 State Highway 51 | ||||
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| Maintained byODOT | ||||
| Length | 332.8 mi (535.6 km) | |||
| Existed | June 1, 1927–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 60 at theTexas state line | |||
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| East end |  AR 244 at theArkansas state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oklahoma | |||
| Counties | Ellis,Dewey,Blaine,Kingfisher,Logan,Payne,Creek,Tulsa,Wagoner,Cherokee,Adair | |||
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State Highway 51, abbreviated toSH-51 orOK-51, is a majorstate highway inOklahoma, United States. It runs for 332.8 miles (535.6 km) east–west across the state, running from theTexas state line toArkansas. It is the third-longest state highway in the system.
SH-51 begins at the Texas lineconcurrent withUS-60 just east ofHiggins, Texas. It remains concurrent for 61 miles (98 km) until it reachesUS-270/US-281/SH-3 atSeiling, Oklahoma. At Seiling, SH-51 joins with those three highways for nine miles (14 km) before splitting off on its own.
Eleven miles (18 km) after splitting off, Highway 51 meetsSH-58 inCanton. It then continues east, crossing theNorth Canadian River and meeting SH-51A before turningnortheast towardOkeene, where it intersectsSH-8. SH-51 will go for 24 miles (39 km) before intersecting another highway.
InHennessey SH-51 meetsUS-81 before continuing eastward. Seventeen miles (27 km) later, it meetsSH-74 north ofCrescent. Eleven miles (18 km) to the east, it shares a brief concurrency withUS-77; Two miles (3.2 km) later it has an interchange atInterstate 35 at Exit 174.
After crossing I-35, SH-51 becomes a multilane highway and a major corridor linking I-35 toStillwater, the home ofOklahoma State University. Along this 13-mile (21 km) stretch is an intersection withSH-86. When SH-51 reaches Stillwater, it meetsUS-177.
Continuing east from Stillwater, the road returns to a two-lane highway at a 1-mile (1.6 km) concurrency withSH-108, and intersects withSH-18 Eight miles (13 km) later. Four miles (6.4 km) east of this, it passes throughYale, Oklahoma before crossingSH-99. It becomes a multilane highway again afterSH-48. It turns into the "Mannford Freeway" before passing through the small towns ofMannford andLotsee on its way toward theTulsa area.
InSand Springs, SH-51 crosses theArkansas River withSH-97 before merging onto the Sand Springs Expressway (US-412/US-64). When thisfreeway ends atI-244 near downtown Tulsa, SH-51 merges onto I-244 southbound only to exit 1 mile (1.6 km) later, where it runs concurrent withUS-64/US-75. This freeway is actuallyInterstate 444, but the route is not signed as such. After one more mile, SH-51 leaves the interstate with US-64 and becomes the Broken Arrow Expressway, a freeway running northwest–southeast through Tulsa which is known as "The BA" by locals and local media. US-64 leaves the freeway as a concurrency withUS-169 southbound. Later, SH-51 will exit the freeway and become a four-lane highway toward Coweta. The mainline freeway becomes theMuskogee Turnpike.
AtCoweta, SH-51 turns back east after heading southeast through the Tulsa area. After crossing the Muskogee Turnpike again and bridging theVerdigris River the highway soon entersWagoner, where it junctions withUS-69. Returning once again to a 2-lane road, Highway 51 crossesFt. Gibson Lake and the town ofHulbert. Eleven miles (18 km) later, it passes throughTahlequah, where it has a brief concurrency withUS-62/SH-10. After spitting with these highways, it heads southeast towardStilwell, Oklahoma, running concurrent withUS-59 for a mile on the way. After leaving Stilwell it provides access to Adair State Park, and then crosses the Arkansas line becomingArkansas Highway 244, which quickly connects toArkansas Highway 59.
SH-51 was originally commissioned on June 1, 1927, as a connector from Stilwell toEldon at SH-27 (present-day US-62).[1] By 1928, it had been extended to Tulsa.[2] On June 15, 1933, it was extended to the east to the Arkansas state line, where it became AR-45.[1]
ODOT extended SH-51 west to Stillwater and Perry (via a segment of roadway currently serving as US-177).[1][3] On March 18, 1935, the section from Stillwater to Perry was rescinded and SH-51 was extended to SH-8 at Okeene.[1][4] It was then extended to Seiling on October 18, 1938. On March 23, 1943, it was extended to the Texas state line by a concurrency with US-60.[1][5]
The Broken Arrow Expressway was built in the early 1960s[6] and opened in 1964.[1] It was not, however, officially named the Broken Arrow Expressway until July 6, 1999[7] by H.B. 1455.
The steel truss bridge carrying SH-51 across Stillwater Creek west of Stillwater, once considered the gateway into the city, was removed on March 25, 2008. In a first for the state of Oklahoma, the bridge, originally built in 1936, was sold to Payne County for $200,000 and transferred to a county road east of Stillwater, where it was installed over Council Creek.[8]
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| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Ellis | | 0.0 | 0.0 |  US 60 west –Canadian | Continuation intoTexas; western end of US 60 concurrency |
| | 6.7 | 10.8 |   US 283 north –Shattuck | Western end of US 283 concurrency | |
| Arnett | 12.7 | 20.4 |  SH-46 north | Southern terminus of SH-46 | |
| 13.7 | 22.0 |  US 283 south –Cheyenne | Eastern end of US 283 concurrency | ||
| Dewey | Vici | 39.6 | 63.7 |  SH-34 north –Woodward | Western end of SH-34 concurrency |
| 40.5 | 65.2 | SH-34 south –Hammon | Eastern end of SH-34 concurrency | ||
| | 58.8 | 94.6 |  US 183 –Woodward,Taloga | ||
| Seiling | 60.6 | 97.5 |     US 60 east /US 270 west /US 281 north /SH-3 west –Woodward,Chester | Western end of US-270/US-281/SH-3 concurrency; eastern end of US-60 concurrency | |
| Hucmac | 69.0 | 111.0 | US 270 east /US 281 south /SH-3 east –Watonga | Eastern end of US-280/US-281/SH-3 concurrency | |
| Blaine | Canton | 81.2 | 130.7 |  SH-58A north –Canton Lake | Southern terminus of SH-58A |
| 82.0 | 132.0 |  SH-58 south –Eagle City | Western end of SH-58 concurrecy | ||
| 83.0 | 133.6 | SH-58 north –Fairview | Eastern end of SH-58 concurrency | ||
| Southard | 88.1 | 141.8 |  SH-51A –Fairview,Watonga | ||
| Okeene | 98.9 | 159.2 |  SH-8 –Fairview,Watonga | ||
| Kingfisher | Lacey | 115.1 | 185.2 |  SH-132 north –Enid | Southern terminus of SH-132 |
| Hennessey | 122.6 | 197.3 |  US 81 –Enid,Kingfisher | ||
| Logan | | 138.1 | 222.3 |  SH-74E north –Marshall | Southern terminus of SH-74E |
| | 140.1 | 225.5 |  SH-74 –Covington,Crescent | ||
| | 151.0 | 243.0 |  US 77 north –Perry | Western end of US-77 concurrency | |
| | 151.3 | 243.5 | US 77 south –Guthrie | Eastern end of US-77 concurrency | |
| Payne | Orlando | 153.8 | 247.5 |  I-35 –Wichita,Oklahoma City | Exit 174 on I-35 |
| | 157.3 | 253.1 |  SH-86 north –Perry | Southern terminus of SH-86 | |
| | 162.0 | 260.7 | Road toLake Carl Blackwell | Southern terminus of the former SH-51C | |
| Stillwater | 170.4 | 274.2 |  US 177 –Ponca City,Perkins | ||
| | 177.8 | 286.1 |  SH-108 north –Glencoe | Western end of SH-108 concurrency | |
| | 178.8 | 287.8 | SH-108 south –Ripley | Eastern end of SH-108 concurrency | |
| | 186.8 | 300.6 |  SH-18 –Pawnee,Cushing | ||
| Creek | | 197.6 | 318.0 |  SH-99 –Jennings,Oilton | |
| | 208.2 | 335.1 |  SH-48 –Cleveland,Bristow | ||
| | 215.1 | 346.2 |  SH-151 north | Interchange; southern terminus of SH-151 | |
| Tulsa | Sand Springs | 224.3 | 361.0 |  SH-97 south –Sapulpa | Western end of SH-97 concurrency |
| 225.5 | 362.9 |   US 64 west /US 412 west /SH-97 north | Eastern end of SH-97 concurrecy; western end of US-64/412 cocurrency; west end of freeway | ||
| 226.3 | 364.2 | Adams Road | Westbound exit only | ||
| 227.1 | 365.5 | South 81st West Avenue | |||
| | 228.3 | 367.4 | South 65th West Avenue | ||
| | 228.8 | 368.2 |  SH-344 south (Gilcrease Expressway) | Northern terminus of SH-344 | |
| Tulsa | 229.7 | 369.7 | North 49th West Avenue | ||
| 231.0 | 371.8 | North 33rd West Avenue | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 231.1 | 371.9 | Gilcrease Museum Road, South 25th West Avenue | |||
| 231.8 | 373.0 | Quanah Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 232.1 | 373.5 |   I-244 east /US 412 east /L.L. Tisdale Parkway north –Tulsa International Airport | Eastern end of US-412 cocurrency; western end of I-244 concurrency; I-244 Exits 5B-C | ||
| 232.6 | 374.3 | 2nd Street –Downtown Tulsa | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-244 Exit 5A | ||
| 232.9 | 374.8 |   I-244 west /US 75 south –Oklahoma City | Eastern end of I-244 concurrency; western end of I-444/US-75 concurrency; I-244 Exit 4B | ||
| 233.2 | 375.3 | Houston Avenue, Southwest Boulevard, 30th Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 233.6 | 375.9 | 13th Street / Denver Avenue / Cheyenne Avenue | |||
| 234.3 | 377.1 | US 75 north (I-444) –Bartlesville | Eastern end of I-444/US-75 concurrency | ||
| 234.8 | 377.9 | Detroit Avenue | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 234.9 | 378.0 | Utica Avenue | |||
| 235.2 | 378.5 | Lewis Avenue | No westbound exit | ||
| 236.0 | 379.8 | East 15th Street | |||
| 236.4 | 380.4 | East 21st Street | |||
| 237.1 | 381.6 | Harvard Avenue | |||
| 238.1 | 383.2 | East 31st Street, Yale Avenue | |||
| 239.2 | 385.0 | Sheridan Road | |||
| 239.6 | 385.6 |   I-44 /SH-66 –Joplin,Oklahoma City | I-44 Exit 231 | ||
| 240.3 | 386.7 | Memorial Drive | |||
| 241.1 | 388.0 | East 41st Street, Mingo Road | No westbound exit | ||
| 242.0 | 389.5 |  US 64 east /US 169 –Bixby,Owasso | Eastern end of US-64 concurrency | ||
| 242.9 | 390.9 | Garnett Road | |||
| 243.4 | 391.7 | 51st Street / 129th East Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| Broken Arrow | 244.8 | 394.0 | Aspen Avenue / 145th East Avenue | ||
| 245.9 | 395.7 | Elm Place | |||
| 247.0 | 397.5 | Lynn Lane | No eastbound entrance | ||
| 247.5 | 398.3 | Kenosha Street | |||
| 248.8 | 400.4 |      Muskogee Turnpike east toCreek Turnpike –Muskogee | Eastern end of freeway; no eastbound entrance; Muskogee Turnpike Exit 1 | ||
| Wagoner | Coweta | 258.0 | 415.2 |  SH-72 south –Haskell | Northern terminus of SH-72 |
| 261.5 | 420.8 | Muskogee Turnpike –Tulsa,Muskogee | Muskogee Turnpike Exit 13 | ||
| Wagoner | 272.6 | 438.7 |  US 69 –Chouteau,Muskogee | ||
| 275.1 | 442.7 |  SH-16 south | Northern terminus of SH-16 | ||
| Cherokee | Hulbert | 288.4 | 464.1 |  SH-80 west (South Broadway) –Fort Gibson Dam | Eastern terminus of SH-80 |
| Tahlequah | 297.3 | 478.5 |   SH-51 Spur / Choctaw Street | Southwestern terminus of SH-51 Spur | |
| 300.7 | 483.9 |     US 62 west /SH-10 south /SH-82 south /US 62 Bus. north –Muskogee,Vian | Western end of US-62/SH-10/82 concurrency; southern terminus of US BUS 62 | ||
| 303.0 | 487.6 | SH-82 north /US 62 Bus. west –Locust Grove | Eastern end of SH-82 concurrency; northern terminus of US BUS 62 | ||
| | 305.0 | 490.8 | SH-10 north –Kansas | Eastern end of SH-10 concurrency | |
| Eldon | 310.7 | 500.0 | US 62 east –Westville | Eastern end of US-62 concurrency | |
| Adair | Stilwell | 324.8 | 522.7 |  US 59 north –Westville | Western end of US-59 concurrency |
| 325.7 | 524.2 | US 59 south –Sallisaw | Eastern end of US-59 concurrency | ||
| | 332.8 | 535.6 |  AR 244 toAR 59 | Eastern terminus; continuation into Arkansas | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Like many in the Oklahoma state highway system, SH-51 has short spurs branching from it that bear the "51" number with a lettered suffix:
