Oklahoma State Highway 66

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State Highway 66

Length:

196 mi (315.4 km)

West end:

BUS I-40/U.S. 81 in El Reno

East end:

U.S. 60 east of White Oak

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New-style SH-66 shield west of Arcadia, Oklahoma

State Highway 66 is a 196-mile^[1] (315 km) section of former U.S. Route 66, beginning at U.S. Route 60 near White Oak and ending at U.S. Route 81 at El Reno. Although most of the highway follows Historic Route 66, the highway joins Interstate 44 through Tulsa and Oklahoma City while the historic route follows various city streets through both cities.

The highway has retained its importance in for most of its length due to its paralleling Interstate 44 which between Missouri and Oklahoma City (except in the cities of Tulsa and Oklahoma City) is a toll road.

[edit] U.S. Route 66 in Oklahoma

U.S. 66 entered Oklahoma at the Kansas state line south of Baxter Springs, Kansas on what is now Alternate US 69 and followed this (and U.S. Route 69) south of Quapaw. South of Miami, it was multiplexed with U.S. Route 59 and U.S. Route 60 at various places. From White Oak to El Reno, it followed modern-day Oklahoma 66 except as stated above. From west of El Reno, it became various county roads, frontage roads, and business loops of Interstate 40 to the Texas state line.

The Round Barn, a Route 66 attraction, lies along SH-66 in Arcadia

Prior to the creation of U.S. 66 in 1926, U.S. 66 was designated State Highway 7 from the Kansas state line to Oklahoma City and State Highway 3 from Oklahoma City to Texas. Both of these designations have since been assigned to other routes.

The final routing of US 66 prior to its April 1, 1985 removal was as follows:

Interstate 40, Texas to Sayre
Interstate 40 Business through Sayre
Interstate 40, Sayre to Elk City
Interstate 40 Business through Elk City
Interstate 40, Elk City to Clinton
Interstate 40 Business through Clinton
Interstate 40, Clinton to El Reno
Interstate 40 Business and SH-66 through El Reno, Yukon and Bethany into Oklahoma City
Interstate 44 and Interstate 35 (concurrent with SH-66) through Oklahoma City
SH-66 from Oklahoma City to Tulsa
Interstate 44 (concurrent with SH-66) through Tulsa
SH-66, U.S. Highway 60, U.S. Highway 69 and U.S. Highway 69 Alternate from Tulsa to Kansas