Oklahoma State Highway 5

State Highway 5
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Section 1
Length:	20.42 mi[1][2] (32.86 km)
West end:	US-62 in Gould
East end:	SH-6 in Eldorado
Section 2
Length:	98.2 mi[3] (158.0 km)
West end:	US-283 south of Altus
East end:	US-70 in Waurika
Highway system
Oklahoma State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Turnpikes ← SH-4 SH-6 →

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 20.42 miles (32.86 km)^[1][2] through extreme southwestern Oklahoma, passing through Harmon and Jackson Counties. The other is 98.2 miles (158.0 km)^[3] long and runs through southwest Oklahoma, connecting US-283 south of Altus to US-70 at Waurika.

Route description

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.

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.

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.

Junction list

Western section

County	Location	mi[1][2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Harmon	Gould	0.00	0.00	US-62	Western terminus
Jackson	Eldorado	20.42	32.86	SH-6	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Eastern section

County	Location	mi[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Jackson	​	0.0	0.0	US-283	Western terminus
Tillman	Tipton	11.5	18.5	SH-5C	Western terminus of SH-5C
	Frederick	25.9	41.7	US-183
	​	34.2	55.0	SH-54	Northern terminus of SH-54
	​	45.1	72.6	SH-36	Northern terminus of SH-36 concurrency
	​	46.8	75.3	SH-36	Southern terminus of SH-36 concurrency
Cotton	​	60.2	96.9	US-277 / US-281	Western terminus of US-277 / US-281 concurrency
	​	62.6	100.7	I-44 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike	I-44 exit 20
	​	63.1	101.5	US-277 / US-281	Eastern terminus of US-277 / US-281 concurrency
	Walters	68.1	109.6	SH-53	Western terminus of SH-53
	​	74.1	119.3	SH-5A	Eastern terminus of SH-5A
	Temple	78.1	125.7	SH-65	Western terminus of SH-65 concurrency
		78.6	126.5	SH-65	Eastern terminus of SH-65 concurrency
Jefferson	Waurika	98.2	158.0	US-70	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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