 State Highway 9 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byODOT | ||||
| Length | 348.1 mi[1][2][3] (560.2 km) | |||
| Existed | August 24, 1924[4]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SH 203 at theTexas state line | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| East end |   I-540 /US 271 at theArkansas state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oklahoma | |||
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State Highway 9, abbreviated asSH-9,OK-9, or simplyHighway 9, is a major east–west highway in theU.S. state ofOklahoma. Spanning across the central part of the state, SH-9 begins at theTexas state line west ofVinson, Oklahoma, and ends at theArkansas state line nearFort Smith, Arkansas. State Highway 9 is a major highway around theNorman area. At 348.1 miles (560.2 km),[1][2][3] SH-9 is Oklahoma's second-longest state highway (second toState Highway 3).
From the western terminus atState Highway 203 along the Texas border, the highway travels due east for five miles (8.0 km) and intersects withSH-30 between Madge andVinson.[5] SH-9 continues east for 23 miles (37 km)[5] without intersecting another highway until meetingUS-283 andSH-34 two miles (3.2 km) north ofMangum. The highway overlaps the other two routes for four miles (6.4 km), going north, before splitting off and heading east again throughGranite andLone Wolf. East of Lone Wolf, the highway forms a concurrency withSH-44. NearHobart, SH-9 overlapsUS-183 for 4 miles (6.4 km)(again going northward) before splitting off again.[5]
Continuing east, SH-9 passes throughGotebo,Mountain View, andCarnegie. AroundFort Cobb, Oklahoma, the highway begins nine miles (14 km) of travel to the south. There, the route links up with the concurrent U.S. Highways62 and281. While US-281 will split off inAnadarko, SH-9 and US-62 remain concurrent untilNewcastle. InChickasha,US-277 joins to form another three-route concurrency with US-62 and SH-9. On the eastern edge of Chickasha, US-62/277/SH-9 have an interchange withI-44, or more commonly known as theH.E. Bailey Turnpike.[5]
Traveling northeast from Chickasha, US-62/277/SH-9 are routed to the town ofBlanchard. Four miles later, SH-9 splits away from the two U.S. routes at adiamond interchange that also serves as the eastern terminus of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike Spur. SH-9 remains without any concurrent routes untilGoldsby. The section of road east of US-62/277, recently upgraded to a four-lane divided highway, provides a link from the H.E. Bailey Turnpike Spur toInterstate 35. At the interstate, SH-9 merges onto I-35 northbound to cross theCanadian River into Norman.[5]
Through Norman, Highway 9 serves as a major artery providing access to theUniversity of Oklahoma campus (in particular, theLloyd Noble Center). Around the area, the route is a four-lane divided expressway (with surface crossings and stoplights). There is an interchange withUS-77, and after 108th Avenue SE, the road becomes a two lane highway again.[6]
SH-9 continues eastward, passingLake Thunderbird State Park, before reaching the towns ofTecumseh andSeminole. The road intersects theIndian Nation Turnpike nearHanna, andUS-69 nearEufaula. SH-9 provides access to the south side ofLake Eufaula before reachingStigler.[5]
SH-9 overlapsUS-59 for 5 miles (8.0 km), after which the road becomes concurrent withUS-271. Both remain concurrent, until the highway ends at the Arkansas border. After passing the Arkansas state line, State Highway 9 becomesI-540, and US-271 continues over the state line concurrent with the Interstate.[5]
Officially designated on August 24, 1924,[4] the original route encompassed all of current SH-9 west of Blanchard. East of Blanchard, SH-9 followed a more northerly route. Bypassing Norman, SH-9 ran north toOklahoma City before going east throughHarrah,Meeker,Prague,Henryetta, andChecotah. The highway ended at the originalSH-3 inSpiro. Upon the creation of theUnited States Numbered Routes system in 1926, the section between Oklahoma City and Warner was overlaid withUS-266.[7] Four years later in 1930, SH-9 was truncated to Chickasha.[4] By this time, much of the route had become part ofUS-62.[8]
On 1935-08-27, the route was extended eastward,[4] taking over the original SH-37. SH-9's eastern terminus became SH-48 near Seminole.[9] On 1937-08-25, the route was brought further east to end at US-69 in Eufaula.[4] Part of the newly commissioned section was rescinded on 1937-10-19,[4] when a small segment just east ofSH-48 and the entireHughes County portion were dropped from the highway.[10] These sections were re-added on 1938-09-27.[4]
SH-9 was extended eastward twice in the route's history. The first extension occurred on 1941-02-26,[4] and extended SH-9 to SH-2 atWhitefield.[11] The final extension brought SH-9 to the Arkansas state line on 1941-11-12.[4] The only major realignment in SH-9's history since 1941 was the Norman expressway bypass, which was designated as SH-9 on 1971-11-08.[4]
After theI-40 bridge disaster, parts of SH-9 in eastern Oklahoma served as an emergency detour for eastboundI-40 traffic. All eastbound traffic was routed along the section of SH-9 between SH-2 in Whitefield andUS-59. In addition, the section of SH-9 between US-59 and the Arkansas state line were used for eastbound traffic forcommercial trucks.[12]
Discussions to widen SH-9 to four lanes east ofUS-77 inNorman began in 2008. The City of Norman and ODOT have conflict in their proposals for the design of the widened highway. ODOT has proposed a 16-foot (4.9 m) paved median, with 12-foot (3.7 m) shoulders to accommodate bicyclists. Norman's proposal includes a grass median and a separate bike path along the north side of the right-of-way, running from 24th Avenue S.E. toLake Thunderbird. ODOT criticized the city's plan as too expensive. The city then proposed, with a narrower raised concrete median and separate bike path.[13] By 2014, the plan for the widening had been finalized and work had begun from US 77 eastward.[14] As of 2025, SH-9 has been widened to four lanes to 108th Avenue S.E. Future plans call for the highway to be widened to four lanes from Pecan Creek toSH-102.[15]
TheI-35 and SH-9 West interchange inGoldsby is also expected to be reconfigured into aDiverging diamond interchange. The new design is expected to "accommodate large volumes of turning traffic by shifting traffic to the left side of a divided roadway through a series of coordinated signals for safer and more efficient left turns."[16] This follows a large project that reconfigured the I-35 exits at West Lindsey Street into Single Point Urban Interchange and the SH-9 east exit to atrumpet interchange in Norman. That project started in March 2015 and was completed and opened in October 2017.[17]
TheI-35 and SH-9 West interchange inGoldsby is also expected to be reconfigured into aDiverging diamond interchange. The new design is expected to "accommodate large volumes of turning traffic by shifting traffic to the left side of a divided roadway through a series of coordinated signals for safer and more efficient left turns."[18]
| County | Location | mi[1][2][3] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Texas–Oklahoma state line | 0.0 | 0.0 | SH 203 continues west intoTexas | ||
| Harmon | | 4.9 | 7.9 |  SH-30 | |
| Greer | | 28.3 | 45.5 |   US 283 /SH-34 | Western end of US-283/SH-34 concurrency |
| | 32.0 | 51.5 | US 283 /SH-34 | Eastern end of US-283/SH-34 concurrency | |
| Granite | 39.2 | 63.1 |  SH-6 | ||
| Kiowa | Lone Wolf | 47.6 | 76.6 |  SH-44 | Western end of SH-44 concurrency |
| | 50.8 | 81.8 | SH-44 | Eastern end of SH-44 concurrency | |
| Hobart | 55.9 | 90.0 |   SH-9 Bus. | Southern terminus of BUS SH-9 | |
| 57.9 | 93.2 |  US 183 | Southern end of US-183 concurrency | ||
| 58.9 | 94.8 | SH-9 Bus. | Eastern terminus of BUS SH-9 | ||
| | 61.9 | 99.6 | US 183 | Northern end of US-183 concurrency | |
| Gotebo | 71.9 | 115.7 | SH-9 Bus. | Western terminus of BUS SH-9 | |
| 72.9 | 117.3 |  SH-54 | |||
| Mountain View | 80.0 | 128.7 |  SH-115 | Western end of SH-115 concurrency | |
| | 81.2 | 130.7 | SH-115 | Eastern end of SH-115 concurrency | |
| Caddo | Carnegie | 88.5 | 142.4 |  SH-58 | |
| | 98.2 | 158.0 |  SH-146 | Southern terminus of SH-146 | |
| | 106.3 | 171.1 |   US 62 /US 281 | Western end of US-62/281 concurrency | |
| Anadarko | 114.7 | 184.6 |  US 281 /SH-8 | Eastern end of US-281 concurrency, western end of SH-8 concurrency | |
| 115.3 | 185.6 | SH-8 | Eastern end of SH-8 concurrency | ||
| Grady | Chickasha | 131.1 | 211.0 |  US 81 | Western end of US-81 concurrency |
| 132.8 | 213.7 |  US 81 /US 277 | Eastern end of US-81 concurrency, southern end of US-277 concurrency | ||
| 134.4 | 216.3 |   I-44 /H.E. Bailey Turnpike | Diamond interchange | ||
| | 136.1 | 219.0 |  SH-92 | Southern terminus of SH-92 | |
| Tabler | 139.6 | 224.7 |  SH-39 | Western terminus of SH-39 | |
| McClain | Blanchard | 150.4 | 242.0 |  SH-76 | Southern end of SH-76 concurrency |
| 151.4 | 243.7 | SH-76 | |||
| Newcastle | 156.1 | 251.2 |    US 62 /US 277 /SH-4 Toll north /H.E. Bailey Turnpike Norman Spur | Diamond interchange | |
| Goldsby | 162.1 | 260.9 |  I-35 | Irregular interchange, I-35 exit 106, southern end of I-35 concurrency | |
| Cleveland | Norman | 163.7 | 263.4 | I-35 | Trumpet interchange, I-35 exit 108A, northern end of I-35 concurrency |
| 168.0 | 270.4 |  US 77 (Classen Boulevard) | Parclo interchange | ||
| Pottawatomie | | 190.6 | 306.7 |  SH-102 | |
| Tecumseh | 198.4 | 319.3 |   US 177 /SH-3W | ||
| | 203.6 | 327.7 |  SH-9A | Western end of SH-9A concurrency | |
| Earlsboro | 204.8 | 329.6 | SH-9A | Eastern end of SH-9A concurrency | |
| Seminole | Seminole | 212.5 | 342.0 |   US 270 /SH-3E | |
| 214.5 | 345.2 |   US 377 /SH-99 | |||
| | 224.6 | 361.5 |  SH-56 | ||
| Hughes | | 228.0 | 366.9 |  SH-48 | |
| | 235.0 | 378.2 |  SH-27 | Southern terminus of SH-27 | |
| Wetumka | 237.3 | 381.9 |  US 75 | ||
| Dustin | 250.5 | 403.1 |  SH-84 | Southern terminus of SH-84 | |
| McIntosh | | 256.3 | 412.5 |   Indian Nation Turnpike | INT exit 92. |
| | 259.2 | 417.1 |  SH-52 | Northern terminus of SH-52 | |
| Eufaula | 276.4 | 444.8 |  US 69 | Parclo interchange | |
| 277.1 | 445.9 | US 69 Bus. | Northern end of US-69 Bus. concurrency | ||
| 278.1 | 447.6 | US 69 Bus. | Southern end of US-69 Bus. concurrency | ||
| Pittsburg | Longtown | 281.5 | 453.0 | SH-9A | Eastern terminus of SH-9A |
| Haskell | Enterprise | 291.9 | 469.8 |  SH-71 | |
| Whitefield | 300.3 | 483.3 |  SH-2 | ||
| Stigler | 306.8 | 493.7 |  SH-82 | Northern terminus of SH-82 | |
| | 316.6 | 509.5 |  SH-26 | Northern terminus of SH-26 | |
| Le Flore | | 328.2 | 528.2 |  US 59 | Western end of US-59 concurrency |
| | 333.7 | 537.0 |  US 59 /US 271 | Eastern end of US-59 concurrency, western end of US-271 concurrency | |
| Braden | 343.2 | 552.3 | SH-9A | Southern terminus of SH-9A | |
| | 345.4 | 555.9 |  SH-112 | Western end of SH-112 concurrency | |
| | 347.4 | 559.1 | SH-112 | Eastern end of SH-112 concurrency | |
| Oklahoma–Arkansas state line | 348.1 | 560.2 | I-540 /US 271 continue north intoArkansas | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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State Highway 9 creates three spur highways throughout the state. Additionally, it has twobusiness routes, serving towns the main route bypasses. These routes are:
