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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.
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.
US 62 and US 75 leave I-40 at an interchange with the Indian Nation Turnpike. The two highways serve as a major route through the town. US 62 leaves US 75 in Okmulgee. Coming out of Okmulgee, US 75 starts to enter a more urban area traveling into Tulsa. US 75 becomes a freeway in Glenpool, interchanging with the Creek Turnpike in Jenks.
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 Oklahoma, U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs diagonally across the state, from the Texas state line in far southwestern Oklahoma to the Arkansas state line near Fayetteville. US-62 spends a total of 402.48 miles (647.73 km) [1] in the Sooner State. The highway passes through fifteen of Oklahoma's counties.
Okmulgee County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,706. [1] The county seat is Okmulgee. [2] Located within the Muscogee Nation Reservation, the county was created at statehood in 1907.
English: This is a locator map showing Okmulgee County in Oklahoma. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: