State Highway 95 (abbreviated SH-95) is a
state highway
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in the
Panhandle region of the
U.S. state
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of
Oklahoma
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. This route, which is long, runs entirely through western
Texas County. SH-95 does not have any lettered spur routes.
Route description
SH-95 begins where
Farm to Market Road 1290 crosses into Oklahoma from Texas. Feet (meters) after crossing the state line, the highway curves to the west to parallel the state line as it approaches
Texhoma. In Texhoma, the route crosses
US-54. SH-95 then turns north immediately after the intersection. It then bridges the
Beaver River and heads north for ,
after which it meets
US-64/
412/
SH-3
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.
SH-95 turns west to run concurrent with the other three routes. The four routes proceed together for .
SH-95 then splits off to the north at
Four Corners
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. The route then passes through
Eva
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and runs east of
Surrey Hills before meeting
US-56 just south of
Elkhart, Kansas
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. This intersection serves as SH-95's northern terminus.
History
State Highway 95 began as an unnumbered farm-to-market road.
[ODOT 1950 map] It was first assigned the SH-95 designation between 1950 and 1954.
By 1955, US-56 had been established through Oklahoma. Its original route followed the section of SH-95 north of US-64, so SH-95 was truncated back to the US-64 junction.
This change was reverted in 1961, and US-56 and SH-95 ran concurrent north of US-64.
The following year, US-56 was rerouted over
SH-114, leaving SH-95 on its own once again.
Before 2003, SH-95 extended
beyond US-56 to the Kansas state line, connecting to
K-27. After
KDOT KDOT, K-Dot, or K.Dot may refer to:
* KDOT (FM)
* Kansas Department of Transportation
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realigned K-27 to run east of Elkhart, ODOT truncated SH-95 to US-56.
Junction list
References
External links
{{Attached KML, display=title,inline
SH-95 at OKHighways
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Transportation in Texas County, Oklahoma