Oklahoma State Highway 11

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State Highway 11

Maintained by ODOT

Length:

208 mi (335 km)

West end:

US-281 north of Alva

East end:

I-244/US-412 in Tulsa

Oklahoma State Highways
< SH-10		SH-14 >

State Highway 11 (SH-11 or OK-11) is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs in an irregular west-to-east path 208 miles^[1] (334.7 km) across the northern part of the state, from US-281 seven miles north of Alva to I-244/US-412 in Tulsa. There is one letter-suffixed spur highway branching from SH-11, SH-11A.

[edit] Route description

From its beginning at US-281, SH-11 travels east through the town of Capron, nine miles to SH-8. From there, SH-11 and SH-8 overlap for seven miles, passing through the town of Burlington along the way. SH-8/SH-11 meet SH-58 three miles east of Burlington, and turn south, forming a three-route concurrency.

The combined route passes through the unincorporated community of Driftwood and intersects US-64 just west of the town of Ingersoll. At this point, SH-11 turns to the east, leaving SH-8 and SH-58.

SH-11 passes through the northern part of Great Salt Plains State Park, and after 11 miles, intersects with SH-38. SH-11 continues on another seven miles, before intersecting with SH-132.

Six miles to the east, SH-11's only spur route, SH-11A branches off to the north, connecting to the town of Wakita.

SH-11 travels another 11 miles to the east, intersecting US-81 in Medford, the seat of Grant County.

After leaving Medford, SH-11 runs another 10 miles to the east, passing through Numa (unincorporated), before its junction with SH-74. From there, SH-11 heads east 12 miles, passing through Deer Creek and running just to the north of Nardin (unincorporated), intersecting I-35 three miles west of Blackwell.

SH-11 is four lanes divided for the three miles to its junction with US-177 in Blackwell, then reverts to two lanes for the 12 miles to its junction with US-77, six miles south of Newkirk.

SH-11 here turns south, joining with US-77 for three miles, before turning back to the east, five miles north of Ponca City. After 12 miles, SH-11 passes through Kaw City, and crosses Kaw Lake, then runs another 13 miles to SH-18, in Shidler.

SH-11 then joins with SH-18 for nine miles, running south through the rolling Osage County oil country. Just east of Burbank, SH-11 leaves SH-18 for a 20-mile concurrency with US-60 across the rolling Osage prairie to Pawhuska, the seat of Osage County.

SH-11 then turns south on a five-mile concurrency with SH-99, then turns back to the east, passing through more rugged terrain, through Pershing and Tallant (both unincorporated), before entering the oil town of Barnsdall, 10 miles later.

Just east of Barnsdall, SH-11 serves as the southern terminus of SH-123, which connects to Woolaroc Museum. SH-11 then heads roughly southeast, through Wolco (unincorporated), and skirts Avant, turning due south upon entering Tulsa County, before intersecting SH-20 on the east end of Skiatook.

After leaving Skiatook, SH-11 continues south as Cincinnati Avenue in Tulsa county, and five miles later, doglegs a mile to the east at Sperry. SH-11 then resumes its path to the south as Peoria Avenue, passes through Turley (unincorporated), and enters the city of Tulsa at 56th Street North.

SH-11 is a four-lane arterial street along Peoria Avenue, and at 36th Street North, turns to the east, going 1½ miles to US-75 (Cherokee Expressway). SH-11 briefly overlaps southbound US-75, then turns back to the east as the Gilcrease Expressway, passing by Tulsa International Airport before arcing back to the south, and its terminus at I-244/US-412 in east Tulsa.