State Highway 59, abbreviated SH-59, is a
state highway
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in central
Oklahoma
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. It runs from
Criner, Oklahoma in
McClain Co. to
Wewoka.
Route description
SH-59 begins at
SH-39 north of Criner and immediately heads due south through that town. It turns due east six miles (9.6 km) north of
Lindsay, serving
Payne instead. After a concurrency with
SH-24, SH-59 crosses
SH-74 and has an interchange with
I-35
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.
Shortly after passing under the interstate, it meets
US-77
U.S. Route 77 (US 77) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway which extends for in the central United States. As of 2005, Its southern terminus is in Brownsville, Texas, at Veteran's International Bridge on the Mexican border, wh ...
south of
Wayne, and passes through the small towns of
Rosedale and
Byars. Five miles (8 km) east of Byars, it meets
U.S. Highway 177
U.S. Route 177 (US-177) is a spur of U.S. Route 77. It currently runs for 233 miles (375 km) from South Haven, Kansas at US-81 to Madill, Oklahoma at US-70. It passes through the states of Kansas and Oklahoma.
Route description
Oklahoma
...
and turns northward to join with it.
SH-3W joins the concurrency five miles later.
The three highways cross over the
South Canadian River to enter
Pottawatomie Co. just south of
Asher
Asher ( he, אָשֵׁר ''’Āšēr''), in the Book of Genesis
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. In Asher, SH-59 meets SH-39 a second time, and six miles (10 km) later it splits off from US-177 and SH-3W to head east again, through
St. Louis, Oklahoma and
Maud. It forms a concurrency with
US-377/
SH-99/SH-3E south of
Seminole, before splitting off near
Bowlegs. It meets
US-270 west of
Wewoka, and then ends two miles (3 km) later.
History
SH-59 was first added to the state highway system in 1932 and was entirely contained within McClain County, running from Wayne to
State Highway 18
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* Asian Highway 18
* European route E18
* European route E018
Argentina
*
Australia
* Waterfall Way
Canada
* Alberta Highway 18
* British Columbia Highway 18
* Manitoba Highway 18
* Ont ...
(present-day US-177).
It was extended eastward to end at
SH-48 (present-day US-377/SH-99) north of Bowlegs in 1947 or 1948.
It was extended to its present eastern terminus in 1965 or 1966,
and no significant changes have been made since.
Spurs
SH-59A
SH-59A runs from US-177/SH-59 east to connect with SH-3W south of SH-59's own connection with the highway. This allows eastbound travelers to more easily access
Ada
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Places
Africa
* Ada Foah, a town in Ghana
* Ada (Ghana parliament constituency)
* Ada, Osun, a town in Nigeria
Asia
* Ada, Urmia, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Ada, Karaman, a village in Karaman Province, Tur ...
. It is long.
SH-59B
SH-59B runs from SH-59 south to connect with
SH-19 just east of Lindsay. It is long.
SH-59B
A second SH-59B runs east from
SH-102 through
Macomb, ending at US-177 / SH-3W north of Asher, a distance of . (Neither Mapquest nor Google Maps show these endpoints; they instead indicate 59B runs from the vicinity of the Pottawatomie/Cleveland County line, well west of SH-102, east past that road to US-177. Google additionally shows 59B running past US-177 a short additional distance east to
Oklahoma State Highway 18.)
The highway's entire length lies in Pottawatomie County. SH-59B does not directly connect to SH-59.
Junction list
References
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External links
SH-59 at OKHighways
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Transportation in McClain County, Oklahoma
Transportation in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
Transportation in Seminole County, Oklahoma