 State Highway 14 | ||||
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 SH-14 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained byODOT | ||||
| Length | 27.85 mi[1] (44.82 km) | |||
| Existed | August 24, 1924–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   US 281 /SH-45 inWaynoka | |||
| North end |  US 64 /US 281 inAlva(concurrent with both routes) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oklahoma | |||
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State Highway 14, abbreviated asSH-14, is a highway maintained by theU.S. state ofOklahoma. It is 27.85 miles (44.82 km) long, with its entire route falling inWoods 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 fromFrederick in southwestern Oklahoma to theKansas state line. In the late 1930s, however, new U.S. routes were introduced to Oklahoma;U.S. Highway 281 (US-281) andUS-183 overtook most of SH-14's route, reducing it to its present-day extent.
SH-14 begins atU.S. Highway 281 andSH-45 inWaynoka. From this point, the highway heads west for a few blocks on the north edge of Waynoka. It then turns north and, after curving slightly to the east, follows a due north course toUS-64 east ofCora.
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 thenoverlaps US-64,unsigned, intoAlva, 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]
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 atSH-5 east ofFrederick and proceeded north toManitou. It then intersected SH-7 inSnyder and ran throughMountain Park shortly thereafter. The route then zig-zagged to the northwest towardsRoosevelt. It then ran due north to theHobart area, beginning a concurrency withSH-9 east of that town. After SH-9 split off to the east, SH-14 enteredWashita County, where it intersected no other highways, but ran through the towns ofRocky,Cordell (the county seat), andBessie. Just after crossing intoCuster County, the highway had a concurrency with SH-3; the two routes split up inClinton. SH-14 continued on a due north course throughArapaho,Putnam, andTaloga. InSeiling, SH-14 turned west, overlappingSH-13 throughCestos to a point just east ofVici, where SH-14 split away from SH-13. SH-14 then passed throughSharon en route toWoodward. It concurred withSH-15 toTangier, then split off to the north to run throughFort Supply before ending atSH-11 east ofBuffalo.[3]
Unlike many of the other original highways, SH-14 was not immediately affected by the introduction of theUnited States Numbered Highways system in 1929. However, SH-14 underwent its first alteration in 1929, when it was extended south through Frederick andDavidson to theTexas state line.[4]
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 thenUS-60 towards Vici) toChester and Waynoka. From Waynoka, the route continued north along present-day U.S. 281 through Alva to the state line south ofHardtner, Kansas. (The old road north of Vici became part ofSH-34.)[5]
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 ofUS-183.[citation needed] These two routes were overlaid onto SH-14, with US-183 entering the state from the south near Davidson and following the SH-14 route to Seiling, and US-281 taking the remainder of the route.[6]
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.
The entire route is inWoods County.
| Location | mi[1][9] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Waynoka | 0.00 | 0.00 |  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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