Oklahoma State Highway 4 3582105 215761856 2008-05-29T16:21:32Z NE2 1757249 Cleaning up, mostly per [[WP:USSH]], Replaced: title=State Highway System → title=Oklahoma State Highway System (2) using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Infobox Oklahoma Highway 2 |article_route=4 |map=yes |length_mi1=29.5 |yrcom=1941 (western SH-4)<ref name=1941map /><br />1963 (eastern SH-4)<ref name=1963map /> |direction_a1=South |direction_b1=North |from1=[[Image:I-44 (OK).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 44 (Oklahoma)|I-44]]/[[H.E. Bailey Turnpike]] south of [[Bridge Creek, Oklahoma|Bridge Creek]] |to1=Edmond Road in [[Piedmont, Oklahoma|Piedmont]] |length_mi2=12.2 |direction_a2=West |direction_b2=East |from2=[[Image:US 259.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 259 (Oklahoma)|US-259]] in [[Smithville, Oklahoma|Smithville]] |to2=[[Image:Arkansas 4.svg|20px]] [[Highway 4 (Arkansas)|AR-4]], Arkansas state line |previous_type=SH |previous=3 |next_type=SH |next=5 }} '''State Highway 4''', abbreviated as '''SH-4''' or '''OK-4''', is a designation for two distinct highways maintained by the [[United States|U.S.]] state of [[Oklahoma]]. One of them serves as an important route through the suburbs west of [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]], while the other connects [[U.S. Highway 259 (Oklahoma)|US-259]] to the [[Arkansas]] state line west of [[Cove, Arkansas]]. ==Route description== ===Central Oklahoma=== [[Image:004ok end.jpg|thumb|right|The northern end of SH-4 in Piedmont.]] The western Highway 4 is {{convert|29.5|mi|km|1}} long. It begins at the western terminus of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike Spur south of [[Bridge Creek, Oklahoma]], and immediately curves due north. It is a two-lane road until it reaches [[State Highway 37 (Oklahoma)|SH-37]], where it expands to four lanes. Seven miles (11.2 km) later, it [[Concurrency (road)|joins]] with [[State Highway 152 (Oklahoma)|SH-152]] in the town of [[Mustang, Oklahoma|Mustang]]. One mile (1.66 km) later, SH-4 continues northward along Mustang Road toward [[Interstate 40 (Oklahoma)|Interstate 40]] and [[Yukon, Oklahoma|Yukon]]. After crossing I-40, SH-4 becomes a two-lane road once again until entering Yukon, at which point it becomes a four-lane road again. It meets [[State Highway 66 (Oklahoma)|SH-66]], once [[U.S. Highway 66 (Oklahoma)|Route 66]], in Yukon. Seven miles (11.2 km) later, it meets the Northwest Expressway ([[State Highway 3 (Oklahoma)|SH-3]]). It lasts for just three miles (4.8 km) longer until ending at Edmond Road in [[Piedmont, Oklahoma|Piedmont]]. Just after crossing SH-3, there is a standard distance sign listing Piedmont and "END OF ROUTE", giving the distance to the terminus of SH-4. This is a relative rarity on Oklahoma highways. ===Eastern Oklahoma=== The eastern Highway 4 is 12.2 miles (19.6 km) long. It begins at US-259 and goes generally east-west, passing through the unincorporated communities of [[Smithville, Oklahoma|Smithville]] and [[Watson, Oklahoma|Watson]]. After crossing the [[Arkansas]] state line, it becomes [[Highway 4 (Arkansas)|Highway 4]]. ==History== ===Central Oklahoma=== The western SH-4 was assigned in 1941 to a previously unnumbered roadway between [[U.S. Highway 66 (Oklahoma)|U.S. Highway 66]] in [[Yukon, Oklahoma|Yukon]] and [[Piedmont, Oklahoma|Piedmont]].<ref name=1941map>{{cite map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1941.pdf|title=Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Highways]]|year=1941|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1940.pdf|title=Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Highways]]|year=1940|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref> A continuation of SH-4 east to North May Avenue in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]] along Ranchwood Boulevard and NW 10th Street had been designated as a [[farm-to-market road]] four years earlier.<ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1936.pdf|title=Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System and Landing Fields|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Highways]]|year=1936|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1937.pdf|title=Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Highways]]|year=1937|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref> In 1954, SH-4 was extended eastward along the farm-to-market road to a terminus at [[Oklahoma State Highway 3|State Highway 3]] and [[Oklahoma State Highway 74|State Highway 74]] (May Avenue) southwest of downtown Oklahoma City.<ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1954.pdf|title=Highways of Oklahoma|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Highways]]|year=1954|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1954b.pdf|title=Highways of Oklahoma (back side)|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Highways]]|year=1954|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref> SH-4 remained unchanged until 1979 when it was truncated to its former southern terminus at US-66 in Yukon.<ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1979.pdf|title=Official State Map|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Transportation]]|year=1979|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref> The route was then extended to [[Mustang, Oklahoma|Mustang]] in 1982, following Ranchwood Boulevard and Mustang Road south to a new terminus at [[Oklahoma State Highway 152|State Highway 152]].<ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1982.pdf|title=Official State Map|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Transportation]]|year=1982|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref> Construction on a southward extension of SH-4 to [[Oklahoma State Highway 37|State Highway 37]] near [[Tuttle, Oklahoma|Tuttle]] began in 2001<ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/2001-02.pdf|title=Official State Map|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Transportation]]|edition=2001-2002|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref> and was completed a year later, as was a new segment between SH-37 and the [[H.E. Bailey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 44 (Oklahoma)|Interstate 44]]).<ref>{{cite map|title=The Road Atlas - Large Scale - United States|publisher=[[Rand McNally]]|year=2002|page=168|section=G13}}</ref> SH-4 was originally signed only as far south as SH-37; the designation was extended south to I-44 in early 2003.<ref name=okh /> ===Eastern Oklahoma=== What is now the eastern SH-4 became part of [[Oklahoma State Highway 21|State Highway 21]] in 1927 when SH-21 was rerouted north of [[Bethel, Oklahoma|Bethel]] to follow modern [[U.S. Highway 259 (Oklahoma)|U.S. Highway 259]] and SH-4 to the [[Arkansas]] state line.<ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1926.pdf|title=Oklahoma State Highway System|year=1926|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Highways]]|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1927.pdf|title=Oklahoma State Highway System|year=1927|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Highways]]|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref> The SH-21 designation was removed in 1963 and replaced with SH-4 from [[Smithville, Oklahoma|Smithville]] east to the state line near [[Watson, Oklahoma|Watson]]. Only minor realignments, such as the straightening of the roadway near Smithville and the replacement of a historic truss bridge by a modern span have occurred since.<ref name=1963map>{{cite map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1963.pdf|title=Oklahoma|year=1963|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Highways]]|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref> ==Junction list== ===Central Oklahoma=== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name=okh>{{cite web|url=http://okhighways.com/ok4w.html|title=OKHighways.com - OK 4 (West)|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref>}} {{jctint|state=OK |county=Grady |cspan=2 |location=Bridge Creek |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=OK|I|44|road=[[H.E. Bailey Turnpike]]}} }} {{jctint|state=OK |location=Tuttle |mile=4.0 |road={{jct|state=OK|OK|37}} }} {{jctint|state=OK |county=Canadian |cspan=7 |location=Mustang |lspan=2 |mile=9.6 |type=mplex |road={{jct|state=OK|OK|152|dir1=east}} |notes=Eastern terminus of concurrency }} {{jctint|state=OK |mile=10.6 |type=mplex |road={{jct|state=OK|OK|152|dir1=west}} |notes=Western terminus of concurrency }} {{jctint|state=OK |location=Yukon |lspan=3 |mile=16.1 |road={{jct|state=OK|I|40|US|270}} }} {{jctint|state=OK |mile=19.2 |type=mplex |road={{jct|state=OK|OK|66|dir1=east}} |notes=Eastern terminus of concurrency }} {{jctint|state=OK |mile=19.5 |type=mplex |road={{jct|state=OK|OK|66|dir1=west}} |notes=Western terminus of concurrency }} {{jctint|state=OK |location=Piedmont |lspan=2 |mile=26.2 |road={{jct|state=OK|OK|3}} }} {{jctint|state=OK |mile=29.5 |road=Edmond Road }} {{jctbtm}} ===Eastern Oklahoma=== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://okhighways.com/ok4e.html|title=OKHighways.com - OK 4 (East)|accessdate=2007-12-07}}</ref>}} {{jctint|state=OK |county=McCurtain |cspan=2 |location=Smithville |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=OK|US|259}} }} {{jctint|state=OK |location_special=East of [[Watson, Oklahoma|Watson]] |mile=12.2 |road={{jct|state=AR|AR|4}} }} {{jctbtm}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://roads.tulok.net/t-4.html Western SH-4 at Roadklahoma] * [http://roads.tulok.net/t-4e.html Eastern SH-4 at Roadklahoma] [[Category:State highways in Oklahoma|004]]