Oklahoma_State_Highway_270

Oklahoma State Highway 270

Oklahoma State Highway 270

State highway in Oklahoma, United States


State Highway 270, abbreviated as SH-270, is a 14.45-mile-long (23.26 km) state highway in Oklahoma and Pottawatomie counties in Oklahoma, United States. It runs on a former alignment of U.S. Route 270 (US-270) between US-62 in Harrah and US-177 north of Shawnee. (US-270 is now concurrent with Interstate 40 through the area.) SH-270 has no lettered spur routes.

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Route description

SH-270's western terminus at US-62, January 2008

State Highway 270 begins at US-62 in Harrah, in Oklahoma County. The road runs through town on a southeast course, paralleling a rail line. As it leaves town, the highway gradually curves to the south. SH-270 runs along Harrah Road to S.E. 29th Street, where it makes a hard left, turning to the east.[5]

SH-270 continues east for one mile (1.6 km) until it crosses into Pottawatomie County, where the name of the road changes to Oklahoma Street. SH-270 then enters McLoud, where it has a brief concurrency with SH-102. After leaving McLoud, it then turns back to the southeast, parallel to the same railroad it ran alongside in Harrah. SH-270 turns east upon reaching the small town of Dale. It then crosses over the railroad and the North Canadian River. After passing through Dale, it ends at US-177.[5]

History

Prior to 1979, US-270 ran through Oklahoma City on surface streets. It left the city and ran through Choctaw concurrent with US-62. US-270 split away from US-62 in Harrah, and continued on to Shawnee on what is now SH-270.[6]

On March 5, 1979, US-270 was rerouted to run concurrent with Interstate 40 from south of Calumet in Canadian County through the Oklahoma City metro, exiting the Interstate onto a surface alignment in Shawnee.[4] Presumably, SH-270 was commissioned the same date. The realignment of US-270, with SH-270 on the old alignment between Harrah and Shawnee, appears on the 1979 state map. SH-270 followed the same path in 1979 as it does today.[3]

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See also


References

  1. Oklahoma Department of Transportation (n.d.). Control Section Maps: Oklahoma County (PDF) (Map) (2010–2011 ed.). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  2. Oklahoma Department of Transportation (n.d.). Control Section Maps: Pottawatomie County (PDF) (Map) (2010–2011 ed.). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  3. Official State Map (PDF) (Map) (1979 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
  4. Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Planning & Research Division. "Memorial Dedication & Revision History - US-270". Retrieved January 14, 2009.
  5. Oklahoma Atlas and Gazetteer (Map). 1:200,000. DeLorme. 2006. p. 43.
  6. Official State Map (PDF) (Map) (1978 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
  7. Google (May 3, 2013). "Oklahoma State Highway 270" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
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