Oklahoma State Highway 45

State Highway 45 marker

State Highway 45
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length: 64.7 mi (104.1 km)
Existed: 1926[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: SH-14 in Waynoka (concurrent with US-281)
East end: US-60/US-64/US-81 north of Enid
Highway system
SH-44SH-46

State Highway 45 (SH-45 or OK-45) is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs 64.7 miles (104.1 km) west-to-east through Woods, Alfalfa and Garfield counties.[2]

Route description

SH-45 begins at the US-281/SH-14 junction in Waynoka. The first 12 miles (19 km) of SH-45 heading east out of Waynoka is concurrent with US-281. US-281 then splits off to the north. SH-45 continues east for 12 miles (19 km) to Carmen.[3]

Two miles (3.2 km) east of Carmen, SH-34 joins SH-8 for a 3 miles (4.8 km) concurrency to the south, where SH-43 resumes its eastward travel. SH-58 joins SH-43 for a one-mile (1.6 km) concurrency just south of the town of Helena, and at Goltry, SH-45 jogs south a few miles before turning back to the east and heading for a brief concurrency with SH-132 at Carrier. Continuing to the east, SH-45 travels eight more miles (12.9 km) from Carrier, before reaching its terminus at US-60/64/81 at the north edge of Enid.[3]

History

SH-45 was first added to the state highway system between May 1926 and November 1927. The original routing of the highway was from Waynoka to SH-8 in Carmen.[1]

Before 1963, the section of present-day SH-45 between SH-58 and SH-132 was part of the original SH-38.[4] In 1963, all of this SH-38 west of Carrier was renumbered to SH-45 (a northsouth section of SH-38 that connected Carrier to US-60 became part of a SH-132 extension). The same year, SH-45 was extended westward to Waynoka.[5] In either 1971 or 1972, the highway was extended eastward to its present terminus on the northern outskirts of Enid.[6] No major changes have occurred since.

Junction list

CountyLocationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
WoodsWaynoka0.00.0 US-281 / SH-14Western terminus (SH-45 begins concurrent with US-281), southern terminus of SH-14.
 12.119.5 US-281Eastern terminus of US-281 concurrency
Alfalfa 26.142.0 SH-8Northern terminus of SH-8 concurrency
 29.146.8 SH-8Southern terminus of SH-8 concurrency
Helena38.161.3 SH-58Western terminus of SH-58 concurrency
 39.162.9 SH-58Eastern terminus of SH-58 concurrency
GarfieldCarrier56.090.1 SH-132Northern terminus of SH-132 concurrency
56.891.4 SH-132Southern terminus of SH-132 concurrency
Enid64.7104.1 US-60 / US-64 / US-81Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Oklahoma State Highway System (PDF) (Map) (1927 ed.). Oklahoma State Highway Department. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  2. 1 2 Stuve, Eric. "OK-45". OKHighways.com. Retrieved September 20, 2006.
  3. 1 2 Official State Map (PDF) (Map) (2009–10 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
  4. Oklahoma 1962 (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
  5. Oklahoma 1963 (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
  6. 1972 Highway Map of Oklahoma (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved 2008-03-13.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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