Oklahoma State Highway 14
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State Highway 14, abbreviated as SH-14, is a highway maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is 27.85 miles (44.82 km) long, with its entire route falling in Woods County in the northwestern part of the state. It does not have any lettered spur routes.
SH-14 was part of Oklahoma's original highway system, as designated on August 24, 1924, and ran from
Route description
SH-14 begins at
Signage present along the road indicates that SH-14 ends at US-64. However, both the Oklahoma state highway map[2] and ODOT's internal control section maps show SH-14 turning east at this intersection. SH-14 then overlaps US-64, unsigned, into Alva, the county seat. The route continues through Alva, where US-64 and unsigned SH-14 overlap US-281. On the east side of the town, US-281 splits off to the north; this intersection is the end of SH-14.[1]
History
State Highway 14 has its roots in the original 1924 state highway system. SH-14, as designated on August 24, 1924, was nearly a border-to-border route. It began at
Unlike many of the other original highways, SH-14 was not immediately affected by the introduction of the
By the end of 1931, State Highway 14 had been realigned north of Seiling. From Seiling, the road continued north (rather than concurring with what was by then
New U.S. routes were added to Oklahoma's highway system in 1938. Among these were US-281, formerly a split route with one section in Kansas and one in Texas, which was connected in 1938 via Oklahoma; also added in 1938 was a southern extension of
SH-14 was rerouted to follow an independent routing northward from Waynoka (the present day routing) in 1940, and the section of the highway connecting Alva to the Kansas line was dropped (making this road solely US-281).[7] The rest of the highway, still concurrent with US-183 and US-281, was decommissioned the following year, leaving SH-14 at its present-day termini.[8] No changes have been made to SH-14 since.
Junction list
The entire route is in Woods County.
| Location | mi[1][9] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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US 281 / SH-45 east | Southern terminus; western terminus of SH-45 | ||||
| | 14.87 | 23.93 |  US 64 | Northern terminus as signed; Western end of US-64 concurrency as recorded by ODOT | |
| Alva | 26.9 | 43.3 |  US 281 | Western end of US-281 concurrency | |
| 27.85 | 44.82 | US 64 / US 281 | Northern terminus as recorded by ODOT; US-64 and US-281 split at this intersection; eastern end of US-64/281 concurrency | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b c Oklahoma Department of Transportation (2010–2011). Control Section Maps: Woods County (PDF) (Map) (2010–2011 ed.). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ Oklahoma Official State Map (Map) (2008 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
- ^ Oklahoma State Highway System (PDF) (Map) (1925 ed.). Oklahoma State Highway Department. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
- ^ Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (PDF) (Map) (1930-03-01 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
- ^ Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (PDF) (Map) (1931-12-01 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
- ^ Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (PDF) (Map) (April 1939 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
- ^ Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (PDF) (Map) (April 1941 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
- ^ Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (PDF) (Map) (January 1942 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
- ^ Google (July 15, 2008). "Oklahoma State Highway 14" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 15, 2008.