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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.
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[1] [2] Starting from a connection with the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway at Bristow and heading generally southeast, [2] [3] the line was built in 1920 through the Bristow oil field to Slick, Oklahoma, about 12 miles, [1] [4] where a large depot was constructed to handle the crowds that flocked to Slick to "get rich from the gushing black gold."
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Creek County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
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]
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 ...
US-75 ALT turns north onto the route of the old US-75, passing through Beggs and then rural areas of Okmulgee County on a due north course. The highway crosses into Creek County , then curves to the northeast for about 1 mile (1.6 km) before returning to a northerly course through Mounds . [ 4 ]
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.