 State Highway 43 | ||||
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| Length | 65.6 mi (105.6 km) | |||
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| West end |   US 75 /SH-3 inCoalgate | |||
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| East end |  SH-2 north ofClayton | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oklahoma | |||
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State Highway 43 (SH-43 orOK-43) is astate highway inOklahoma, United States. It runs 65.3 miles west-to-east throughCoal,Atoka,Pushmataha andPittsburg counties.
SH-43 begins atUS-75/SH-3 inCoalgate, the seat ofCoal County. It runs east from Coalgate for 11 miles (18 km)[1] towardUS-69. Before meeting US-69, it crosses intoAtoka County and overAtoka Reservoir. Two boat ramps on the reservoir are accessible from SH-43.[2] After crossing the reservoir, SH-43 reaches US-69, which it begins aconcurrency with.
US-69 and SH-43 head south, passing throughFlora, an unincorporated place, and in between Atoka Reservoir andSub-Penitentiary Lake.[2] The two highways pass to the west of Grants Gap before reachingStringtown. There, SH-43 splits off to the east, leaving US-69 five miles (8 km)[1] south of where the two highways first joined.
At Stringtown, SH-43 turns back to the east, paralleling Chickasaw Creek south of Grants Gap. The highway runs along the southern edge of the Atoka Wildlife Management Area west of unincorporatedRedden.[2] SH-43 has an interchange with theIndian Nation Turnpike, 19 miles (31 km) east of Stringtown.[1] Thediamond interchange,[3] Exit 38 from the turnpike, carries the destination cities of Stringtown and Daisy.Daisy lies just east of the turnpike on SH-43.
East of Daisy, SH-43 passes just north of unincorporatedGoss, then crosses intoPushmataha County. Turkey Mountain is just south of the highway as it enters the county. The route travels through the Jackfork Creek basin, a low area between the Jack Fork Mountains and the Big Caney Mountains.[2] After passing through another unincorporated place,Adel, the highway cuts across the far southeast corner ofPittsburg County.
SH-43 re-enters Pushmataha County southwest of the far south arm ofSardis Lake, a reservoir formed by impounding Jackfork Creek. The highway runs along the south shore of the lake.[2] At the southwest corner of the lake, SH-43 runs across the top of the lake's dam. Northeast of the dam, the highway intersectsSH-2. This intersection is the highway's eastern terminus.
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Coal | Coalgate | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 75 /SH-3 | Western terminus | |||
| Atoka | | 11.1 | 17.9 |  US 69 | Northern end of US-69 concurrency | |||
| Stringtown | 16.2 | 26.1 | US 69 | Southern end of US-69 concurrency | ||||
| Daisy | 34.2 | 55.0 |   Indian Nation Turnpike | INT exit 38;Diamond interchange.[3] | ||||
| Pushmataha | No major junctions | |||||||
| Pittsburg | No major junctions | |||||||
| Pushmataha | | 65.6 | 105.6 | SH-2 | Eastern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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