State Highway 151 (abbreviated SH-151 or OK-151) runs across
Keystone Dam
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in northeastern
Oklahoma
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. Its entire length is within
Tulsa County
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. The route has no lettered spur routes.
SH-151 was ostensibly assigned to Keystone Dam upon its completion in 1964.
Route description
State Highway 151 begins at a
trumpet interchange
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with
SH-51 east of
Mannford.
While elevated from this interchange, the highway crosses the
BNSF Railway
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.
SH-151, running north-northeast, then serves as the eastern boundary of Keystone State Park.
It then runs across the top of Keystone Dam; on the west side of the dam lies Keystone Lake, while on the east side is the
Arkansas River
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. After crossing the dam, the route ends at
US-64/
US-412 at another trumpet interchange, west of
Sand Springs.
History
Keystone Dam was completed in 1964.
The dam was first shown as a state highway on the 1965 state highway map.
No SH-151 shield was shown on this map, however; presumably it was omitted for space reasons. The highway would remain unlabeled on the official state maps until the 2008 edition.
Junction list
References
External links
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SH-151 at OKHighways
151
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Transportation in Tulsa County, Oklahoma