Oklahoma State Highway 270

State Highway 270
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	14.45 mi[1][2] (23.26 km)
Existed:	1979[3] (March 5?[4]) – present
Major junctions
West end:	US-62 in Harrah
East end:	US-177 north of Shawnee
Highway system
Oklahoma State Highways Interstate U.S. Turnpikes ← US-270 US-271 →

State Highway 270, abbreviated as SH-270, is a highway maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It runs on a former alignment of US-270 between US-62 in Harrah and US-177 north of Shawnee. (US-270 is now concurrent with Interstate 40 through the area.) The highway is 14.45 miles (23.26 km) long. SH-270 has no lettered spur routes.

Route description

SH-270's western terminus at US-62

State Highway 270 begins at US-62 in Harrah, in Oklahoma County. The road runs through town on a southeast course, paralleling a rail line. As it leaves town, the highway gradually curves to the south. SH-270 runs along Harrah Road to S.E. 29th Street, where it makes a hard left, turning to the east.^[5]

SH-270 continues east for one mile (1.6 km) until it crosses into Pottawatomie County, where the name of the road changes to Oklahoma Street. SH-270 then enters McLoud, where it has a brief concurrency with State Highway 102. After leaving McLoud, it then turns back to the southeast, parallel to the same railroad it ran alongside in Harrah. SH-270 turns east upon reaching the small town of Dale. It then crosses over the railroad and the North Canadian River. After passing through Dale, it ends at US-177.^[5]

History

Prior to 1979, US-270 ran through Oklahoma City on surface streets. It left the city and ran through Choctaw concurrent with US-62. US-270 split away from US-62 in Harrah, and continued on to Shawnee on what is now SH-270.^[6]

On March 5, 1979, US-270 was rerouted to run concurrent with Interstate 40 from south of Calumet in Canadian County through the Oklahoma City metro, exiting the Interstate onto a surface alignment in Shawnee.^[4] Presumably, SH-270 was commissioned the same date. The realignment of US-270, with SH-270 on the old alignment between Harrah and Shawnee, appears on the 1979 state map. SH-270 followed the same path in 1979 as it does today.^[3]

Junction list

County	Location	mi[7]	km	Destinations	Notes
Oklahoma	Harrah	0.0	0.0	US-62	Western terminus
Pottawatomie	McLoud	7.7	12.4	SH-102	Western terminus of SH-102 concurrency
		7.9	12.7	SH-102	Eastern terminus of SH-102 concurrency
		14.4	23.2	US-177	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Oklahoma Department of Transportation (2010-01-01). Control Section Maps: Oklahoma County (PDF) (Map) (2010–2011 ed.). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
2. Oklahoma Department of Transportation (2010-01-01). Control Section Maps: Pottawatomie County (PDF) (Map) (2010–2011 ed.). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
3. Official State Map (PDF) (Map) (1979 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
4. Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Planning & Research Division. "Memorial Dedication & Revision History - US-270". Retrieved 2009-01-14.
5. Oklahoma Atlas and Gazetteer (Map). 1:200,000. DeLorme. 2006. p. 43.
6. Official State Map (PDF) (Map) (1978 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
7. Google (2013-05-03). "Oklahoma State Highway 270" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-05-03.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• SH-270 at OKHighways