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Encyclopedia > Oklahoma State Highway 2

Oklahoma State Highway 2 is a designation for two distinct highways maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Though they were once connected, the middle section of highway was duplexed with three different U.S. highways, so the middle section was decommissioned for reasons of redundancy. Image File history File links Circle_sign_2. ... ... Oklahoma is a state in the southern United States, lying mostly in the lower Great Plains, and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ... A multiplex or concurrency on a road network occurs where a single physical road carries two or more different highway, motorway, or other road numbers. ... Current U.S. Highway shield The United States Highway System is an integrated system of roads in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid. ...


The southern section of highway runs from Antlers, Oklahoma to U.S. Highway 64 near Warner, covering 117 miles through the southeastern part of the state. The northern OK-2 runs for 17 miles through Craig Co. in northeastern Oklahoma. Antlers is a city located in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. ... United States Highway 64 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,326 miles from eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. ... Warner is a town located in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. ... Craig County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma. ...

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Route descriptions

Southern section

The southern section of OK-2 begins at OK-3 in Antlers. It travels north-northwest from here, roughly parallelling the Kiamichi River, until reaching Clayton and U.S. 271. North of Clayton, Highway 2 and U.S. 271 duplex for 3 miles (5 km). Immediately after this, OK-2 meets OK-43's eastern terminus southeast of Sardis Lake. OK-2 then crosses over the lake and meets OK-1/OK-63, and the three form a six-mile (10 km) triplex. This area is mountainous and has some tight hairpin curves. After the triplex Highway 2 continues northward, meeting U.S. 270 at Wilburton. The Kiamichi River is a river originating in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma, and becoming a tributary of the Red River. ... Clayton is a town located in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. ... United States Highway 271 is a north-south United States highway. ... A multiplex or concurrency on a road network occurs where a single physical road carries two or more different highway, motorway, or other road numbers. ... Oklahoma State Highway 1, sometimes abbreviated as OK-1 or SH-1, is a 208-mile long (335 km long) highway maintained by the the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ... U.S. Highway 270 is a spur of U.S. Highway 70. ... Wilburton is a city located in Latimer County, Oklahoma. ...


OK-2 then passes Robbers Cave State Park and the eastern edge of the Sansbois Mountains before reaching OK-31 east of Quinton, and the two form a six-mile (10 km) duplex until Kinta. Ten miles (16 km) north of here, Highway 2 meets OK-9. Three miles (4.9 km) later, the highway passes the eastern terminus of OK-71, south of the town of Porum, Oklahoma. 10 miles later, OK-2 meets U.S. 266, which it will duplex with until its end. After having an interchange at I-40 milemarker 278, both OK-2 and U.S. 266 end at U.S. 64 near Warner. Quinton is a town located in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. ... Kinta is a town located in Haskell County in the US state of Oklahoma. ... Oklahoma State Highway 9, abbreviated as SH-9 or simply Highway 9, is a major east-west highway in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ... Porum is a town located in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. ... United States Highway 266 is an east-west United States highway. ... INTERSTATE JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # I-15 CA 0 I-17 AZ 195 I-25 NM 159 I-44 OK 147 I-35 OK 150-152 I-30 AR 153 I-55 AR 277-279 I-65 TN 207-209 I-75 TN 368-385 I-81 TN 421 I-26... United States Highway 64 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,326 miles from eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. ... Warner is a town located in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. ...


Northern section

The northern OK-2 begins at U.S. 60/U.S. 69 in Vinita. It then heads due north, meeting OK-25 four miles (6.5 km) west of Bluejacket. Six miles north of here, it ends at OK-10 in Welch, Oklahoma. United States Highway 60 is an east-west United States highway, running 2,670 miles (4,300 km) from Virginia to Arizona. ... US 69 is a north-south United States highway. ... Vinita is a city located in Craig County, Oklahoma. ... Bluejacket is a town located in Craig County, Oklahoma. ... Welch is a town located in Craig County, Oklahoma. ...


The mainline road becomes U.S. Highway 59, and the official state maps show OK-2 as duplexing with U.S. 59 until the Kansas border nine miles later. However, the signage all shows that OK-2 ends in Welch [1]. United States Highway 59 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in parts of Texas). ... State nickname: The Sunflower State Official languages None Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) Senators Sam Brownback (R) Pat Roberts (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 15th 82,277 mi²; 213,096 km² 0. ...


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