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 State Highway 165 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byODOT | ||||
| Length | 8.21 mi[1] (13.21 km) | |||
| Existed | ca. 1969–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   US 64 /US 64 Bus. inMuskogee | |||
| Major intersections |  US 62 in Muskogee | |||
| North end |   Muskogee Turnpike /SH-351 at the Hyde Park Road interchange in Muskogee | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oklahoma | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 165 (SH-165) is astate highway inMuskogee County,Oklahoma. It runs east along Peak Boulevard in the southern part ofMuskogee fromUS-64 to the northern terminus of the southern section of theMuskogee Turnpike, then runs north as a freeway connecting the two sections of the turnpike. The total length of the highway is 8.21 miles (13.21 km).[1]
The freeway connecting the two halves of the Muskogee Turnpike was first numbered as SH-165 in 1969. The east–west portion of highway along Peak Boulevard was built and numbered as SH-165 by 1987.
SH-165 begins at an interchange on Peak Boulevard on the south side of Muskogee. To the west of this interchange, Peak Boulevard carriesUS-64; that highway exits from Peak at the interchange and proceeds south towardsWarner. This interchange is also the eastern terminus ofUS-64 Business, which continues to the north towards downtown Muskogee.[1] From the interchange, SH-165 follows Peak Boulevard to the east as an expressway, crossing Coody Creek before turning to the east-northeast.[2] As the highway crosses York Street, it exits the Muskogee city limits.[1]
SH-165 then has a partial interchange with theMuskogee Turnpike; the turnpike is only accessible from southbound SH-165.[3] The Muskogee Turnpike consists of two disconnected sections of toll road with an untolled freeway segment in between; northbound SH-165 traffic merges with the northbound lanes of the turnpike to form this freeway. Shortly after this interchange, the highway re-enters Muskogee.[1] The SH-165 freeway serves the east side of Muskogee, with interchanges with city arterials such as Chandler Road, Hancock Street, and Gibson Street.[2] The highway also includes a fullcloverleaf interchange withUS-62.[3] SH-165 continues north of US-62 for 0.96 miles (1.54 km) to its final interchange with Hyde Park Road near thePort of Muskogee.[1] At this interchange, SH-165 ends; northbound traffic defaults onto the northbound Muskogee Turnpike towardsTulsa.
The freeway between the two sections of the Muskogee Turnpike that would later become SH-165 first appears on the official Oklahoma state map in 1969. The Muskogee inset of that map shows the freeway, unnumbered, and the southern SH-165–turnpike interchange in place, but withramp stubs, as the SH-165 portion of Peak Boulevard had yet to be built.[4] The following year's map shows SH-165 in place along the connector freeway.[5] By 1975, the Peak Boulevard portion of SH-165 was under construction.[6] The highway was complete and in its present-day configuration by 1987.[7]
The entire route is inMuskogee,Muskogee County.
| mi[1][3] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.00 | 0.00 |  US 64 west –Tulsa | |||
 US 64 east /US 64 Bus. –Ft. Smith | Interchange; southwestern terminus | ||||
| 4.44 | 7.15 | Muskogee Turnpike east –Ft. Smith | Southwestern end of feeway; Muskogee Turnpike west exit 37 | ||
| 5.2 | 8.4 | Chandler Road, Hancock Street | |||
| 6.2 | 10.0 | Gibson Street | |||
| 7.1– 7.3 | 11.4– 11.7 | US 62 east –Ft. Gibson,TahlequahUS 62 west –Muskogee,Bacone College,N.S.U. Muskogee | Cloverleaf interchange; US 62 exit 286 | ||
| 8.21 | 13.21 | Hyde Park Road –Port of Muskogee, War Memorial Park | Northeastern terminus; Muskogee Turnpike east exit 33 | ||
| Muskogee Turnpike west –Tulsa | |||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
