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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.
Outside of Tulsa (the largest city in the four-states area by far), the area has two primary television markets. The Joplin–Pittsburg market covers the region’s counties in Missouri; Ottawa County, Oklahoma (the only county in northeastern Oklahoma that is not designated as part of the Tulsa market); and most of those in southeastern Kansas (excluding Chautauqua and Montgomery counties ...
The gap between SH-10 and Sallisaw was filled by the designation of a state highway there by the Oklahoma State Highway Commission on November 15, 1935. The commission designated this highway as US-59, effective upon the completion of its construction. [10] Maintenance of the portion of this road in Sequoyah County was authorized on October 22 ...
All portions of the road through northeastern Oklahoma exists as a toll road, except for in the city of Tulsa. Interstate 40 straddles the southernmost border of Green Country, while other highways include the north-south Highway 75 (not a turnpike), The Muskogee Turnpike, the north-south Highway 69, Highway 169, and the east-west Highway 412.
U.S. Route 270 (US 270) is a spur of US 70.It travels for 643 miles (1,035 km) from Liberal, Kansas at US 54 and US 83 to White Hall, Arkansas at Interstate 530 (I-530) and US 65.
Kansas is located in southern Delaware County. Spring Creek flows through Kansas. Oklahoma State Highway 10 passes through Kansas. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.8 km 2), all land. [5]
[8] [9] With the introduction of the auto trails, this corridor was served by the Meridian Highway. [10] When the Oklahoma numbered highway system was established in 1925, the route that would eventually become US-81 was designated as State Highway 2. [11] The US-81 designation was applied the following year, on December 7, 1926. [2]
U.S. Route 69 Alternate (US-69 Alt.) is a special route of U.S. Highway 69, traveling 20.3 miles (32.7 km) between junctions east of Commerce, Oklahoma and north of Crestline, Kansas. US-69 Alt., cosigned with Historic Route 66 , splits from mainline US 69 south of Picher and west of Quapaw .