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U.S. Route 177 (US-177) is a spur of
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. It currently runs for 233 miles (375 km) from
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at US-81 to
Madill, Oklahoma Madill is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named in honor of George Alexander Madill, an attorney for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. The population at the 2010 census was 3,770, an increas ...
at US-70. It passes through the states of
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and Oklahoma.


Route description


Oklahoma

US-177 begins
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with State Highway 199 at the US-70 junction near
Madill, Oklahoma Madill is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named in honor of George Alexander Madill, an attorney for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. The population at the 2010 census was 3,770, an increas ...
. 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 Gene Autry, it is the eastern end of SH-53. US-177 then runs through the
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and the town of Sulphur, where it has a brief concurrency with SH-7. On the north side of Sulphur lies a partial interchange with the
Chickasaw Turnpike The Chickasaw Turnpike, also designated State Highway 301 (SH-301), is a short toll road in the rural south central region of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A two-lane freeway, it stretches for from north of Sulphur to just south of Ada. The Ok ...
. 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 McClain County, where it begins concurrencies with both State Highway 59 and State Highway 3W. The three highways then cross the
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in
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. Near unincorporated
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, SH-59 splits off to the east. US-177/SH-3W continue north to Tecumseh, where they have an interchange with SH-9. At this interchange, US-270 joins the concurrency. The three highways run along the west side of
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. At the
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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 US-62 in Jacktown. Just west of
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, it meets SH-66 (old Route 66), and then passes under
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(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 Payne County 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
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, Stillwater, the home of
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. There, it intersects SH-51. North of Stillwater, it serves as the western terminus of the
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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, Kay County. It serves
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, where it begins a
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with its parent, US-77, as well as US-60 (which is signed the "correct" direction). The routes split near
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. US-177 then runs through Blackwell 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 Sumner County, Kansas near Hunnewell. Only 4 mi (6.4 km) north of the state line, US-177 ends at US-81 in downtown
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. 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
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traffic traveling between US-81 at South Haven, KS and US-77 at Three Sands Jct, Oklahoma (where US-77 and State Highway 156 intersect outside Marland, Oklahoma today). During the 1960s, the highway was extended south to Madill, Oklahoma, replacing the entire length of State Highway 40 from
Ponca City, Oklahoma Ponca City ( iow, Chína Uhánⁿdhe) is a city in Kay County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The city was named after the Ponca tribe. Ponca City had a population of 25,387 at the time of the 2010 census- and a population of 24,424 in the 2020 ...
to then-
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(near
Wellston, Oklahoma Wellston is a town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 788 at the 2010 census. History Wellston was named by Christian T. Wells, who established a trading post on the site in 1883. The post office officially opened ...
) and the portion of State Highway 18 between
Shawnee, Oklahoma Shawnee ( sac, Shânîheki) is a city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 29,857 in 2010, a 4.9 percent increase from the figure of 28,692 in 2000. The city is part of the Oklahoma City-Shawnee Combined Statistical ...
and
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(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
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and State Highway 18A, located south of Sulphur, Oklahoma. 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 Tonkawa is a city in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River. The population was 3,216 at the 2010 census, a decline of 2.5 percent from the figure of 3,299 in 2000. History Named after the Tonkawa tribe, the cit ...
on the former route of US-177, then east on US-60 to
Ponca City, Oklahoma Ponca City ( iow, Chína Uhánⁿdhe) is a city in Kay County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The city was named after the Ponca tribe. Ponca City had a population of 25,387 at the time of the 2010 census- and a population of 24,424 in the 2020 ...
. This also involved a new US-60 alignment between
Tonkawa, Oklahoma Tonkawa is a city in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River. The population was 3,216 at the 2010 census, a decline of 2.5 percent from the figure of 3,299 in 2000. History Named after the Tonkawa tribe, the cit ...
and
Ponca City, Oklahoma Ponca City ( iow, Chína Uhánⁿdhe) is a city in Kay County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The city was named after the Ponca tribe. Ponca City had a population of 25,387 at the time of the 2010 census- and a population of 24,424 in the 2020 ...
, where US-60, US-77, and US-177 all
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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 Lincoln County is a county in eastern Central Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,273. Its county seat is Chandler. Lincoln County is part of the Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2010, the center of popu ...
. 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 Carney is a town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 647 at the 2010 census. Geography Carney is located at (35.805857, -97.012481). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of . Demo ...
. It has a 25 mph (40 km/h) speed limit.


See also


Related routes

*
U.S. Route 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, w ...
*
U.S. Route 277 U.S. Route 277 (US 277, US-277) is a north–south United States Highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 77. It runs for 633 miles (1,019 km) across Oklahoma and Texas. US 277's northern terminus is in Newcastle, Oklahoma at Inte ...
* U.S. Route 377


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Endpoints of U.S. Highway 177
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