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Encyclopedia > Oklahoma State Highway 199

Oklahoma State Highway 199, also known as OK-199 or SH-199, is a 44-mile (71-kilometer) highway in southern Oklahoma. The part of the highway west of Madill is the historic routing of U.S. 70. It provides access to the Fort Washita Historic Site. Image File history File links CircleSign199. ... Oklahoma is a South Central state of the United States (with strong Southern, Western, and Midwestern influences) and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ... Madill is a city located in Marshall County, Oklahoma. ...


Route description

The highway's western beginning is at I-35 (milemarker 31) in Ardmore. From here, it goes eastward out of town. At Dickson it becomes duplexed with U.S. 177. They stay joined until Madill. MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION MILEPOST Mexican Border Texas 0 I-10 Texas 158 I-20 Texas 418 (I-35E) I-30 Texas 427-428 (I-35E) I-40 Oklahoma 126-128 I-44 Oklahoma 133-138 I-70 Missouri 3 I-80 Iowa 72-87 I-90 Minnesota 13 I-94... Ardmore is a city located in Carter County, Oklahoma. ... Dickson is a town located in Carter County, Oklahoma. ...


At Madill, the highway splits off of U.S. 177 and heads east on its own. It crosses over Lake Texoma and passes Fort Washita before ending near Brown, Oklahoma at OK-78. The Oklahoma shores slope toward the waters edge. ...


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OKHighways.com -- OK 99 (554 words)
OK 99 is one of Oklahoma's longest state highways; to be more precise, it is the fourth longest state highway in Oklahoma, and the longest north-south highway.
Not only that, but after entering Kansas, the highway is KS 99 from the Kansas State Line to the Nebraska State Line, and after entering Nebraska, the highway becomes NE 99 from the Nebraska State Line to just north of Burchard, NE, a distance of about 14 miles in the home of the Cornhuskers.
OK 99 enters the state duplexed with U.S. 377, and that is the case for its first 140 miles until its junction at Interstate 44.
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