State Highway 162 (SH-162/OK-162) is a Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Muskogee County
''ODOT 2006 Control Section Maps''. URL accessed September 20, 2006. (2.1 km)

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in the

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that provides access from US-62/ US-64/ SH-16 to the town of Taft. The highway lies entirely within

Muskogee County Muskogee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 70,990. The county seat is Muskogee. The county and city were named for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.spur route A spur route is a short road forming a branch from a longer, more important road such as a freeway, Interstate Highway, or motorway. A bypass or beltway should not be considered a true spur route as it typically reconnects with another or the s ...

itself, the highway has no letter-suffixed spur routes of its own.

Route description

SH-162 begins at the US-62/64/SH-16 expressway south of Taft, then proceeds due north for , ending on the western edge of town. The route's northern terminus is at Old Taft Road, the old alignment of US-62/64.

History

From the routes' establishment into the mid-1960s, US-62 and US-64 passed through Taft along what is now Old Taft Road en route to the county seat of Muskogee. On July 10, 1967, however, the state shifted the routes onto the present-day expressway south of town. SH-162 was created around the same time, allowing Taft to remain connected to the state highway system. The change to US-62/64/SH-16's alignment was not reflected on the official state highway map until the 1969 edition; this was also the first edition of the state highway map to show SH-162.

Junction list

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External links

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SH-162 at OKHighways.com
162 Transportation in Muskogee County, Oklahoma