U.S. Route 77 in Oklahoma

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U.S. Route 77 marker

U.S. Route 77
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Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length: 267.21 mi[1] (430.03 km)
Major junctions
South end: I-35 / US 77 at the Texas state line
North end: US-77 at the Kansas state line
Location
Counties: Love, Carter, Murray, Garvin, McClain, Cleveland, Oklahoma, Logan, Noble, Kay
Highway system
SH-76 SH-77H

U.S. Highway 77 (US-77) in Oklahoma is a 267.21-mile-long (430.03 km) U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It travels from south to north, paralleling Interstate 35 (I-35), connecting Texas to Kansas through the central part of the state. It travels through many major cities, including Ardmore, Oklahoma City and its suburbs, Guthrie, and Ponca City. 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.

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.

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US 77 in Ardmore, north of SH-199

North of Ardmore, US-77 continues as a four-lane divided highway to Springer. It crosses State Highway 53 south of Springer. North of Springer, US-77 reverts to a two-lane highway and enters the Arbuckle Mountains, providing access to Turner Falls and having some hairpin curves over a section of roadway paved and constructed in the 1920s using prison labor from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. It then passes through Davis (where it has a brief concurrency with State Highway 7. North of Davis, it passes through unincorporated Joy and passes through Wynnewood, where it carries State Highway 29. It then passes through Pauls Valley, Paoli, and Wayne. Next, it enters Purcell, 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 into Lexington, where SH-39 splits off. It then heads through Slaughterville and Noble before entering Norman.

A major reconstruction on US-77 through Norman 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.[2]

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US 77 north, concurrent with I-235, in Oklahoma City

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, 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. 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. After passing the north end of State Highway 86, it turns back northward and has a half-interchange with the Cimarron Turnpike. It then carries State Highway 15 for four miles (6 km). At Tonkawa, it begins a wrong-way concurrency with U.S. Highway 177 and U.S. Highway 60. It splits off to the north to head through Ponca City and Newkirk, before crossing over the Kansas line towards Arkansas City, Kansas.

History

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US 77 in Norman, along 12th Avenue, which was previously part of OK-77H

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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

State Highway 153
Location: Thackerville
Length: 0.50 mi[3] (0.80 km)

State Highway 153 (abbreviated SH-153) is a short state highway in Love County, Oklahoma. At 0.50 miles (0.80 km),[3] it is the shortest non-suffixed state highway in Oklahoma. SH-153 connects U.S. Highway 77 in Thackerville, Oklahoma to Interstate 35 at mile marker 5. It has no lettered spur routes.

Browse numbered routes
SH-152 SH-153 SH-156

SH-77C

State Highway 77C
Location: Purcell
Length: 0.47 mi[4] (0.76 km)

State Highway 77C is an unsigned route through Purcell.

SH-77D

State Highway 77D
Location: Murray County
Length: 10.30 mi[5] (16.58 km)

State Highway 77D is a Y-shaped spur route through the Turner Falls area. The main branch of SH-77D begins at US-77 south of Davis, north of I-35. It crosses under I-35 twice before ending at the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center. It also provides access to Price Falls.[6]

SH-77H

State Highway 77H
Location: NormanOklahoma City
Length: 9.07 mi[7][8] (14.60 km)

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State Highway 77H begins at Tecumseh Road and follows 12th Avenue N.E. through Norman, then turns into Sooner Road in Moore. The highway ends at I-240 in Oklahoma City.

SH-77S

State Highway 77S
Location: Lake Murray State Park and vicinity
Length: 30.04 mi[3][9] (48.34 km)

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. It runs north towards Lake Murray then traverses the western shore of the lake. After entering Carter County, it intersects US-70 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

County Location mi[10] km Destinations Notes
Love 0.00 0.00 SH-32 – Durant, Marietta Southern terminus
Lake Murray SP 7.1 11.4 SH-77S (eastern spur) north Southern terminus of eastern spur
Carter 10.8 17.4 SH-77S (western spur) west (Lodge Road) Eastern terminus of western spur
15.9 25.6 US-70 – Madill
Ardmore 17.6 28.3 10th Avenue SE Northern terminus; road continues as Lake Murray Drive
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Eastern spur

The entire route is in Lake Murray State Park.

County mi[11] km Destinations Notes
Love 0.00 0.00 SH-77S – Lodge, Marietta Southern terminus; road continues north as SH-77S (main)
Carter 9.9 15.9 US-70 – Madill Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Western spur

County Location mi[12] km Destinations Notes
LoveCarter
county line
0.00 0.00 I‑35 – Dallas, Oklahoma City Western terminus; I-35 exit 24; road continues briefly as County Line Road
0.4 0.64 US-77 – Ardmore, Marietta
Lake Murray SP 2.6 4.2 Serves Lake Murray State Park Airport
Carter 2.8 4.5 SH-77S Eastern terminus; road continues as Lodge Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Junction list

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County Location mi[13] km Exit Destinations Notes
Love Red River 0.00 0.00 I-35 / US 77 south – Dallas, Fort Worth Continuation into Texas
1.0 1.6 I‑35 north Northern terminus of I-35 concurrency; I-35 exit 1
Thackerville 5.3 8.5 SH-153 Western terminus of SH-153
Marietta 15.5 24.9 SH-32 east (Main Street) Southern terminus of SH-32 concurrency
15.6 25.1 SH-32 west (Memorial Drive) Northern terminus of SH-32 concurrency
LoveCarter
county line
SH-77S (western spur) – Lake Murray
Carter Ardmore 29.8 48.0 US-70
32.2 51.8 SH-199 (Broadway Street)
34.2 55.0 SH-142 (Veterans Boulevard)
Springer 41.1 66.1 SH-53
Murray 48.0 77.2 I‑35 – Dallas, Oklahoma City I-35 exit 47
To SH-77D south / Old Highway 77D Former SH-77D south
52.4 84.3 I‑35 – Oklahoma City, Dallas I-35 exit 51
SH-77D south Northern terminus of SH-77D
Davis 56.2 90.4 SH-7 west (Main Street west) Southern terminus of SH-7 concurrency
56.6 91.1 SH-7 east (Main Street east) Northern terminus of SH-7 concurrency
MurrayGarvin
county line
65.5 105.4 SH-17A Eastern terminus of SH-17A
Garvin Wynnewood 67.0 107.8 SH-29 east (Kerr Boulevard) Southern terminus of SH-29 concurrency
69.0 111.0 SH-29 west Northern terminus of SH-29 concurrency
Pauls Valley 75.5 121.5 SH-19 east (Grant Avenue east) Southern terminus of SH-19 concurrency
75.7 121.8 SH-19 west (Grant Avenue west) Northern terminus of SH-19 concurrency
Paoli 83.0 133.6 SH-145 Eastern terminus of SH-145
McClain Wayne 90.0 144.8 SH-59
Purcell 96.1 154.7 SH-74 south Southern terminus of SH-74 concurrency
97.0 156.1 SH-39 west (Wyatt Road) Southern terminus of SH-39 concurrency
96.1 154.7 SH-74 north (Green Avenue north) Northern terminus of SH-74 concurrency
Cleveland Lexington 99.4 160.0 SH-39 east (Broadway Street) Northern terminus of SH-39 concurrency
Norman 113.0 181.9 SH-9 Parclo interchange
113.8 183.1 SH-77H (12th Avenue NE) Southern terminus of SH-77H
121.3 195.2 I‑35 south Southbound exit northbound left entrance; southern terminus of I-35 concurrency; I-35 exit 113
Moore 114 Indian Hills Road Exit numbers follow I-35
116 S. 19th Street
124.8 200.8 117 SH-37 (S. 4th Street) / Main Street / N. 5th Street Signed only for SH-37 (S. 4th Street) southbound
118 N. 12th Street / Main Street / N. 5th Street Signed only for N. 12th Street northbound
119A Shields Boulevard Northbound exit and southbound entrance
119B N. 27th Street
Oklahoma City 120 SE 89th Street
Oklahoma 121A SE 82nd Street Southbound exit and northbound entrance
121B I‑240 / US-62 west / SH-3 – Lawton, Ft. Smith Southern terminus of US-62 concurrency
122A SE 66th Street No northbound entrance
122B SE 59th Street
123A SE 51st Street No northbound entrance
123B SE 44th Street No southbound entrance
124A Grand Boulevard
124B SE 29th Street / SE 25th Street Signed as exit 125A southbound
125B SE 15th Street Signed as exit 125D southbound
1A I‑235 (Centennial Expressway) begins
I‑35 north / I‑40 / US-62 east (US-270 east) – Wichita, Ft. Smith
Exit number follows I-235; no exit number northbound; left exit and entrance southbound; northern terminus of I-35/US-62 concurrency; southern terminus of I-235 concurrency
125C Oklahoma City Boulevard Exit number based on I-35 mileposts; northbound left exit only
1B I‑40 west (US-270 west) – Amarillo Exit numbers follow I-235
1C Sheridan Avenue – Downtown Northbound exit only
Oklahoma City Boulevard Southbound exit only
1D Lincoln Boulevard – Oklahoma Health Center, State Capitol Northbound exit and southbound entrance
1E Harrison Avenue / N. 10th Street No southbound exit
1F N. 6th Street / Walnut Avenue No northbound exit
1G N. 10th Street – Oklahoma Health Center Southbound exit and northbound entrance
2A N. 23rd Street / Santa Fe Avenue Northbound exit and southbound entrance
2B N. 23rd Street / Broadway Avenue – State Capitol Southbound exit and northbound entrance
3 N. 36th Street
4A NW 50th Street Southbound entrance only; northbound exit and entrance closed, to be merged into I-44 exit (under construction)[14]
I‑44 (SH-66) – Lawton, Tulsa
I‑235 (Centennial Expressway) ends
Northern terminus of I-235 concurrency; I-44 west exit 127, east exits 127A-B
N. 63rd Street
Wilshire Boulevard – Nichols Hills
Britton Road
Hefner Road – Lake Hefner
NE 122nd Street
Kilpatrick Turnpike No southbound exit to Kilpatrick Tpk. eastbound
Memorial Road / Kelly Avenue North end of freeway
Edmond I‑35 south (SH-66 west) – Oklahoma City, Downtown
SH-66 east (2nd Street east) – Tulsa
Southern terminus of I-35 concurrency; I-35 exit 141
142 Danforth Road Exit numbers follow I-35
143 Covell Road
146 Waterloo Road
Logan 151 Seward Road
Guthrie I‑35 north – Wichita Cleo Bradshaw Interchange; northern terminus of I-35 concurrency; I-35 exit 153
SH-33
SH-74C Eastern terminus of SH-74C
SH-51 east Southern terminus of SH-51 concurrency
SH-51 west Northern terminus of SH-51 concurrency
Noble SH-164 Eastern terminus of SH-164
Perry I‑35 – Guthrie, Tonkawa I-35 exit 185
SH-86 Northern terminus of SH-86
US-64 west (Fir Street west) Western terminus of US-64 concurrency
US-64 east (Fir Street east) Eastern terminus of US-64 concurrency
US-412 / Cimarron Turnpike east – Tulsa No access to US-412/Cimarron Tpk. west; Cimarron Tpk. exit 2
SH-15 east Southern terminus of SH-15 concurrency
SH-15 west (Acre Road) Northern terminus of SH-15 concurrency
SH-156 Southern terminus of SH-156
Kay Tonkawa
US-60 Bus. east (North Avenue)
Southern terminus of US-60 Bus. concurrency

US-60 Bus. ends / US-60 west
Interchange; western terminus of US-60 Bus.; western terminus of US-60 concurrency

US-177 north / US-60 Bus. east
Interchange; US-60 Bus. not signed eastbound; western terminus of US-177 concurrency; eastern terminus of US-60 Bus.
SH-156 south – Marland Interchange; northern terminus of SH-156

US-60 Bus. east
Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; western terminus of US-60 Bus.
Ponca City
US-60 east (Harding Road east) / US-177 south (14th Street) / US-60 Bus. begin
Eastern terminus of US-60/US-177 concurrency; southern terminus of US-60 Bus. concurrency; eastern terminus of US-60 Bus.

US-60 Bus. west (South Avenue)
Northern terminus of US-60 Bus. concurrency
SH-11 east (Coleman Road) Southern terminus of SH-11 concurrency
SH-11 west Northern terminus of SH-11 concurrency
Oklahoma–Kansas line US-77 north – Arkansas City Continuation into Kansas
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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