Oklahoma State Highway 59

State Highway 59
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length: 93.9 mi (151.1 km)
Existed: 1932[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: SH-39 north of Criner
East end:
US-270 BUS/SH-56 in Wewoka
Highway system

Oklahoma State Highways
Oklahoma turnpike system

← US-59 US-60 →

State Highway 59, also known as SH-59 or OK-59, is a 94-mile[2] (151 km) state highway in central Oklahoma. It runs from Criner, Oklahoma in McClain Co. to Wewoka.

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Route description

SH-59 begins at SH-39 north of Criner and immediately heads due south through that town. It turns due east six miles (9.6 km) north of Lindsay, serving Payne instead. After a 1-mile (1.6 km) concurrency with SH-24, SH-59 crosses SH-74 and has an interchange with I-35.

Shortly after passing under the Interstate, it meets US-77 south of Wayne, and passes through the small towns of Rosedale and Byars. Five miles (8 km) east of Byars, it meets U.S. Highway 177 and turns northward to join with it. SH-3W joins the concurrency five miles later.

The three highways cross over the South Canadian River to enter Pottawatomie Co. just south of Asher. In Asher, SH-59 meets SH-39 a second time, and six miles (10 km) later it splits off from US-177 and SH-3W to head east again, through St. Louis, Oklahoma and Maud. It forms a concurrency with US-377/SH-99/SH-3E south of Seminole, before splitting off near Bowlegs. It meets US-270 west of Wewoka, and then ends two miles (3 km) later.

History

SH-59 was first added to the state highway system in 1932 and was entirely contained within McClain County, running from Wayne to State Highway 18 (present-day US-177).[1] It was extended eastward to end at SH-48 (present-day US-377/SH-99) north of Bowlegs in 1947 or 1948.[3] It was extended to its present eastern terminus in 1965 or 1966,[4] and no significant changes have been made since.

Spurs

Junction list

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
McClain
   0.0 SH-39 Western terminus
  7.8 SH-59B  
  14.4 SH-24  
  15.4 SH-24  
  18.4 SH-74  
Wayne 21.3 I-35 Diamond interchange, I-35 exit 86
21.9 US-77  
  37.6 SH-133 Northern terminus of SH-133
  46.2 SH-59A Western terminus of SH-59A
  46.2 US-177  
  51.2 SH-3W  
Pottawatomie
 Asher 53.9 SH-39  
Pearson 60.0 US-177/SH-3W  
Maud 71.1 SH-9A  
72.5 SH-9A  
Seminole
   80.2 US-377/SH-3E/99  
Bowlegs 82.9 US-377/SH-3E/99  
Wewoka 91.2 US-270  
93.3
US-270 BUS/SH-56		 Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Oklahoma Department of Highways. Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (Map) (June 1932 ed.). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1932.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b Stuve, Eric. "OK-59". OKHighways. http://www.okhighways.com/ok59.html. Retrieved 2006-04-02. 
  3. ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways. Map of Oklahoma's State Highway System (Map) (1948 ed.). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1948.pdf. 
  4. ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways. Map of Oklahoma (Map) (1966 ed.). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1966.pdf.