State Highway 137 (SH-137) is a highway in Ottawa County,

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. It is a two-lane highway beginning at State Highway 10 east of

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and ends at U.S. Highway 60 in Twin Bridges State Park on the north side of the

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. It has no lettered spur routes. SH-137 was established circa 1957. The highway's northern terminus was formerly US-69 Alternate in

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, but the portion of highway from SH-10 to US-69 Alternate has since been removed from the state highway system.

Route description

SH-137 begins at an intersection with US-60 in Twin Bridges State Park. The intersection lies between the

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and the Spring River, near the point where the two rivers merge to form the

. From the terminus, the highway heads northwest out of the park. After clearing the park boundaries, the road curves to due west, then makes a sharp curve onto a due north course. Approximately north of the turn, the highway passes through the unincorporated location of

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. The highway's terminus lies further north, at an intersection with

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History

SH-137 first appears on the 1958 state highway map. At this time, the route began at US-60 and continued north to SH-10 north of Ottawa as it does today. However, it continued north from there; its northern terminus was in

at what was then

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(present day US-69 Alternate). The highway had a gravel surface at this time. SH-137 was paved in its entirety by 1961. The route remained in this configuration throughout the remainder of the twentieth century. In 2002, the portion of highway north of SH-10 was stripped of its designation as SH-137 and turned over to Ottawa County, truncating the route to its present-day termini. No further changes have occurred to the route since.

Junction list

References

External links

SH-137 at OKHighways
137 Transportation in Ottawa County, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-road-stub