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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.
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:
[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 ...
The route next passes through Bristow, where it has a brief concurrency with SH-16 and begins a more lengthy one with SH-48. SH-48/66 exit Bristow to the north, with an interchange where they cross the Turner Turnpike. Near unincorporated Bellvue, SH-66 splits away from SH-48 and turns back to the northeast.
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.