Oklahoma State Highway 45
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| State Highway 45 |
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| Length: | 64.7 mi (104 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1926[1] | ||||||||
| West end: |   US-281/SH-14, Waynoka |
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| East end: |    US-60/US-64/US-81, N of Enid |
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State Highway 45 (SH-45 or OK-45) is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs 64.7 miles (104.1 km) west-to-east through Woods, Alfalfa and Garfield counties.[2]
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[edit] Route description
SH-45 begins at the US-281/SH-14 junction in Waynoka. US-281 and SH-45 share a concurrency for the first 12 miles east of Waynoka, then US-281 turns to the north, leaving SH-45 to continue to the east, 12 miles to Carmen.
Two miles east of Carmen, SH-34 joins SH-8 for a three-mile concurrency to the south, where SH-43 resumes its eastward travel. SH-58 joins SH-43 for a one-mile concurrency just south of the town of Helena, and at Goltry, SH-45 jogs south a few miles before turning back to the east and heading for its junction with SH-132 at Carrier.
Continuing to the east, SH-45 travels eight more miles from Carrier, before reaching its terminus at US-60/64/81 at the north edge of Enid.
[edit] History
SH-45 was first added to the state highway system between May 1926 and November 1927. The original routing of the highway was from Waynoka to SH-8 in Carmen.[1]
Before 1963, the section of present-day SH-45 between SH-58 and SH-132 was part of the original SH-38.[3] In 1963, all of this SH-38 west of Carrier was renumbered to SH-45 (a north-south section of SH-38 that connected Carrier to US-60 became part of a SH-132 extension). The same year, SH-45 was extended westward to Waynoka.[4] In either 1971 or 1972, the highway was extended eastward to its present terminus on the northern outskirts of Enid.[5] No major changes have occurred since.
[edit] Junction list
| County | Location | Mile[2] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Woods | Waynoka | 0.0 | US-281/SH-14 |
Western terminus. Southern terminus of SH-14. |
| 12.1 | US-281 |
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| Alfalfa | 26.1 |  SH-8 |
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| 29.1 | SH-8 |
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| Helena | 38.1 |  SH-58 |
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| 39.1 | SH-58 |
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| Garfield | Carrier | 56.0 |  SH-132 |
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| 56.8 | SH-132 |
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| Enid | 64.7 | US-60/64/81 |
Eastern terminus |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Oklahoma State Highway Department. Oklahoma State Highway System [map], 1927 edition. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
- ^ a b Stuve, Eric. OK-45. OKHighways. Retrieved on 2006-09-20.
- ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways. Oklahoma 1962 [map]. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways. Oklahoma 1963 [map]. Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
- ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways. 1972 Highway Map of Oklahoma [map]. Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
