Oklahoma State Highway 10
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| State Highway 10 |
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| Length: | 235.5 mi (379 km) | ||||||||
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| North end: |  U.S. 169 in Lenapah |
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| South end: |  I-40 near Gore |
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State Highway 10 (abbreviated SH-10 or OK-10) is a state highway in northeastern Oklahoma. It makes a 235.5 mile[1] (379 km) crescent through the northeast corner of the state, running from U.S. 169 in Lenapah to Interstate 40 near Gore. It has two lettered spur routes.
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[edit] Route description
Highway 10 begins at U.S. 169 in the town of Lenapah and heads due east from there. It does not intersect any highways or pass through any sizeable towns until Welch, Oklahoma and U.S. 59/State Highway 2. It then continues east to Miami, Oklahoma where it overlaps with U.S. 59/69 and meets State Highway 125. After passing through Miami and passing the northern terminus of State Highway 137, SH-10 reaches its northeasternmost point at the western terminus of SH-10C (see below). After this point, all of SH-10 is north-south.
State Highway 10 has a brief concurrency with U.S. Route 60 near Wyandotte and a 3-mile (4.8 km) stretch of highway with State Highway 25 east of Grove. It heads south of Grove concurrent again with U.S. 59, and is signed with that highway for 30 miles (48 km). It then has an interchange with U.S. Route 412, the Cherokee Turnpike. It then begins paralleling the Illinois River. It then heads eastbound again at U.S. 62/State Highway 51. SH-10 forms a concurrency with these two highways to Tahlequah, where SH-51 splits off. U.S. 62 and SH-10 remain duplexed until south of Ft. Gibson.
After leaving U.S. 62, SH-10 runs mostly parallel to the Arkansas River, passing through the towns of Braggs, Oklahoma and Gore. It has a brief concurrency with U.S. Route 64 to cross the Arkansas River, and splits off to the south in Webbers Falls. Just after this it ends at Interstate 40.
[edit] Notes
- The Illinois River is a popular recreation area, and OK-10 is the primary way to access it.
- The section of Highway 10 between Gore and I-40 was pressed into service as an emergency detour for the interstate when its bridge collapsed in the Webbers Falls bridge disaster.
[edit] Spurs
- SH-10A (6.3 mi) runs from SH-10 north of Gore to SH-100 near Lake Tenkiller.
- SH-10C (4.4 mi) is a short branch of SH-10 in Ottawa County. Its western terminus is at SH-10, and its eastern terminus is at the Missouri state line, north of Seneca, Missouri. It continues as Missouri Supplemental Route U which runs less than a mile before it ends as Route 43 north of Seneca, Missouri. The highway is relatively straight, though hilly, and no communities are located on the highway.
