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State highway in Oklahoma, United States

State Highway 51 markerState Highway 51
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length332.8 mi (535.6 km)
ExistedJune 1, 1927–present
Major junctions
West end US 60 at Texas state line
Major intersections
East end AR 244 at the Arkansas state line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountiesEllis, Dewey, Blaine, Kingfisher, Logan, Payne, Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner, Cherokee, Adair
Highway system
  • Oklahoma State Highway System
← SH-50→ SH-52

State Highway 51, abbreviated to SH-51 or OK-51, is a major state highway in Oklahoma, United States. It runs for 332.8 miles (535.6 km) east–west across the state, running from the Texas state line to Arkansas. It is the third-longest state highway in the system.

Route description

Texas to I-35

SH-51 meets many different highways in Seiling

SH-51 begins at the Texas line concurrent with US-60 just east of Higgins, Texas. It remains concurrent for 61 miles (98 km) until it reaches US-270/US-281/SH-3 at Seiling, Oklahoma. At Seiling, SH-51 joins with those three highways for nine miles (14 km) before splitting off on its own.

Eleven miles (18 km) after splitting off, Highway 51 meets SH-58 in Canton. It then continues east, crossing the North Canadian River and meeting SH-51A before turning northeast toward Okeene, where it intersects SH-8. SH-51 will go for 24 miles (39 km) before intersecting another highway.

In Hennessey SH-51 meets US-81 before continuing eastward. Seventeen miles (27 km) later, it meets SH-74 north of Crescent. Eleven miles (18 km) to the east, it shares a brief concurrency with US-77; Two miles (3.2 km) later it has an interchange at Interstate 35 at Exit 174.

I-35 to Tulsa

After crossing I-35, SH-51 becomes a multilane highway and a major corridor linking I-35 to Stillwater, the home of Oklahoma State University. Along this 13-mile (21 km) stretch is an intersection with SH-86. When SH-51 reaches Stillwater, it meets US-177.

Continuing east from Stillwater, the road returns to a two-lane highway after sharing a 1-mile (1.6 km) concurrency with SH-108 and intersects with SH-18 Eight miles (13 km) later. Four miles (6.4 km) east of this, it passes through Yale, Oklahoma before crossing SH-99. It becomes a multilane highway again after SH-48. It turns into the "Mannford Freeway" before passing through the small towns of Mannford and Lotsee on its way toward the Tulsa area.

Tulsa and beyond

In Sand Springs, SH-51 crosses the Arkansas River with SH-97 before merging onto the Sand Springs Expressway (US-412/US-64). When this freeway ends at I-244 near downtown Tulsa, SH-51 merges onto I-244 southbound only to exit 1 mile (1.6 km) later, where it runs concurrent with US-64/US-75. This freeway is actually Interstate 444, but the route is not signed as such. After one more mile, SH-51 leaves the interstate with US-64 and becomes the Broken Arrow Expressway, a freeway running northwest–southeast through Tulsa which is known as "The BA" by locals and local media. US-64 leaves the freeway as a concurrency with US-169 southbound. Later, SH-51 will exit the freeway and become a four-lane highway toward Coweta. The mainline freeway becomes the Muskogee Turnpike.

At Coweta, SH-51 turns back east after heading southeast through the Tulsa area. After crossing the Muskogee Turnpike again and bridging the Verdigris River the highway soon enters Wagoner, where it junctions with US-69. Returning once again to a 2-lane road, Highway 51 crosses Ft. Gibson Lake and the town of Hulbert. Eleven miles (18 km) later, it passes through Tahlequah, where it has a brief concurrency with US-62/SH-10. After spitting with these highways, it heads southeast toward Stilwell, Oklahoma, running concurrent with US-59 for a mile on the way. After leaving Stilwell it provides access to Adair State Park, and then crosses the Arkansas line becoming Arkansas Highway 244, which quickly connects to Arkansas Highway 59.

History

SH-51 was originally commissioned on June 1, 1927 as a connector from Stilwell to Eldon at SH-27 (present-day US-62). By 1928, it had been extended to Tulsa. On June 15, 1933, it was extended to the east to the Arkansas state line, where it became AR-45.

ODOT extended SH-51 west to Stillwater and Perry (via a segment of roadway currently serving as US-177). On March 18, 1935, the section from Stillwater to Perry was rescinded and SH-51 was extended to SH-8 at Okeene. It was then extended to Seiling on October 18, 1938. On March 23, 1943, it was extended to the Texas state line by a concurrency with US-60.

The Broken Arrow Expressway was built in the early 1960s and opened in 1964. It was not, however, officially named the Broken Arrow Expressway until July 6, 1999 by H.B. 1455.

The steel truss bridge carrying SH-51 across Stillwater Creek west of Stillwater, once considered the gateway into the city, was removed on March 25, 2008. In a first for the state of Oklahoma, the bridge, originally built in 1936, was sold to Payne County for $200,000 and transferred to a county road east of Stillwater, where it was installed over Council Creek.

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Ellis​0.00.0
US 60 west – Canadian		Western terminus; continuation into Texas
​6.710.8
US 283 north – Shattuck		Western end of US 283 concurrency
Arnett12.720.4
SH-46 north		Southern terminus of SH-46
13.722.0
US 283 south – Cheyenne		Eastern end of US 283 concurrency
DeweyVici39.663.7
SH-34 north – Woodward		Western end of SH-34 concurrency
40.565.2
SH-34 south – Hammon		Eastern end of SH-34 concurrency
​58.894.6 US 183 – Woodward, Taloga
Seiling60.697.5



US 60 east / US 270 west / US 281 north / SH-3 west – Woodward, Chester		Western end of US-270/281/SH-3 concurrency; eastern end of US-60 concurrency
Hucmac69.0111.0


US 270 east / US 281 south / SH-3 east – Watonga		Eastern end of US-280/281/SH-3 concurrency
BlaineCanton81.2130.7
SH-58A north – Canton Lake		Southern terminus of SH-58A
82.0132.0
SH-58 south – Eagle City		Western end of SH-58 concurrecy
83.0133.6
SH-58 north – Fairview		Eastern end of SH-58 concurrency
Southard88.1141.8 SH-51A – Fairview, Watonga
Okeene98.9159.2 SH-8 – Fairview, Watonga
KingfisherLacey115.1185.2
SH-132 north – Enid		Southern terminus of SH-132
Hennessey122.6197.3 US 81 – Enid, Kingfisher
Logan​138.1222.3
SH-74E north – Marshall		Southern terminus of SH-74E
​140.1225.5 SH-74 – Covington, Crescent
​151.0243.0
US 77 north – Perry		Western end of US-77 concurrency
​151.3243.5
US 77 south – Guthrie		Eastern end of US-77 concurrency
PayneOrlando153.8247.5 I-35 – Wichita, Oklahoma CityInterchange; known as 6th Ave (I-35) - (SH-18) junctions; I-35 Exit 174
​157.3253.1
SH-86 north – Perry		Southern terminus of SH-86
​162.0260.7Road to Lake Carl BlackwellSouthern terminus of the former SH-51C
Stillwater170.4274.2 US 177 – Ponca City, Perkins
​177.8286.1
SH-108 north – Glencoe		Western end of SH-108 concurrency
​178.8287.8
SH-108 south – Ripley		Eastern end of SH-108 concurrency
​186.8300.6 SH-18 – Pawnee, Cushing
Creek​197.6318.0 SH-99 – Jennings, Oilton
​208.2335.1 SH-48 – Cleveland, Bristow
​215.1346.2
SH-151 north		Interchange; southern terminus of SH-151
TulsaSand Springs224.3361.0
SH-97 south – Sapulpa		Western end of SH-97 concurrency
225.5362.9


US 64 west / US 412 west / SH-97 north		Eastern end of SH-97 concurrecy; western end of US-64/412 cocurrency; west end of freeway
226.3364.2Adams RoadWestbound exit only
227.1365.5South 81st West Avenue
​228.3367.4South 65th West Avenue
​228.8368.2 SH-344 (Gilcrease Expressway)
Tulsa229.7369.7North 49th West Avenue
231.0371.8North 33rd West AvenueWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
231.1371.9Gilcrease Museum Road, South 25th West Avenue
231.8373.0Quanah AvenueEastbound exit and westbound entrance
232.1373.5

I-244 east / US 412 east / L.L. Tisdale Parkway – Tulsa International Airport		Eastern end of US-412 cocurrency; western end of I-244 concurrency; I-244 Exits 5B-C
232.6374.32nd Street – Downtown TulsaEastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-244 Exit 5A
232.9374.8

I-244 west / US 75 south – Oklahoma City		Eastern end of I-244 concurrency; western end of I-444/US-75 concurrency; I-244 Exit 4B
233.2375.3Houston Avenue, Southwest Boulevard, 30th StreetWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
233.6375.913th Street / Denver Avenue / Cheyenne Avenue
234.3377.1
US 75 north (I-444) – Bartlesville		Eastern end of I-444/US-75 concurrency
234.8377.9Detroit AvenueWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
234.9378.0Utica Avenue
235.2378.5Lewis AvenueNo westbound exit
236.0379.8East 15th Street
236.4380.4East 21st Street
237.1381.6Harvard Avenue
238.1383.2East 31st Street, Yale Avenue
239.2385.0Sheridan Road
239.6385.6 I-44 / SH-66 – Joplin, Oklahoma CityI-44 Exit 231
240.3386.7Memorial Drive
241.1388.0East 41st Street, Mingo RoadNo westbound exit
242.0389.5
US 64 east / US 169 – Bixby, Owasso		Eastern end of US-64 concurrency
242.9390.9Garnett Road
243.4391.751st Street / 129th East AvenueEastbound exit and westbound entrance
Broken Arrow244.8394.0Aspen Avenue / 145th East Avenue
245.9395.7Elm Place
247.0397.5Lynn LaneNo eastbound entrance
247.5398.3Kenosha Street
248.8400.4



Muskogee Turnpike east to Creek Turnpike – Muskogee		Eastern end of freeway; no eastbound entrance; Muskogee Turnpike Exit 1
WagonerCoweta258.0415.2
SH-72 south – Haskell		Northern terminus of SH-72
261.5420.8 Muskogee Turnpike – Tulsa, MuskogeeMuskogee Turnpike Exit 13
Wagoner272.6438.7 US 69 – Chouteau, Muskogee
275.1442.7
SH-16 south		Northern terminus of SH-16
CherokeeHulbert288.4464.1
SH-80 west (South Broadway) – Fort Gibson Dam		Eastern terminus of SH-80
Tahlequah297.3478.5
SH-51 Spur / Choctaw Street		Southwestern terminus of SH-51 Spur
300.7483.9




US 62 west / SH-10 south / SH-82 south / US 62 Bus. north – Muskogee, Vian		Western end of US-62/SH-10/82 concurrency; southern terminus of US BUS 62
303.0487.6


SH-82 north / US 62 Bus. west – Locust Grove		Eastern end of SH-82 concurrency; northern terminus of US BUS 62
​305.0490.8
SH-10 north – Kansas		Eastern end of SH-10 concurrency
Eldon310.7500.0
US 62 east – Westville		Eastern end of US-62 concurrency
AdairStilwell324.8522.7
US 59 north – Westville		Western end of US-59 concurrency
325.7524.2
US 59 south – Sallisaw		Eastern end of US-59 concurrency
​332.8535.6
AR 244 to AR 59		Eastern terminus; continuation into Arkansas
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Spurs

The SH-51 and SH-51A intersection in Southard, Oklahoma in 2023.

Like many in the Oklahoma state highway system, SH-51 has short spurs branching from it that bear the "51" number with a lettered suffix:

  • SH-51A (23 miles ) runs from SH-58 northeast of Canton to SH-8 near Roman Nose State Park. It is the longest suffixed highway in the system.
  • SH-51B (18 miles ) connects Coweta to US-69 north of Muskogee. It goes through the towns of Porter and Tullahassee.
  • SH-51C (decommissioned) (1.7 miles ) connected SH-51 west of Stillwater to Carl Blackwell Lake until it was decommissioned in 2005.
  • SH-51D (decommissioned) connected SH-51 south of Sand Springs with I-244 in Tulsa, running along Avery Drive and West 21st Street. It appeared on some ODOT maps as late as the 1970s, but is no longer shown.
  • In 2004, ODOT completed SH-51 Spur, running for 3 miles (4.8 km) as part of a loop through northwest Tahlequah, serving Tahlequah Municipal Airport, and ending at State Highway 82. It is currently the newest Oklahoma state highway.

See also

References

  1. ^ Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Planning & Research Division. "Memorial Dedication & Revision History - SH-51". Retrieved February 19, 2007.
  2. Oklahoma Department of Transportation. 1928 Highway Map.
  3. Oklahoma Department of Transportation. 1935 Highway Map.
  4. Oklahoma Department of Transportation 1937 Highway Map
  5. Oklahoma Highway Commission (March 23, 1943). "Minutes—Dewey & Ellis Counties, Extension of SH #51" (PDF). Retrieved September 5, 2012.
  6. The City of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. "Our History". Archived from the original on April 5, 2007. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
  7. Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Planning & Research Division. "Oklahoma's Memorial Highways and Bridges". Retrieved April 11, 2007.
  8. Sutter, John David (March 26, 2008). "One hefty recycling endeavor".
  9. Oklahoma Department of Transportation map, Average Daily Traffic Volume, Tulsa inset, 1977.

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