They are marked with a number contained inside an outline of the state, having been formerly marked inside a white circle in a black box until January 2006.
US-81 enters the state of Oklahoma from Montague County, Texas by crossing a bridge across the Red River into Jefferson County. Just north of the river, the highway passes through Terral, its first Oklahoma town. The route takes a due north course north of Terral, with a Union Pacific rail line, which US-81 will parallel throughout its time in ...
Texas state line in Texhoma: Kansas state line northeast of Tyrone: 1926: current US 56: 71.17 [4] 114.54 New Mexico state line southwest of Felt: Kansas state line south of Elkhart, Kan. 1956: current US 59: 216.47 [5] 348.37 Arkansas state line southeast of Page: Kansas state line north of Welch: 1935: current US 60: 352.39 [6] 567.12
For all other state lines, include both states, west to east or south to north, e.g. Texas–Oklahoma state line or Oklahoma–Kansas state line. The "place" parameter for non-Interstates should be worded [{} template for continuing highway] continues [direction] into [state], e.g. AR 108 continues east into Arkansas.
The two highways travel into Downtown Tulsa together, where US 75 splits off with a short overlap with US 64/SH 51. US 75 leaves downtown crossing I-244 for a second time. US 75 serves north Tulsa before returning to a surface highway. From here, the highway travels to Kansas, only passing through the major community of Bartlesville.
The route enters the state from Arkansas near Fogel, Arkansas, and ends at the Kansas state line south of Chetopa, Kansas. US-59 was first designated in Oklahoma around 1935. The highway's route at that time was largely the same as it is today; however, between the Afton area and Welch , US-59 passed through Vinita instead following the modern ...
Texas state line south of Thackerville: Kansas state line north of Braman: 1971: current I-40: 331: 533 Texas state line west of Erick: 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
Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes above 10 acres (0.040 km 2) in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County is 272 acres (1.10 km 2). The prolonged drought that started in 1930 and created the condition called the "Dust Bowl", led to the construction of a great many reservoirs throughout the state.