U.S. Route 77 in Oklahoma

U.S. Route 77
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	267.21 mi[1] (430.03 km)
Major junctions
South end:	I-35 / US 77 at the Texas state line
North end:	US-77 at the Kansas state line
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Replaced Oklahoma State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Turnpikes ← SH-76 SH-77H →

In Oklahoma, U.S. Highway 77 runs north–south, paralleling Interstate 35, connecting Texas to Kansas and running for 267.21 miles (430.03 km) through the central part of the state. It passes through many major cities, including Ardmore, Oklahoma City and its suburbs, Guthrie, and Ponca City. It has four lettered spur routes.

US-77 was the first highway in Oklahoma to be paved entirely across the state from border to border. It has been a paved roadway since 1930.

Route description

US-77 enters the state along with I-35 but splits off at the first exit in Oklahoma. Four miles later, it passes through Thackerville. It junctions with State Highway 32 on the west side of Marietta.

North of Marietta, US-77 passes to the west of Lake Murray and its state park. It then enters Carter County and Ardmore, where it is named Commerce Street through the city limits over a four-lane divided thoroughfare that includes frontage roads on each side from just south of SH-199 (West Broadway) to NW 12th Street much like a freeway or expressway, though all intersections on Commerce are at-grade.

US 77 in Ardmore, north of SH-199

North of Ardmore, US-77 continues as a four-lane divided highway to Springer. It crosses State Highway 53 south of Springer. North of Springer, US-77 reverts to a two-lane highway and enters the Arbuckle Mountains, providing access to Turner Falls and having some hairpin curves over a section of roadway paved and constructed in the 1920s using prison labor from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. It then passes through Davis (where it has a brief concurrency with State Highway 7. North of Davis, it passes through unincorporated Joy and passes through Wynnewood, where it carries State Highway 29. It then passes through Pauls Valley, Paoli, and Wayne. Next, it enters Purcell, where it concurs with State Highway 39 and 74.

US-77 and SH-39 split off SH-74 to head eastbound along Washington St. in downtown Purcell. Together, they cross the James C. Nance Memorial Bridge into Lexington, where SH-39 splits off. It then heads through Slaughterville and Noble before entering Norman.

A major reconstruction on US-77 through Norman completed in April 2009 has realigned US-77 to 12th Avenue East from SH-9 to Tecumseh Road, then west along Tecumseh Road to Flood Avenue, and finally north along Flood Avenue until it merges onto Northbound Interstate-35, the interchange of US-77 and Interstate-35 was modernized and upgraded as part of the widening to six lanes of Interstate-35 to Norman. It formerly ran through downtown Norman along Classen Boulevard, Porter Avenue then west along Robinson Street to Flood Avenue. The north–south section of the new alignment along 12th Avenue was previously flagged as SH-77H.^[2]

US 77 north, concurrent with I-235, in Oklahoma City

I-35 and US-77 remain together until the Fort Smith Junction in downtown Oklahoma City, where it transfers onto Interstate 235. At Interstate 44, I-235 ends, but US-77 continues northbound as a freeway, called the Broadway Extension. The Broadway Extension is a major freeway linking the downtown area to Edmond. In Edmond, it heads east to meet I-35, which it joins again until Guthrie, where it splits off.

In Guthrie, US-77 meets State Highway 33. It continues northbound to serve as the eastern terminus of State Highway 164 and turns eastward toward Perry. After passing the north end of State Highway 86, it turns back northward and has a half-interchange with the Cimarron Turnpike. It then carries State Highway 15 for four miles (6 km). At Tonkawa, it begins a wrong-way concurrency with U.S. Highway 177 and U.S. Highway 60. It splits off to the north to head through Ponca City and Newkirk, before crossing over the Kansas line towards Arkansas City, Kansas.

History

US-77 has followed Commerce entirely through the Ardmore city limits since 1950 when that thoroughfare was built in its current form as an early bypass along what was then Ardmore's west side to provide a straighter route for through traffic and relieve downtown traffic congestion, replacing the original US-77 route in Ardmore which followed Broadway east from Commerce to "E" Street, north on "E" Street to 12th and west on 12th back to Commerce before proceeding north on Commerce out of the city.

Spurs

SH-153

State Highway 153 (abbreviated SH-153) is a short state highway in Love County, Oklahoma. At 0.50 miles (0.80 km),^[3] it is the shortest non-suffixed state highway in Oklahoma. SH-153 connects U.S. Highway 77 in Thackerville, Oklahoma to Interstate 35 at mile marker 5. It has no lettered spur routes.

Browse numbered routes
← SH-152	SH-153	SH-156 →

SH-77C

State Highway 77C is an unsigned route through Purcell.

SH-77D

State Highway 77D is a Y-shaped spur route through the Turner Falls area. The main branch of SH-77D begins at US-77 south of Davis, north of I-35. It crosses under I-35 twice before ending at the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center. It also provides access to Price Falls.^[6]

SH-77H

State Highway 77H begins at Tecumseh Road and follows 12th Avenue N.E. through Norman, then turns into Sooner Road in Moore. The highway ends at I-240 in Oklahoma City.

SH-77S

State Highway 77S lies in Love County and Carter County, serving Lake Murray. It has four termini. The main segment of the highway is U-shaped, with its northwestern terminus in Ardmore in Carter County, then heading south to intersect US-70, and running west of Lake Murray. It crosses into Love County, encircling the south shores of the lake before turning north again, re-entering Carter County, with its northeastern terminus at US-70.

Two other segments of SH-77S connect the main loop with other nearby highways. One runs along the Love–Carter county line, connecting to I-35 at exit 24 (serving as the main access road to Lake Murray State Park), as well as US-77. The other runs south to SH-32 east of Marietta.

Junction list

County	Location	mi[10]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Red River		0.0	0.0	I-35 / US 77 continues south into Texas
Love	​	1.0	1.6	1	I-35	Northern terminus of I-35 concurrency
	Thackerville	5.3	8.5		SH-153	Western terminus of SH-153
	Marietta	15.5	24.9		SH-32	Southern terminus of SH-32 concurrency
		15.6	25.1		SH-32	Northern terminus of SH-32 concurrency
	​				SH-77S
Carter	Ardmore	29.8	48.0		US-70
		32.2	51.8		SH-199
		34.2	55.0		SH-142
	Springer	41.1	66.1		SH-53
Murray	​	48.0	77.2		I-35	I-35 exit 47
	​				SH-77D	Southwestern terminus of SH-77D
	​	52.4	84.3		I-35	I-35 exit 51
	​				SH-77D	Northwestern terminus of SH-77D
	Davis	56.2	90.4		SH-7	Western terminus of SH-7 concurrency
		56.6	91.1		SH-7	Eastern terminus of SH-7 concurrency
Murray–Garvin county line	​	65.5	105.4		SH-17A	Eastern terminus of SH-17A
Garvin	Wynnewood	67.0	107.8		SH-29	Eastern terminus of SH-29 concurrency
	​	69.0	111.0		SH-29	Western terminus of SH-29 concurrency
	Pauls Valley	75.5	121.5		SH-19	Eastern terminus of SH-19 concurrency
		75.7	121.8		SH-19	Western terminus of SH-19 concurrency
	Paoli	83.0	133.6		SH-145	Eastern terminus of SH-145
McClain	Wayne	90.0	144.8		SH-59
	Purcell	96.1	154.7		SH-74	Southern terminus of SH-74 concurrency
		97.0	156.1		SH-39	Southern terminus of SH-39 concurrency
		96.1	154.7		SH-74	Northern terminus of SH-74 concurrency
Cleveland	Lexington	99.4	160.0		SH-39	Northern terminus of SH-39 concurrency
	Norman	113.0	181.9		SH-9	Parclo interchange
		113.8	183.1		SH-77H	Southern terminus of SH-77H
		121.3	195.2	113	I-35	Southbound exit from I-35 and northbound entrance only, southern terminus of I-35 concurrency
	Moore			114	Indian Hill Road
				116	S. 19th Street
		124.8	200.8	117	SH-37 (S. 4th Street) / Main Street, N. 5th Street	Signed only for SH-37 (S. 4th Street) southbound
				118	N. 12th Street, Main Street, N. 5th Street	Signed only for N. 12th Street northbound
				119A	Shields Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				119B	N. 27th Street
	Oklahoma City			120	S.E. 89th Street
Oklahoma				121A	S.E. 82nd Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				121B	I-240 / US-62 / SH-3	Southern terminus of US-62 concurrency
				122A	S.E. 66th Street	No northbound entrance
				122B	S.E. 59th Street
				123A	S.E. 51st Street	No northbound entrance
				123B	S.E. 44th Street	No southbound entrance
				124A	Grand Boulevard
				124B	S.E. 29th Street, S.E. 25th Street	Signed as exit 125A southbound
				125B	S.E. 15th Street	Signed as exit 125D southbound
				126	I-35 / I-40 / I-235 / US-62 / US-270	Northern terminus of I-35/US-62 concurrency, southern terminus of I-235 concurrency
				1C	Sheridan Avenue west – Downtown	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				1D	Lincoln Boulevard – Oklahoma Health Center, State Capitol	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				1E	Harrison Avenue – Downtown	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				1F	N. 6th Street west – Downtown	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				1G	N. 10th Street – Oklahoma Health Center	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				2A	N. 23rd Street, N. Santa Fe Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				2B	N. 23rd Street, Broadway Avenue – State Capitol	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				3	N. 36th Street
					Santa Fe Avenue, N. 50th Street
					I-44 (SH-66)	Northern terminus of I-235 concurrency
					N.W. 63rd Street
					Wilshire Boulevard – Nichols Hills
					Britton Road
					Hefner Road – Lake Hefner
					N.E. 122nd Street
					Kilpatrick Turnpike	No southbound exit to Kilpatrick Turnpike eastbound
					Memorial Road, Kelly Avenue	North end of freeway
	Edmond			141	I-35 / SH-66	Southern terminus of I-35 concurrency
				142	Danforth Road
	​			143	Covell Road
	​			146	Waterloo Road
Logan	​			151	Seward Road
	Guthrie			153	I-35	Northern terminus of I-35 concurrency
					SH-33
	​				SH-74C	Eastern terminus of SH-74C
	​				SH-51	Southern terminus of SH-51 concurrency
	​				SH-51	Northern terminus of SH-51 concurrency
Noble	​				SH-164	Eastern terminus of SH-164
	Perry				I-35	I-35 exit 185
					SH-86	Northern terminus of SH-86
					US-64	Western terminus of US-64 concurrency
					US-64	Eastern terminus of US-64 concurrency
	​				SH-15	Southern terminus of SH-15 concurrency
	​				SH-15	Northern terminus of SH-15 concurrency
	​				SH-156	Southern terminus of SH-156
Kay	Tonkawa				US-60 Bus.	Southern terminus of US-60 Bus. concurrency
					US-60 / US-60 Bus.	Western terminus of US-60 Bus., western terminus of US-60 concurrency
	​				US-177 / US-60 Bus.	Western terminus of US-177 concurrency, eastern terminus of US-60 Bus.
	​				SH-156	Northern terminus of SH-156
	​				US-60 Bus.	Western terminus of US-60 Bus.
	Ponca City				US-60 / US-177	Eastern terminus of US-60 / US-177 concurrency
					US-60 Bus.	Eastern terminus of US-60 Bus.
					SH-11	Southern terminus of SH-11 concurrency
	​				SH-11	Northern terminus of SH-11 concurrency
Oklahoma–Kansas state line				US-77 continues north into Kansas
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

1. ↑ Oklahoma Department of Transportation. "State Highway System: Log of U.S. Highway 77" (PDF). Retrieved September 27, 2012. 
2. ↑ Blakely, Tom
3. 1 2 3 Oklahoma Department of Transportation (n.d.). Control Section Maps: Love County (PDF) (Map) (2010–2011 ed.). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 12, 2012. 
4. ↑ Oklahoma Department of Transportation (n.d.). Control Section Maps: McClain County (PDF) (Map) (2010–2011 ed.). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 16, 2013. 
5. ↑ Oklahoma Department of Transportation (n.d.). Control Section Maps: Murray County (PDF) (Map) (2010–2011 ed.). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 16, 2013. 
6. ↑ Oklahoma Atlas and Gazetteer (Map). 1:200,000. DeLorme. 2006. 
7. ↑ Oklahoma Department of Transportation (n.d.). Control Section Maps: Cleveland County (PDF) (Map) (2010–2011 ed.). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 16, 2013. 
8. ↑ Oklahoma Department of Transportation (n.d.). Control Section Maps: Oklahoma County (PDF) (Map) (2010–2011 ed.). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 16, 2013. 
9. ↑ Oklahoma Department of Transportation (n.d.). Control Section Maps: Carter County (PDF) (Map) (2010–2011 ed.). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 16, 2013. 
10. ↑ Stuve, Eric. U.S. 77. OKHighways. URL accessed 9 March 2007.

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