State Highway 125 (abbreviated SH-125) is a state highway in northeastern
Oklahoma
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that is long. It begins in the south at
Grand Lake O' the Cherokees
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, ending in
Miami
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at
US-69
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/
SH-10
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* Smith Street Motorway (Queensland)
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. It has no lettered spur routes.
SH-125 was established in the late 1950s as a gravel spur to Monkey Island from
US-59. It was paved within the first five years of its existence, and was extended north to Miami in the early 1970s.
Route description
State Highway 125 begins on
Monkey Island
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, a peninsula jutting into
Grand Lake, at the Shangri-La resort at the southern tip of the peninsula. From the southern terminus, the highway proceeds northeast through a series of sharp curves, providing access to
Grand Lake Regional Airport, a
general aviation
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facility. It continues north to the former
Teramiranda Airport, then crosses Echo Bay, leaving Monkey Island.
The route then meets
State Highway 85A north of SH-125's southern terminus; this junction forms SH-85A's eastern terminus.
North of the junction, SH-125 makes a hard right, turning east, then a hard left, turning it back on a northward course. After negotiating a few curves west of
Copeland, SH-125 crosses from
Delaware County into
Ottawa County.
SH-125 intersects
US-59 just north of the county line. Its next highway junction, with
US-60, occurs in
Fairland, north of the Delaware–Ottawa county line.
SH-125
overlap
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s US-60 for before splitting away to the north.
The highway turns west as it approaches
Miami
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, crossing over
I-44
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(the
Will Rogers Turnpike
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) with no direct access. As it enters Miami, it turns to the north, curving northeast to bridge the
Neosho River
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, one of the two primary tributaries of Grand Lake.
As the route lands on the north shore of the river, it begins to follow South Main Street. SH-125 ends at
Steve Owens Boulevard (3rd Avenue), which carries
US-69
U.S. Route 69 (US 69) is a major north–south United States highway. When it was first created, it was only long, but it has since been expanded into a Minnesota to Texas cross-country route. The highway's southern terminus (as well as ...
and
SH-10
Route 10, or Highway 10, can refer to routes in the following countries:
International
* European route E10
* European route E010
Argentina
* La Pampa Provincial Route 10
Australia Queensland
* Smith Street Motorway (Queensland)
* Scenic ...
.
History
SH-125 first appears on the 1959 edition of the Oklahoma state highway map. Initially, it began at Monkey Island and had a northern terminus at US-59 (which, at the time, was also concurrent with
SH-25). In 1959, the entirety of SH-125 had a gravel driving surface.
By 1961, the highway had been paved.
The highway's northern terminus was moved to Miami by 1972, extending it through rural Ottawa County and Fairland.
No major changes to the highway have occurred since then.
Junction list
References
External links
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SH-125 at OKHighways
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Transportation in Delaware County, Oklahoma
Transportation in Ottawa County, Oklahoma