State Highway 55 is a
state highway
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in western
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
. It runs for
from
Carter, Oklahoma
Carter is a town in Beckham County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 256 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Carter is located at (35.218187, -99.505054).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all ...
to the unincorporated community of
Lake Valley. It has no lettered spur routes.
Route description
SH-55 begins at
State Highway 34 in Carter, in eastern
Beckham Co. It heads east for six miles (10 km), where it meets
State Highway 6 and
overlap
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* Ove ...
s it to the south. After running along the Beckham/
Washita Co. line, it splits off to the east near
Retrop. It then meets
State Highway 44 in
Sentinel
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Places Mountains
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* Sentinel Dome, a naturally occurring grani ...
. Seven miles later it meets
US-183 in
Rocky
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. It then terminates at
State Highway 54 in Lake Valley.
Junction list
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References
External links
SH-55 at OKHighways
055
Transportation in Beckham County, Oklahoma
Transportation in Washita County, Oklahoma