Oklahoma State Highway 32

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State Highway 32

Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length77.3 mi[1] (124.4 km)
ExistedDecember 12, 1934[2]–present
Major junctions
West end US 81 in Ryan
Major intersections
East end US 70 in Kingston
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
Highway system
  • Oklahoma State Highway System
← SH-31→ SH-33

State Highway 32 (SH-32 or OK-32) is a

US-70 in Kingston, a length of 77.3 miles (124.4 km).[1]

SH-32 was first added to the state highway system at the end of 1934; none of the highway as created is part of the present-day SH-32 (having been encroached upon by US-70). SH-32 is also linked with

SH-199
—part of SH-32 was spun off to create SH-199 in 1938.

Route description

SH-32 begins at

overlapping SH-89 for six miles (10 km).[4] While concurrent, the two highways pass through the unincorporated community of Petersburg, then turn to the west.[4] The two routes divide at Courtney
, where SH-89 heads south towards the Red River and Texas.

SH-32 continues east from Courtney, crossing over Mud Creek, then passing through unincorporated

SH-96, which serves Burneyville.[4]

Nine miles (14 km) east of Burneyville, SH-32 has an interchange with

SH-99C
.

Five miles (8 km) east of SH-99C, SH-32 crosses

US-70 in Kingston.[4]

History

State Highway 32 was commissioned on December 12, 1934. As originally created, the route ran from

US-183) in Davidson to Waurika, passing through the towns of Grandfield, Devol, and Randlett and the counties of Tillman, Cotton, and Jefferson.[2][5] SH-32 was extended to cover approximately the west half of its present-day route on June 16, 1936; the route's new eastern terminus was US-77 in Marietta.[2][6] On March 29, 1937, the highway was expanded even further east to end at US-70 in Madill. This extension was split off to form SH-199 on October 13, 1938.[2]

Meanwhile, changes were occurring in the eastern part of Jefferson County. The portion of highway from Ryan east to the Love County line was removed from the highway system on December 31, 1937.[2] As a result, SH-32 was discontiguous; one section stretched from Davidson to Ryan, while another began at a spur ending at the Jefferson–Love county line and continued east from there.[7] The portion of SH-32 concurrent with US-81 between Waurika and Ryan, once necessary to connect to the now-decommissioned road, was removed on February 24, 1938.[2] Both of these sections of road were reinstated as part of SH-32 on February 29, 1944.[2][8]

Changes in the routing of

US-70 in the 1930s and 1940s resulted in the western part of SH-32 becoming concurrent with the U.S. highway through southwest Oklahoma during the late-1930s. US-70 as first designated in Oklahoma crossed into the state north of Burkburnett, Texas and intersected SH-32 in Randlett; continuing north of SH-32, the U.S. highway turned east, running through Walters. In Comanche, US-70 turned south along US-81 and followed it until reaching the present-day US-70 routing in Waurika.[5] Between Randlett and Waurika, SH-32 provided a much more direct route. On May 6, 1936, US-70 was realigned to follow SH-32 between these two cities.[9] On March 3, 1945, US-70 was realigned again.[9] This brought the highway into Oklahoma much earlier, crossing the Red River much further west, in effect bypassing Wichita Falls, Texas. As a result of the realignment, US-70 intersected SH-32 at its western terminus in Davidson and followed it all the way to Waurika. The westernmost 64 miles (103 km) of SH-32 (as measured along the present-day US-70 alignment) were concurrent with US-70.[10]

SH-32 was resumed its expansion to the east on September 16, 1946. On that date, the highway's eastern terminus was set at its present location at US-70 in Kingston.[2] Much of this extension reclaimed for SH-32 the stretch of road lost by the creation of SH-199. At this time, SH-32 was at its zenith; stretching from Davidson to Kingston, the route covered a total of 152 miles (245 km) along present-day roads.[11] However, the westernmost 64 miles (103 km) of SH-32 still overlapped US-70.

On September 6, 1966, after over twenty years of cosignage, SH-32 was truncated to its current western terminus in Ryan.[2] Everything west of Waurika was now solely US-70. After the truncation of 1966, SH-32 had the same route that it does today.

Junction list

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
JeffersonRyan0.00.0 US 81Western terminus
​23.337.5 SH-89Western end of SH-89 concurrency
LoveCourtney29.547.5 SH-89Eastern end of SH-89 concurrency
​34.555.5 SH-76
Dunbar42.568.4 SH-96Northern terminus of SH-96
Marietta51.082.1 I-35I-35 exit 15
51.582.9 US 77Northern end of US-77 concurrency
51.783.2 US 77Southern end of US-77 concurrency
53.886.6
SH-77S
2nd terminus of SH-77S going clockwise (southernmost terminus)
SH-99C
Southern terminus of SH-99C
​73.1117.6
US 377 / SH-99
Kingston77.3124.4 US 70Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b c Google (2010-04-03). "Oklahoma State Highway 32" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Oklahoma Department of Transportation. "Memorial Dedication and Revision History, SH 32". Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  3. ^ a b Oklahoma Atlas and Gazetteer (Map). 1:200,000. DeLorme. 2006.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Official State Map (PDF) (Map) (2009–10 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  5. ^ a b Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System and Landing Fields (PDF) (Map) (October 1935 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  6. ^ Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (PDF) (Map) (April 1937 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  7. ^ Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (PDF) (Map) (April 1939 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  8. ^ Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (PDF) (Map) (May 1945 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  9. ^ a b Oklahoma Department of Transportation. "Memorial Dedication and Revision History, US 70". Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  10. ^ Google (2010-03-30). "Oklahoma State Highway 32" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  11. ^ Google (2010-03-30). "Oklahoma State Highway 32" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-03-30.

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