State Highway 4 (Oklahoma)
The two SH-4s were never connected. The Central Oklahoma highway was established in 1941 and gradually extended to its present extent between then and 2003. The Eastern Oklahoma highway was originally numbered SH-21, and was renumbered to SH-4 in 1963.
Route description
Central Oklahoma
The western Highway 4 is 37.3 miles (60.0 km) long. It begins at the eastern terminus of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike Spur south of Newcastle, Oklahoma. Beyond the western terminus of the tolled spur, SH-4 turns northward as a two-lane road until it reaches SH-37, where it expands to four lanes. Seven miles (11 km) later, it joins with SH-152 in the town of Mustang. One mile (1.6 km) later, SH-4 continues northward along Mustang Road toward Interstate 40 and Yukon.
After crossing I-40, SH-4 becomes a two-lane road once again until entering Yukon, at which point it becomes a four-lane road again. It meets SH-66, once Route 66, in Yukon. Seven miles (11 km) later, it meets the Northwest Expressway (SH-3). It lasts for just three miles (4.8 km) longer until ending at Edmond Road in Piedmont.
Just after crossing SH-3, there is a standard distance sign listing Piedmont and "END OF ROUTE", giving the distance to the terminus of SH-4. This is a relative rarity on Oklahoma highways.
Eastern Oklahoma
The eastern Highway 4 is 12.01 miles (19.33 km) long. It begins at US-259 and goes generally east–west, passing through the unincorporated communities of Smithville and Watson. After crossing the Arkansas state line, it becomes Highway 4.
History
Central Oklahoma
The western SH-4 was assigned in 1941 to a previously unnumbered roadway between U.S. Highway 66 in Yukon and Piedmont. A continuation of SH-4 east to North May Avenue in Oklahoma City along Ranchwood Boulevard and NW 10th Street had been designated as a farm-to-market road four years earlier. In 1954, SH-4 was extended eastward along the farm-to-market road to a terminus at State Highway 3 and State Highway 74 (May Avenue) southwest of downtown Oklahoma City.
SH-4 remained unchanged until 1979 when it was truncated to its former southern terminus at US-66 in Yukon. The route was then extended to Mustang in 1982, following Ranchwood Boulevard and Mustang Road south to a new terminus at State Highway 152. Construction on a southward extension of SH-4 to State Highway 37 near Tuttle began in 2001 and was completed a year later, as was a new segment between SH-37 and the H.E. Bailey Turnpike (Interstate 44). SH-4 was originally signed only as far south as SH-37; the designation was extended south to I-44 in early 2003.
On August 9, 2021, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission voted to approve the addition of the State Highway 4 designation to the H.E. Bailey Spur.
Eastern Oklahoma
What is now the eastern SH-4 became part of State Highway 21 in 1927 when SH-21 was rerouted north of Bethel to follow modern U.S. Highway 259 and SH-4 to the Arkansas state line. The SH-21 designation was removed in 1963 and replaced with SH-4 from Smithville east to the state line near Watson. Only minor realignments, such as the straightening of the roadway near Smithville and the replacement of a historic truss bridge by a modern span have occurred since.
Junction list
Central Oklahoma
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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McClain | | US 62 / US 277 / SH-9 | Southern terminus | ||||
See H. E. Bailey Norman Spur | |||||||
Grady | | 0.00 | 0.00 | H.E. Bailey Spur – Blanchard, Norman | Tolled | ||
| I-44 (H.E. Bailey Turnpike) – Oklahoma City, Chickasha, Lawton | ||||||
| CR 1226 west | Last free junction southbound | |||||
Tuttle | 4.0 | 6.4 | SH-37 | ||||
Canadian | Mustang | 9.6 | 15.4 | SH-152 east | Southern terminus of SH-152 concurrency | ||
10.6 | 17.1 | SH-152 west | Northern terminus of SH-152 concurrency | ||||
Oklahoma City | 16.1 | 25.9 | I-40 / US 270 – Amarillo, Oklahoma City | I-40 EB exit 138A, WB exit 139 | |||
Yukon | 19.2 | 30.9 | SH-66 east (Main Street east) | Southern terminus of SH-66 concurrency | |||
19.5 | 31.4 | SH-66 west (Main Street west) | Northern terminus of SH-66 concurrency; Main St. is former US 66 | ||||
Oklahoma City | 26.2 | 42.2 | SH-3 (Northwest Expressway) | ||||
Piedmont | 29.5 | 47.5 | NW 178th Street / Edmond Road | Northern terminus; road continues as Piedmont Road | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Eastern Oklahoma
The entire route is in McCurtain County.
Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smithville | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 259 | Western terminus | |
| 12.01 | 19.33 | AR 4 east | Continuation into Arkansas | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
- ^ Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. 1941. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ Oklahoma (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. 1963. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Control Section Maps: McCurtain County (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Official State Map (PDF) (Map) (2009–10 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
- ^ Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. 1940. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System and Landing Fields (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. 1936. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. 1937. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ Highways of Oklahoma (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. 1954. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ Highways of Oklahoma (back side) (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. 1954. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ Official State Map (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. 1979. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ Official State Map (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. 1982. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ Official State Map (PDF) (Map) (2001-2002 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ The Road Atlas - Large Scale - United States (Map). Rand McNally. 2002. p. 168. § G13.
- ^ Oklahoma State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. 1926. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ Oklahoma State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. 1927. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ Geography Division (2016). "Oklahoma Governmental Unit Reference Map". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 27, 2017.