Oklahoma State Highway 5

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State Highway 5

Section 1

Length:

20.9 mi (33.64 km)

West end:

U.S. 62 in Gould

East end:

SH-6 in Eldorado

Section 2

Length:

98.3 mi (158.2 km)

West end:

U.S. 283 south of Altus

East end:

U.S. 70 in Waurika

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State Highway 5 (OK-5 or SH-5) is the name assigned to two distinct state highways in the U.S state of Oklahoma. One runs for 21 miles^[1] (33.6 km) through extreme southwestern Oklahoma, passing through Harmon and Jackson Counties. The other is 98 miles^[2] (158 km) long and runs through southwest Oklahoma, connecting U.S. 283 south of Altus to U.S. 70 at Waurika.

1 Route description
- 1.1 Western section
- 1.2 Eastern section
2 Spurs
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Route description

[edit] Western section

The western SH-5 begins at U.S. Route 62 in Gould, Oklahoma and runs south until just past Lincoln, where it turns east. It then ends at State Highway 6 in Eldorado, just seven miles (11 km) north of the Texas border.

The western SH-5 was once known as SH-90.

Both the now-separate western and eastern sections of SH-5 were formerly part of a continuous SH-5 across Southwest Oklahoma. From 1958 to 1969, SH-5 continued east from Eldorado over an unpaved roadway to a junction with U.S. 283 east of Elmer, and then turned north on a route shared with U.S. 283 to the current west terminus of the eastern SH-5 at its junction with U.S. 283 south of Altus and west of Tipton and continued east over the current eastern SH-5. The former Eldorado to Elmer section of OK-5 was removed from the state highway system in 1969 and continues in use as a county road under the jurisdiction of Jackson County commissioner precincts.

[edit] Eastern section

The eastern SH-5 starts between Altus and Elmer at U.S. 283. It heads east from here to Tipton, where it turn south and SH-5C splits off. South of Tipton, SH-5 turns east again to intersect U.S. Route 183 in Frederick. 19 miles (30.5 km) later, it has a two-mile (3.2 km) duplex with State Highway 36. The highway splits off to the east from here, sharing a three-mile (4.8 km) triplex with U.S. 277/281 and an interchange with Interstate 44 (which is also the Walters toll plaza of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike).

Five miles (8 km) east of where this triplex breaks up, SH-5 turns south in Walters, with the mainline being taken over by State Highway 53. SH-5 heads east again toward Temple, where it has a brief concurrency with State Highway 65, and then turns southeast to pass through Hastings before ending at U.S. 70 in Waurika.

[edit] Spurs

SH-5 has three lettered spur routes.

SH-5A connects SH-5 south of Walters to U.S. 277/281 south of Cookietown.
SH-5B does not connect directly with SH-5. It runs from SH-5A south to U.S. 70 at Taylor.
SH-5C runs from SH-5 at Tipton to U.S. 183 in Manitou.