 State Highway 39 | ||||
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| Maintained byODOT | ||||
| Length | 68.4 mi[2] (110.1 km) | |||
| Existed | ca. 1936[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |    US 62 /US 277 /SH-9 east ofChickasha | |||
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| East end |    US 377 /SH-3E /SH-99 east ofKonawamainline becomesSH-56 | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oklahoma | |||
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State Highway 39, abbreviated asSH-39, is astate highway in theU.S. state ofOklahoma. It is 68.4 miles (110.1 km) in length. It runs east–west through the central part of the state, beginning at unincorporatedTabler, east ofChickasha, and ending east ofKonawa. Along the way, SH-39 serves the counties ofGrady,McClain,Cleveland,Pottawatomie, andSeminole. It currently has no lettered spurs.
SH-39 was built in 1923 but not added to the state highway system until approximately 1936. Originally connecting Tabler toPurcell, SH-39 was extended to the east over the next five years, first toAsher and then to Konawa.
The highway begins at the concurrency ofU.S. Highway 62 (US-62)/US-277/State Highway 9 (SH-9) near the unincorporated community ofTabler, east ofChickasha. The road begins traveling east from there, intersectingSH-76 ten miles (16 km) later west ofDibble. From Dibble, it continues east, meeting the eastern terminus ofSH-59 and intersectingSH-24 in the unincorporated town ofWoody Chapel. It then continues east to Purcell.[3]
InPurcell, SH-39 passes underInterstate 35, but does not have a junction with it. The highway soon encountersUS-77/SH-74 just east of the interstate. Here, it turns northward and begins anoverlap with the two highways through Purcell. SH-74 splits off after a few blocks while SH-39 and US-77 turn eastward and cross over theCanadian River on theJames C. Nance Memorial Bridge. After crossing the river, the highways arrive in the town ofLexington and US-77 splits off to the northeast.[3]
SH-39 continues eastward, serving the Lexington prison and overlapping for less than a mile withSH-102. In the town ofAsher, the highway intersectsSH-3W and SH-59 again. Eleven miles (18 km) later, the highway meetsSH-9A inKonawa. The highway ends four miles (6.4 km) east of Konawa atUS-377/SH-3E/SH-99. The mainline of the highway becomesSH-56.[3]
The road that would become SH-39 was built in 1923,[4] but it was not assigned a state route number until at least late 1936, first appearing on the 1937 state map.[1] Originally, the route's eastern terminus was at US-77 in Purcell.[1] By April 1939, it had been extended eastward to end at Asher.[5] The route first reached its current termini in 1941 (although at the time, SH-99 passed through Konawa).[6] A short gap existed west of Asher in the SH-39 designation between 1946 and 1947;[7] by 1948 this gap had been filled. The final change to SH-39 occurred in 1968 or 1969, when SH-99 was rerouted to bypass Konawa, and SH-39 was extended east of town to end at the present junction.[8] No changes have been made since.
SH-39 once had one spur route,SH-39B. It ran along what is now May Avenue from SH-39's junction with SH-59 toSH-74B east ofCole, Oklahoma.[9]
| County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Grady | Tabler | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 62 /US 277 /SH-9 | Western terminus |
| McClain | Dibble | 9.6 | 15.4 |  SH-76 | |
| | 14.9 | 24.0 |   SH-59 east | Western terminus of SH-59 | |
| Woody Chapel | 18.9 | 30.4 |  SH-24 | ||
| Purcell | 26.3 | 42.3 |      US 77 /SH-74 south (Green Avenue) toI-35 | Western end of US-77/SH-74 concurrency | |
| 27.4 | 44.1 |  SH-74 north (Green Avenue) | Eastern end of SH-74 concurrency | ||
| Cleveland | Lexington | 28.7 | 46.2 | US 77 south | Eastern end of US-77 concurrency |
| Pottawatomie | | 46.9 | 75.5 |  SH-102 north (Drummond Road) | Western end of SH-102 concurrency |
| | 47.1 | 75.8 | SH-102 south | Eastern end of SH-102 concurrency | |
| Asher | 53.0 | 85.3 |   US 177 /SH-3W / SH-59 | ||
| Seminole | Konawa | 63.4 | 102.0 |  SH-9A north | Southern terminus of SH-9A |
| | 68.4 | 110.1 |  SH-56 north /US 377 /SH-3E /SH-99 | Eastern terminus; road continues as SH-56 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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