Oklahoma State Highway 5
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State Highway 5 | |||||
Section 1 | |||||
Length: | 20.9 mi (33.6 km) | ||||
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West end: | US-62 in Gould | ||||
East end: | SH-6 in Eldorado | ||||
Section 2 | |||||
Length: | 98.3 mi (158.2 km) | ||||
West end: | US-283 south of Altus | ||||
East end: | US-70 in Waurika | ||||
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State Highway 5 (SH-5 or OK-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 US-283 south of Altus to US-70 at Waurika.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] Western section
The western SH-5 begins at U.S. Highway 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 US-283 east of Elmer, and then turned north on a route shared with US-283 to the current west terminus of the eastern SH-5 at its junction with US-283 south of Altus and west of Tipton and continued east over the current eastern SH-5. The former Eldorado to Elmer section of SH-5 was removed from the state highway system in 1969 and continues in use as a county road under the jurisdiction of Jackson County.
[edit] Eastern section
The eastern SH-5 starts between Altus and Elmer at US-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. Highway 183 in Frederick. 19 miles (30.5 km) later, it has a two-mile (3.2 km) concurrency with State Highway 36. The highway splits off to the east from here, sharing a three-mile (4.8 km) concurrency with US-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 three-route concurrency 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 US-70 in Waurika.
[edit] Spurs
SH-5 has three lettered spur routes.
- SH-5A connects SH-5 south of Walters to US-277/281 south of Cookietown.
- SH-5B does not connect directly with SH-5. It runs from SH-5A south to US-70 at Taylor.
- SH-5C runs from SH-5 at Tipton to US-183 in Manitou.
[edit] Junction list
[edit] Western section
County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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Harmon | Gould | 0.0 | US-62 | Western terminus |
Jackson | Eldorado | 20.9 | SH-6 | Eastern terminus |
[edit] Eastern section
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Stuve, Eric. OK-5w. OKHighways. Retrieved on 2006-05-18.
- ^ Stuve, Eric. OK-5e. OKHighways. Retrieved on 2006-05-18.