U.S. Highway 77 (US-77) in
Oklahoma
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is a
U.S. Highway
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in the U.S. state of
Oklahoma
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. It travels from south to north, paralleling
Interstate 35 (I-35), connecting
Texas
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to
Kansas
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through the central part of the state. It travels through many major cities, including
Ardmore,
Oklahoma City
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and its suburbs,
Guthrie, and
Ponca City
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. It has four lettered spur routes.
US-77 was the first highway in Oklahoma to be paved entirely across the state from state line to state line. It has been a paved roadway since 1930.
Route description
US-77 enters the state along with I-35 but splits off at the first exit in Oklahoma. Four miles later, it passes through
Thackerville. It junctions with
State Highway 32 on the west side of
Marietta
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.
North of Marietta, US-77 passes to the west of Lake Murray and its state park. It then enters
Carter County and Ardmore, where it is named Commerce Street through the city limits over a four-lane divided thoroughfare that includes frontage roads on each side from just south of
SH-199 (West Broadway) to NW 12th Street much like a freeway or expressway, though all intersections on Commerce are at-grade.
![US 77 in Ardmore OK](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/US_77_in_Ardmore_OK.jpg)
North of Ardmore, US-77 continues as a four-lane divided highway to Springer. It crosses
State Highway 53
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south of
Springer
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. North of Springer, US-77 reverts to a two-lane highway and enters the
Arbuckle Mountains
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Turner Falls
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(where it has a brief
concurrency
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with
State Highway 7. North of Davis, it passes through unincorporated
Joy
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and passes through
Wynnewood, where it carries
State Highway 29. It then passes through
Pauls Valley
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,
Paoli, and
Wayne. Next, it enters
Purcell
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, where it concurs with
State Highway 39 and
74.
US-77 and SH-39 split off SH-74 to head eastbound along Washington St. in downtown Purcell. Together, they cross the
James C. Nance Memorial Bridge
The US 77 James C. Nance Memorial Bridge connecting Purcell and Lexington was originally built as a circa 1938 deck truss two-lane bridge and in 2019 rebuilt as a concrete pier four-lane bridge crossing the Canadian River between Purcell, Oklah ...
into
Lexington, where SH-39 splits off. It then heads through
Slaughterville
Slaughterville is a town in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and located in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,137.
The community is made up of mostly homes on acreages so it has reta ...
and
Noble
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before entering
Norman
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.
A major reconstruction on US-77 through
Norman
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completed in April 2009 has realigned US-77 to 12th Avenue East from SH-9 to Tecumseh Road, then west along Tecumseh Road to Flood Avenue, and finally north along Flood Avenue until it merges onto Northbound Interstate-35, the interchange of US-77 and Interstate-35 was modernized and upgraded as part of the widening to six lanes of Interstate-35 to Norman. It formerly ran through downtown Norman along Classen Boulevard, Porter Avenue then west along Robinson Street to Flood Avenue. The north–south section of the new alignment along 12th Avenue was previously flagged as SH-77H.
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I-35 and US-77 remain together until the Fort Smith Junction in downtown Oklahoma City, where it transfers onto Interstate 235. At Interstate 44
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, I-235 ends, but US-77 continues northbound as a freeway, called the Broadway Extension. The Broadway Extension is a major freeway linking the downtown area to Edmond
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...
. In Edmond, it heads east to meet I-35, which it joins again until Guthrie, where it splits off.
In Guthrie, US-77 meets State Highway 33. It continues northbound to serve as the eastern terminus of State Highway 164 and turns eastward toward Perry
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. After passing the north end of State Highway 86, it turns back northward and has a half-interchange with the Cimarron Turnpike
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. It then carries State Highway 15 for . At Tonkawa
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Today, Tonkawa people are enrolled in the federally recognized Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
...
, it begins a wrong-way concurrency
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with U.S. Highway 177 and U.S. Highway 60
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. It splits off to the north to head through Ponca City and Newkirk, before crossing over the Kansas line towards Arkansas City, Kansas
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.
History
left, US 77 in Norman, along 12th Avenue, which was previously part of OK-77H
US-77 has followed Commerce entirely through the Ardmore city limits since 1950 when that thoroughfare was built in its current form as an early bypass along what was then Ardmore's west side to provide a straighter route for through traffic and relieve downtown traffic congestion, replacing the original US-77 route in Ardmore which followed Broadway east from Commerce to "E" Street, north on "E" Street to 12th and west on 12th back to Commerce before proceeding north on Commerce out of the city.
Spurs
SH-153
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in Love County, Oklahoma
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. At , it is the shortest non-suffixed state highway in Oklahoma. SH-153 connects U.S. Highway 77
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in Thackerville, Oklahoma
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Geography
Thackerville is located at (33. ...
to Interstate 35
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at mile marker 5. It has no lettered spur routes.
SH-77C
State Highway 77C is an unsigned route through Purcell
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. It heads east on Main Street, then turns north onto Canadian Avenue. That is the road the eastern terminus of the highway is on, which is at US-77/SH-39.
SH-77D
State Highway 77D is a Y-shaped spur route through the Turner Falls
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. It also provides access to Price Falls.
SH-77H
State Highway 77H begins at Tecumseh Road and follows 12th Avenue N.E. through Norman, then turns into Sooner Road in Moore
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. The highway ends at I-240 in Oklahoma City.
SH-77S
State Highway 77S lies in Love County and Carter County, serving Lake Murray. The main segment of the highway begins in Love County at SH-32, east of Marietta
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. It runs north towards Lake Murray then traverses the western shore of the lake. After entering Carter County, it intersects US-70
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before reaching its northern terminus in Ardmore.
The highway has two spurs, each one also signed as SH-77S. The eastern spur begins at Love County, near the south shores of Lake Murray. It hugs the eastern shore of the lake while heading north, entering Carter County and reaching its northern terminus at US-70.
The western spur (Lodge Road) runs mostly along the Love–Carter county line, connecting the main SH-77S to I-35 at exit 24, serving as the main entrance to Lake Murray State Park.
Main route
Eastern spur
Western spur
Junction list
See also
* List of U.S. Highways in Oklahoma
References
External links
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Transportation in Payne County, Oklahoma
Transportation in Noble County, Oklahoma
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