U.S. Route 75 (US 75) is a major north-south highway that enters the U.S. state of

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 ...

from

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concurrent with

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 ...

crossing the Red River. US 75 serves the city of

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, the 2nd largest city in Oklahoma.

Route description

US 75 enters the state concurrent with US 69 as a freeway. The freeway status drops between Colbert and Calera. The two highways regain their freeway status in Durant. This freeway ends about 12 miles north of Durant. The two highways split in Atoka. Through traffic traveling to

usually uses US 69 to the

Indian Nation Turnpike The Indian Nation Turnpike, also designated State Highway 375 (SH-375), is a toll road in southeastern Oklahoma, United States, running between Hugo and Henryetta, Oklahoma, a distance of . It is the longest tollway in the state. Route descript ...

as a faster route. Leaving Atoka, US 75 serves many small communities and crosses the

Canadian River The Canadian River is the longest tributary of the Arkansas River in the United States. It is about long, starting in Colorado and traveling through New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and Oklahoma. The drainage area is about .I-40 Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west Interstate Highway running through the south-central portion of the United States. At a length of , it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80. From west to ea ...

US 62 U.S. Route 62 or U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs from the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, to Niagara Falls, New York, near the Canadian border. It is the only east-west United States Numbered Highway that connects Mexico and Canada ...

about 82 miles northwest of Atoka. The three highways travel east to

Henryetta Henryetta is a city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 5,927 at the 2010 census, down 9.6 percent from the figure of 6,096 recorded in 2000. History Hugh Henry established a ranch on Creek Nation land in 1885. He so ...

. US 62 and US 75 leave I-40 at an interchange with the Indian Nation Turnpike. The two highways serve as a major route through the town. US 62 leaves US 75 in Okmulgee. Coming out of Okmulgee, US 75 starts to enter a more urban area traveling into

. US 75 becomes a freeway in Glenpool, interchanging with the

Creek Turnpike The Creek Turnpike, also designated State Highway 364 (SH-364), is a freeway-standard toll road that lies entirely in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The turnpike forms a partial beltway around the south and east sides of Tulsa, Oklahoma's second ...

in Jenks. US 75 travels through western Tulsa before reaching an interchange at

I-244 Interstate 244 (I-244), also known as the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Expressway (in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.) since 1984, the Crosstown Expressway, and the Red Fork Expressway, is a east–west Interstate Highway bypass route ...

. The two highways travel into

Downtown Tulsa Downtown Tulsa is an area of approximately surrounded by an inner-dispersal loop created by Interstate 244, US 64, and US 75. The area serves as Tulsa's financial and business district, and is the focus of a large initiative to draw tourism, which ...

together, where US 75 splits off with a short overlap with US 64/ SH 51. US 75 leaves downtown crossing I-244 for a second time. US 75 serves north Tulsa before returning to a surface highway. From here, the highway travels to

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, only passing through the major community of

Bartlesville Bartlesville is a city mostly in Washington County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 37,290 at the 2020 census. Bartlesville is north of Tulsa and south of the Kansas border. It is the county seat of Washington County. The Can ...

Tulsa expressways

The following is list of names for the expressway part of US 75 in the Tulsa area. *Okmulgee-Bee Line Expressway (Okmulgee to Creek Turnpike) *Okmulgee Expressway (Creek Turnpike to I-244) *Martin Luther King, Junior Memorial Expressway (overlap with I-244) *Broken Arrow Expressway (southern leg of Inner Dispersal Loop) *

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Memorial Expressway (eastern leg of the Inner Dispersal Loop) *Chapelle Family Memorial Expressway (Inner Dispersal Loop to East 56th Street North) *Cherokee Expressway (56th Street and north).

Junction list

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External links

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