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Local motorists needing to access State Highway 66 between US-177 and SH-102 will have a signed detour while those exiting I-44/Turner Turnpike will detour to US-177 to US-62 to SH-102 to SH-66.
The historic U.S. Route 66 (US-66, Route 66), sometimes known as the Will Rogers Highway after Oklahoma native Will Rogers, ran from west to northeast across the state of Oklahoma, along the path now taken by Interstate 40 (I-40) and State Highway 66 (SH-66). It passed through Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and many smaller communities.
The 11th Street Bridge was completed in December 1915 to carry vehicles across the Arkansas River at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Used from 1916 to 1972, it was also a part of U.S. Route 66 . [ 1 ] Functionally, it has been replaced by the I-244 bridges across the Arkansas.
The Route 66 Historical Village at 3770 Southwest Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an open-air museum along historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66). [1] The village includes a 194-foot-tall (59 m) oil derrick at the historic site of the first oil strike in Tulsa on June 25, 1901, which helped make Tulsa the "Oil Capital of the World". [1]
The pony truss bridge in Bridgeport, the longest span along Route 66, is back open as Oklahoma prepares for the highway's 2026 centennial. The pony truss bridge in Bridgeport, the longest span ...
Rock Creek Bridge: 1937 2008-09-04 Blanco vicinity: Pittsburg: Squirrel Creek Bridge: 1916–1917 2010-9-3 Shawnee vicinity: Pottawatomie: State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River: 1937, 1938 1996-12-20 Ravenna: Bryan: K-truss through bridge
Eleventh Street Arkansas River Bridge: Eleventh Street Arkansas River Bridge: December 13, 1996 : Former U.S. Route 66 over the Arkansas River from Tulsa to West Tulsa: Tulsa: 31: Elizabeth Manor: June 8, 2015
The Ozark Trail ran through southwest Missouri and across Oklahoma, the Texas panhandle, and on into New Mexico. [5] Much of this route became the famed U.S. Route 66. The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1925, which finally incorporated the Deep South into the Federal roads program, made the group's basic functions obsolete and it disbanded.