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 State Highway 33 | ||||
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| Maintained byODOT | ||||
| Length | 234.4 mi (377.2 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SH 33 at the Texas state line | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| East end |     US 75 Alt. /SH-66 /SH-97 inSapulpa | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oklahoma | |||
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State Highway 33 (SH-33 orOK-33) is astate highway in theU.S. state ofOklahoma. It is a major highway that traverses most of the state, and at one time traversed its entirety. Its general orientation is west to east.
SH-33 begins asTexas State Highway 33 enters fromHemphill County, Texas. At mile 4.2, it intersectsSH-30, which leads toErick. The highway runs alongside theBlack Kettle National Grassland to its intersection withUS-283 at mile 15.7. Turning southward, SH-33 overlaps US-283 to mile 16.9 at the community ofRoll, whereSH-47 joins theconcurrency. Together, the three routes pass through the National Grassland, and at mile 24.8, SH-33 turns to the east while US-283 and SH-47 continue south towardCheyenne. At mile 29.5, SH-33 passesStrong City, and at mile 42.7 it passes the town ofHammon with its intersection withSH-34.
The intersection with SH-34 marks the county line. Mile 53.6 marksButler, and at 53.8SH-44 runs out, which leads south toFoss Lake, the town ofFoss, and laterAltus. At mile 66.2 SH-33 comes toUS-183, which leads south toClinton. SH-33 continues north concurrent with US-183two miles (3 km) to mile 68.2, where US-183 continues northward toTaloga and SH-33 turns east once again. At mile 72.6, the highway intersectsCuster City's Main Street before turning to the left. At mile 81.7 SH-33 enters Thomas at its second intersection with SH-47. At 83.8,SH-54 ends, which leads toWeatherford. At 87.0, SH-33 crosses theSouth Canadian River, and at mile 90.1 SH-33 enters Dewey County.
As SH-33 enters Dewey County, thesection line road on the county line can be followed a few hundred yards west to the unincorporated settlement ofFay. After a mere 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in Dewey County, SH-33 enters Blaine County at mile 91.6.
At mile 94.2, SH-33 reaches an intersection withUS-270,US-281,SH-3, andSH-58. Here, SH-58 turns to the east, concurrent with US-270/SH-3 east and US-281 south. The roadway becomes four lanes at this point. At mile 101.3, the routes cross theNorth Canadian River. At mile 103.8, the routes reachWatonga and an intersection withSH-8 north, which leads toRoman Nose State Park. Here, US-270 and US-281 turn to the south towardHinton andRed Rock Canyon State Park, and provide an alternate route toOklahoma City. Upon leaving Watonga, the SH-3/SH-33 roadway reduces to a three-lane arrangement. The two routes continue east to the Kingfisher County line at mile 115.7.
Once SH-3/SH-33 have entered Kingfisher County, the road reduces to the conventional two lanes. At mile 131.5, the concurrency intersectsUS-81 in downtownKingfisher. US-81 northbound goes toEnid andWichita, whereas SH-3 diverges south onto US-81 southbound, which leads toOkarche, where the two highways split to reach Okla. City andEl Reno respectively. This general vicinity is also the location of the crossing of theChisholm Trail. At mile 146.3, SH-33 intersectsSH-74F, which straddles the Logan County line south to Cashion.
SH-33's path through Logan County mostly parallels theCimarron River. At mile 152.0,SH-74 intersects SH-33 with a four-way stop. Northbound SH-74 leads toCrescent, and southbound SH-74 eventually becomes theLake Hefner Parkway in Oklahoma City. For the next few miles, SH-33 passes through the Cedar Valley golf course complex, and at mile 161.2 intersectsUS-77 in downtownGuthrie, Oklahoma's first capital. Near the east end of Guthrie, SH-33 once again becomes a four-lane highway before intersectingI-35 at mile 162.9. At mile 163.1,SH-105 to Tryon cuts off to the right as SH-33 turns to the left. The historic SH-33 turns off to the right at mile 169.2, although the old alignment is not marked other than a sign pointing to the town ofLangston. At mile 172.4 the driver may diverge from the highway to visit historicLangston University, before the new alignment merges with the old alignment at mile 173.3. At this point, the highway narrows to two lanes. The old alignment quickly diverges into the town atCoyle at mile 173.6, and the current roadway crosses the Cimarron River at mile 174.6.
The Cimarron River forms the county line, where the scar from an old steel truss bridge is visible just east of the highway. In 2005, a brand new concrete bridge was built west of the old one. Shortly into Payne County, the highway rejoins the old alignment at mile 175.5. At mile 185.1,US-177 goes north toStillwater and overlaps SH-33 eastbound for one mile (1.6 km). At 186.1, it returns to a two lane highway, and US-177 diverges south intoPerkins and towardShawnee. As SH-33 continues east through Payne County, it crosses the Cimarron River again at mile 193.1 before intersectingSH-108, which goes north toRipley, at 193.5. At mile 195.3,SH-18 comes in from the south, and overlaps SH-33 intoCushing, the "Pipeline Capital of the World." At mile 201.6, SH-18 diverges north towardPawnee. Upon exiting Cushing, SH-33 becomes a four-lane road forging eastward, and at mile 208.1 converges withSH-99, whose south leg leads toStroud andAda. The SH-33/SH-99 concurrency continues east into Creek County.
Mile 209.8 is the county line, and shortly thereafter at mile 210.2, SH-33 Bypass provides a route for trucks to circumnavigateDrumright to the north and west. At mile 211.9, on the east side of Drumright, SH-99 diverges to the north toward Pawhuska, andSH-16 travels south towardMuskogee.SH-48 intersects SH-33 at mile 223.1, which goes south toBristow and north toCleveland. At mile 234.2 SH-33 intersectsI-44, which in this location is theTurner Turnpike, a toll road to Oklahoma City andTulsa. Shortly thereafter, SH-33 ends after a tenure of 234.4 miles (377.2 km) atSH-66. However, according to signage at the intersection, the highway actually turns northeast along SH-66 to downtownSapulpa, where it seemingly ends at the intersection of Main St and Dewey Ave, making the total length approximately 238.9 miles (384.5 km).
Formerly,[when?] SH-33 extended to theArkansas state line. However, the advent of the ever-expandingUS-412 in Oklahoma would have meant unnecessary concurrencies beyond its current terminus.
From the intersection of SH-66, SH-33 overlapped the then-US-66 throughSapulpa onto New Sapulpa Road, eventually merging into I-44 in west Tulsa. The three-route concurrency followed the present alignment of I-44 throughTulsa to Cherokee Curve, where SH-66 currently diverges intoCatoosa. I-44 now continues another mile and a half or so to theCreek Turnpike, where the terminus of theWill Rogers Turnpike toJoplin, Missouri has been relocated. The old SH-33 followed the current US-412 to the junction ofUS-69, then north along US-69 a couple of miles, then back east, merging onto the current US-412 before crossing theGrand River. SH-33 followed the current Alternate US-412, whereas theCherokee Turnpike parallels this narrow and winding road to theFlint Creek Valley. The historic SH-33 then followed the current alignment of US-412 to the Arkansas State Line, where it becameAR-68 inSiloam Springs.
In the Tulsa area, Highway 33 is associated with Dan P. Holmes. Holmes was an insurance agency owner and Tulsa resident who frequently bought time on local nightly news broadcasts to give commentary on area matters of interest. He was concerned about what was then the mostly winding 2-lane Highway 33 from Tulsa to Arkansas, and seldom missed a broadcast opportunity to say that “we need to do somethin’ ‘bout this Highway 33.” Because of this connection in the public mind between Holmes and the improvement of the road, the widened segment of Highway 33 from Chouteau to its connection with Interstate 44 east of Tulsa was officially named the "Dan P. Holmes Expressway."[1]
SH-33 was featured in the 1996 filmTwister. It is referred to as "Bob's Road" by the character Rabbit.[citation needed]
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| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Roger Mills | | 0.0 | 0.0 |  SH 33 west –Canadian | Continuation into Texas | |||
| | 4.2 | 6.8 |  SH-30 –Durham,Erick | |||||
| | 15.8 | 25.4 |   US 283 north –Arnett | Western end of US 283 concurrency | ||||
| Roll | 17.0 | 27.4 |     SH-47 east toSH-34 | Western end of SH-47 concurrency | ||||
| | 25.0 | 40.2 |  US 283 south /SH-47 east –Cheyenne | Eastern end of US 283 / SH-47 concurrency | ||||
| Hammon | 42.9 | 69.0 | SH-34 –Leedey,Elk City | |||||
| Custer | Butler | 53.9 | 86.7 |  SH-44 south –Foss,Foss State Park | Northern terminus of SH-44 | |||
| | 66.4 | 106.9 |  US 183 south –Arapaho,Clinton | Western end of US 183 concurrency | ||||
| | 68.3 | 109.9 | US 183 north –Taloga | Eastern end of US 183 concurrency | ||||
| Thomas | 81.7 | 131.5 | SH-47 west –Leedey | Eastern terminus of SH-47 | ||||
| 83.9 | 135.0 |  SH-54 south –Weatherford | Northern terminus of SH-54 | |||||
| Dewey | No major junctions | |||||||
| Blaine | | 94.3 | 151.8 |     US 270 /SH-3 west /US 281 north /SH-58 north –Seiling,Canton | Southern terminus of SH-58; west end of US-270/US-281/SH-3 overlap | |||
| Watonga | 103.9 | 167.2 |   US 270 east /US 281 south /SH-8 –Okeene,Geary | East end of US-270/US-281 overlap; access to Mercy Hospital Watonga | ||||
| Kingfisher | Kingfisher | 131.5 | 211.6 |  US 81 /SH-3 east (Main Street) | East end of SH-3 overlap; access to Mercy Hospital Kingfisher | |||
| Logan | | 146.4 | 235.6 |  SH-74F east –Cashion | Western terminus of SH-74F | |||
| | 152.1 | 244.8 |  SH-74 –Crescent,Oklahoma City | |||||
| Guthrie | 161.2 | 259.4 |  US 77 (Wentz Street) | |||||
| 162.9 | 262.2 |  I-35 –Perry,Oklahoma City | I-35 exit 157; diamond interchange | |||||
| | 163.1 | 262.5 |  SH-105 east | Western terminus of SH-105 | ||||
| Payne | | 185.9 | 299.2 |  US 177 north –Stillwater | West end of US 177 concurrency | |||
| Perkins | 186.8 | 300.6 | US 177 south –Perkins | East end of US 177 concurrency | ||||
| | 194.0 | 312.2 |  SH-108 north –Ripley | Southern terminus of SH-108 | ||||
| | 194.0 | 312.2 |  SH-18 south –Shawnee | West end of SH-18 concurrency | ||||
| Cushing | 202.0 | 325.1 | SH-18 north (Little Avenue) | East end of SH-18 concurrency | ||||
| | 208.7 | 335.9 |  SH-99 south –Stroud | West end of SH-99 concurrency | ||||
| Creek | Drumright |   SH-99 north /SH-33 Truck east | East end of SH-99 concurrency;western terminus of SH-33 Truck; access to Drumright Regional Hospital | |||||
| 212.4 | 341.8 |  SH-33 Truck west (SH-99B north) /SH-16 east –Oilton,Shamrock | Western terminus of SH-16; eastern terminus of SH-33 Truck | |||||
| | 223.6 | 359.8 |  SH-48 –Cleveland,Bristow | |||||
| Sapulpa | 234.8 | 377.9 |    I-44 Toll /Turner Turnpike –Tulsa,Oklahoma City | I-44 exit 211 | ||||
| 235.1 | 378.4 | SH-66 west –Kellyville | West end of SH-66 concurrency; formerUS 66 west | |||||
| 237.8 | 382.7 |  SH-117 east | Western terminus of SH-117 | |||||
| 239.7 | 385.8 |  US 75 Alt. south (S. Main Street) /SH-66 east (Dewey Avenue) /SH-97 north (N. Main Street) toI-44 | Eastern terminus; east end of SH-66 concurrency; northern terminus of US 75 Alt.; southern terminus of SH-97; road continues as SH-66 east (Dewey Ave.)/formerUS 66 east | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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