U.S. Route 177 (US-177) is a spur of U.S. Route 77. It currently runs for 233 miles (375 km) from

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at US-81 to Madill, Oklahoma at

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. It passes through the states of Kansas and

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Route description

Oklahoma

US-177 begins concurrent with State Highway 199 at the

junction near Madill, Oklahoma. From this point, it heads northwest, serving as the southern terminus of

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and the main street of Mannsville. The route turns northward in Dickson, where it splits from SH-199. East of

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, it is the eastern end of SH-53. US-177 then runs through the Chickasaw National Recreation Area and the town of

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, where it has a brief concurrency with SH-7. On the north side of Sulphur lies a partial interchange with the Chickasaw Turnpike. US-177 continues north into western Garvin County, serving as the eastern terminus of SH-29 and crossing SH-19 in Stratford. The route then cuts across the narrow eastern tip of

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, where it begins concurrencies with both State Highway 59 and State Highway 3W. The three highways then cross the Canadian River into Pottawatomie County, where they meet SH-39 at a four-way stop in Asher. Near unincorporated Pearson, SH-59 splits off to the east. US-177/SH-3W continue north to

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, where they have an interchange with SH-9. At this interchange,

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joins the concurrency. The three highways run along the west side of Shawnee. At the Interstate 40 interchange, SH-3W reunites with SH-3E, and the unified SH-3 (along with US-270) follows I-40. US-177 continues northward alone. After crossing into Lincoln County, US-177 meets

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in Jacktown. Just west of Warwick, it meets SH-66 (old

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), and then passes under Interstate 44 (the

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), with no interchange. I-44 is accessed through the SH-66 – Wellston (Exit 157) interchange. US-177 then continues north, connecting to the town of Carney via SH-40A, the shortest state highway in Oklahoma. West of Tryon, it intersects State Highway 105. It then enters

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just south of the Cimarron River. In Payne County, US-177 almost immediately passes through the town of

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. North of that community, it has a one-mile (1.6 km) concurrency with State Highway 33. It then passes through the county seat, Stillwater, the home of Oklahoma State University. There, it intersects SH-51. North of Stillwater, it serves as the western terminus of the Cimarron Turnpike Spur. Farther north, in Noble County, it crosses US-64 and the mainline of the Cimarron Turnpike. It then has a four mile (6.4 km) concurrency with State Highway 15. US-177 then enters its final county in Oklahoma,

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. It serves Ponca City, where it begins a wrong-way concurrency with its parent, US-77, as well as US-60 (which is signed the "correct" direction). The routes split near Tonkawa. US-177 then runs through

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and Braman. North of Braman, the route is the northernmost exit on

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. Six miles (9.7 km) after the I-35 junction, US-177 leaves Oklahoma.

Kansas

US-177 then enters

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near Hunnewell. Only 4 mi (6.4 km) north of the state line, US-177 ends at US-81 in downtown

. The terminus is less than a mile from the western terminus of US-166 (also on US-81) north of town.

History

Originally, the highway functioned as a shortcut for Wichita to Oklahoma City traffic traveling between US-81 at South Haven, KS and US-77 at

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(where US-77 and State Highway 156 intersect outside

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today). During the 1960s, the highway was extended south to Madill, Oklahoma, replacing the entire length of State Highway 40 from Ponca City, Oklahoma to then-

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(near Wellston, Oklahoma) and the portion of

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between Shawnee, Oklahoma and Madill, Oklahoma (the segment between US-66 and Shawnee was constructed at this time). Vestiages of these highways remain in spur routes State Highway 40A, located entirely in Carney, Oklahoma and State Highway 18A, located south of

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. During this extension, the alignments of US-77 and US-177 were altered in North Central Oklahoma as follows: US-77 was relocated to run north from Three Sands Jct to Tonkawa, Oklahoma on the former route of US-177, then east on

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to Ponca City, Oklahoma. This also involved a new US-60 alignment between Tonkawa, Oklahoma and Ponca City, Oklahoma, where US-60, US-77, and US-177 all overlap on the same highway (which results in northbound US-77, eastbound US-60, and southbound US-177 traffic running in the same compass direction: east).

Junction list

State Highway 40A

State Highway 40A is an highway in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. It is numbered after State Highway 40, the predecessor to US-177. It is the shortest state highway in Oklahoma. The highway connects US-177 to the town of Carney, Oklahoma. It has a 25 mph (40 km/h) speed limit.

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External links

Endpoints of U.S. Highway 177
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U.S. Route 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 ...