Talk:U.S. Route 66 in Oklahoma

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[edit] Oklahoma City routings

There were a lot of reroutings and bannered routes here. There are no city insets on the state map between 1939 and 1953 exclusive. Fortunately few changes were made then.

US 66
  • 1929-1930: 39th-Classen-23rd-Lincoln-Grand-Kelley
  • 1931-1934: 39th-Western-23rd-Lincoln-Grand-Kelley
  • 1935-1953: 39th-May-23rd-Lincoln-Grand-Kelley
  • 1954-1955: 39th-May-Expressway-Kelley
  • 1956-1978: 39th-Expressway (via Classen Circle)
  • 1979-1985: 39th-Expressway (bypassing Classen Circle)
US 66 Alternate (supposedly "Beltline", but shown as unbannered US 66 on city insets and unlabeled on the main map until 1950)
  • 1931-1934: Western-Britton
  • 1935: 39th-Western-Britton
  • 1936-1947: 39th-Classen-Western-Britton
  • 1948-1953: May-Britton
US 66 City Route (Business in and after 1958)
  • 1954-1978: May-23rd-Lincoln
SH 66 (old route via Edmond; replaced by US 77 in 1967)
  • 1956-1962: Kelley (began at Expressway)
  • 1963-1966: Broadway (began at Expressway)
SH 66A (original access to the Turner Turnpike)
  • 1953: Expressway (began at May)
  • 1954-1955: Expressway (began at Kelley)
SH 66A (first labeled in 1963, but left unnumbered in 1956 when US 66 moved; replaced by SH 3A in 1979)
  • 1963-1978: Northwest Expressway (May to west of Classen)

[edit] Other changes

This doesn't include Tulsa, which is already in the article. The first map available is 1916, but it doesn't have numbered routes.

1916 routing

These are the closest state highways to what became SH-3 and SH-7. Starred portions don't match the maps from "Oklahoma Route 66".

  • Texola to Erick: E1240, N1690*, E1250
  • Erick to Sayre: N1740*, E1260, N1810, E1270, N1870, E1250, N1870, E1200*, 4th
  • Sayre to Elk City: E1180, N1910*, E1170, N1960, E1160, N2000
    • 1919: curve from Sayre to Doxey
  • Elk City to Foss: E1110*, N2140
  • Foss to Clinton: N2140, E1060, N2250*
  • Clinton to Caddo County: E1035?, N2300, E1030
    • 1919: north to E1020 at Weatherford, continuing to Bridgeport
  • Hydro to Bridgeport: E1020, N2585
  • Bridgeport to El Reno: across the river to N2600, E0980, N2620, E0960, N2680, E0970, N2730, E0980*, N2740, E1010, N2740, E1020
  • El Reno to Oklahoma City: N2840 (Shepard), E1040 (27th), N2970 (Sara)*, E1060 (10th)*
  • Oklahoma City to Edmond: N3090 (Kelley)
  • Edmond to Arcadia: E0940 (2nd), N3180 (Westminster), E0930 (Danforth)?*
  • Arcadia to Luther: N3200 (Hiwassee)*, E0940 (178th)?*, N3220 (Choctaw)*, E0930 (192nd)*
    • 1919: all on E0930
  • Luther to Chandler: N3260 (Luther)*, E0920 (Covell)*, Hogback*, E0910*, ?, E0920, N3390, E0910
    • 1919: appears to be E0920 most of the way
  • Chandler to Stroud: ?, E0900, N3500, E0890, N3540, E0880, N3550, E0875
    • 1919: more diagonal
  • Stroud to Bristow: N3570, E0860, N3590*, E0870*, N3620*, E0860*, N3630*, E0850*, N3650*, ?, E0830, N3710, E0820?*
    • 1919: more diagonal
  • Bristow to Sapulpa: ?, E0810*, N3743*, E0790*, N3780*, E0780*, N3810 (209th), E0740 (151st)?*, N3820 (Maple), ?, Dewey
    • 1919: more diagonal
  • Sapulpa to Tulsa: N3880 (97th)?*, Southwest
  • Tulsa to Catoosa: E0590 (Admiral), N4020 (Garnett)*, E0600 (11th), N4070 (193rd)?, E0580 (Pine)*
  • Catoosa to Claremore: E0570 (Rollins), S4090 (225th), ?, E0540*, SH-66
  • Claremore to Chelsea: SH-66
  • Chelsea to Vinita: E0330?*, S4260*, E0320*, S4300, E0310, S4330, E0280*, S4340*, SH-66, E0270
  • Vinita to Afton: E0266*, S4440*, E0260, S4470, E0250, S4490, E0240, S4500 (not on the 1919 map, only via Welch, but via Afton only in 1921)
  • Afton to Miami: E0220, ?, E0200, S4530, E0110*, S4550??*
    • 1919: diagonal to Fairland
  • Miami to Kansas: S4550??*, E0050, *, S4630
    • 1919: via Picher