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Highway Review:
The latest state highway to be decommissioned in Oklahoma is also the last new
highway to be built in the state. OK 97T opened to traffic
January 17, 2003, and was decommissioned in January 2004. OK 97T was about three miles long and provides a
truck bypass of Sand Springs for those who want to drive on OK 97
north of Sand Springs. (Which, believe me, is not much, just Zink
Ranch and some residences) OK 97T never got to appear on an Oklahoma state map,
and was never signed from U.S. 64/U.S. 412. Its one-year life as a highway makes
me wonder why they even bothered to build it!
Highway Information:
Distance (approximate): 3.0 miles
Counties traveled through: Tulsa, Osage
Highway intersections: U.S. 64/412 (Mile 0.0), OK 97 (Mile 3.0)
Highway duplexes: None
SOUTHERN
TERMINUS
U.S. 64/412, west of Sand
Springs
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OK 97T South at the U.S. 64/U.S. 412 East frontage road.
There
was no "END" sign at this terminus. (Photo
taken
4/25/03) |
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OK 97T South at
U.S. 64/U.S.
412 West. At least, it
should
be that way. OK 51 is signed here, even though it does
not
join U.S. 64 and U.S. 412 for another mile to the east.
(Photo taken 4/25/03) |
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U.S. 64/U.S. 412 West at
129th West Ave. exit. No mention
of
OK 97T was ever made from either direction of the
Keystone
Expressway during OK 97T's short life. Then
again, many signs on the Keystone are
older than I am.
(Photo taken 4/25/03) |
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However, once you
get off the highway, there was a sign for
OK 97T North! This is from the north (westbound) frontage
road of the Keystone Expressway. (Photo taken
4/25/03) |
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OK 97T North
assurance shield. The highway has two
northbound lanes for its first mile as it climbs a steep
hill.
The view of the area from the top, however, is fantastic.
(Photo taken 4/25/03) |
NORTHERN
TERMINUS
OK 97, north of
Sand Springs
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OK 97T North at OK 97. Like the southern terminus, no
"END" sign is present. (Photo taken
4/25/03) |
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OK 97 South
approaching OK 97T. The sign, however,
says "JCT OK 97." Yes, OK 97 South does turn
left at
OK 97T, but still, the sign should say "JCT OK
97T."
(Photo taken 4/25/03) |
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OK 97
South at OK
97T South. (Photo taken 4/25/03) |
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OK 97T South
assurance shield just south of OK 97.
(Photo taken 4/25/03) |
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This photo is from
about the same spot of the error
"JCT OK 97" sign. It was taken 10 days before
OK
97T opened to traffic. At the time of the photo, OK 97
curved to the left. By the time I was back in the area in
April, this section of road I was on was no more. (Photo
taken 1/7/03) |
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This picture, also
from January 2003, shows what is
now OK 97 North at OK 97T. (Photo taken 1/7/03) |
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