 State Highway 2 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byODOT | ||||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length | 116.7 mi[1] (187.8 km) | |||
| South end |  SH-3 west ofAntlers | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| North end |   US 64 /US 266 in Warner | |||
| Section 2 | ||||
| Length | 26.3 mi[2] (42.3 km) | |||
| South end |   US 60 /US 69 inVinita | |||
| North end |  US-59 at the Kansas state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oklahoma | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 2, abbreviatedSH-2 orOK-2, is a designation for two distinct highways maintained by theU.S. state ofOklahoma. Though they were once connected, the middle section of highway wasconcurrent with three differentU.S. highways, so the middle section was decommissioned for reasons of redundancy.
The southern section of highway runs fromAntlers toU.S. Highway 64 nearWarner, covering 116.7 miles (187.8 km)[1] through the southeastern part of the state. The northern SH-2 runs for 26.3 miles (42.3 km)[2] throughCraig County in northeastern Oklahoma.
The southern section of SH-2 begins atSH-3 in Antlers. It travels north-northwest from here, roughly parallelling theKiamichi River, until reachingClayton andUS-271. North of Clayton, Highway 2 and US-271overlap for 3 miles (4.8 km). Immediately after this, SH-2 meetsSH-43's eastern terminus southeast ofSardis Lake. SH-2 then crosses over the lake and meetsSH-1/SH-63, and the three form a six-mile (10 km) concurrency. This area is mountainous and has some tight hairpin curves. After the concurrency Highway 2 continues northward, meetingUS-270 atWilburton.
SH-2 then passes Robbers Cave State Park and the eastern edge of the Sansbois Mountains before reachingSH-31 east ofQuinton, and the two form a six-mile (10 km) concurrency untilKinta. One hundred miles (160 km) north of here, Highway 2 meetsSH-9. Three miles (4.8 km) later, the highway passes the eastern terminus ofSH-71, south of the town ofPorum, Oklahoma. 10 miles (16 km) later, SH-2 meetsUS-266, which it will overlap until its end. After having an interchange atI-40 milemarker 278, both SH-2 and US-266 end atUS-64 nearWarner.
The northern SH-2 begins atUS-60/US-69 inVinita. It then heads due north, meetingSH-25 four miles (6.4 km) west ofBluejacket. Six miles north of here, it comes to a junction withUS-59 andSH-10 inWelch, Oklahoma.
All signage for SH-2 ends at US-59/SH-10 in Welch. However, the official definition of the highway contains anunsigned concurrency with US-59 to the point where it crosses the state line into Kansas.[3]
The northern SH-2, between Vinita and the Kansas state line, was once part ofUS-73.[4]
Until the early 1980s a portion of SH-2 was one of the last unpaved state highways in the Oklahoma road network. The section between the communities ofKosoma, Oklahoma andStanley, Oklahoma in theKiamichi River Valley, remained gravel. Its builders during the 1930s and 1940s, in order to save the expense of building two bridges across the Kiamichi River, routed the highway mid-way up the flank of Bull Creek Mountain. The highway traversed the mountain at its midway point, with no shoulders or guard rails. During the 1980s a new route was opened in the floor of the valley, featuring modern bridges across Pine Creek and the Kiamichi River. The old route on Bull Creek Mountain was decommissioned and is no longer in use.[citation needed]
The old route from Clayton to Antlers (using Bull Creek Mountain) was known as Hwy 144. When the Route was renovated through the Valley (crossing the river in 2 places) and paved, the Route was renamed SH2.[5]
The section of SH-2 between I-40 and SH-9 was pressed into service as a detour for eastbound I-40 traffic after thecollapse of its bridge over the Arkansas River on May 26, 2002.[6][7]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Pushmataha | Antlers | 0.0 | 0.0 | SH-3 | Southern terminus |
| Clayton | 33.4 | 53.8 |  US 271 | Southern end of US-271 concurrency | |
| | 36.7 | 59.1 | US 271 | Northern end of US-271 concurrency | |
| | 38.8 | 62.4 |  SH-43 | ||
| Latimer | | 45.5 | 73.2 |   SH-1 /SH-63 | Southern end of SH-1/SH-63 concurrency |
| | 51.6 | 83.0 | SH-1 / SH-63 | Northern end of SH-1/SH-63 concurrency | |
| | 63.3 | 101.9 |  US 270 | Southern end of US-270 concurrency | |
| Wilburton | 63.8 | 102.7 | US 270 | Northern end of US-270 concurrency | |
| Haskell | | 82.8 | 133.3 |  SH-31 | Western end of SH-31 concurrency |
| Kinta | 88.5 | 142.4 | SH-31 | Eastern end of SH-31 concurrency | |
| Whitefield | 98.6 | 158.7 |  SH-9 | ||
| Muskogee | | 104.5 | 168.2 |  SH-71 | Eastern terminus of SH-71 |
| | 114.0 | 183.5 | US 266 | Southern end of US-266 concurrency | |
| | 115.1 | 185.2 |  I-40 | I-40 exit 278 | |
| Warner | 116.7 | 187.8 | US 64 | Northern terminus of SH-2, eastern terminus of US-266 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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| County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Craig | Vinita | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 60 /US 69 | Southern terminus |
| Pyramid Corners | 11.4 | 18.3 |  SH-25 | ||
| Welch | 17.3 | 27.8 |  US 59 /SH-10 | Southern end of US-59 concurrency | |
| Oklahoma–Kansas state line | 26.3 | 42.3 |  SH-2 endsUS-59 continues north into Kansas | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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