Route information | ||||
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Maintained by ODOT | ||||
Length | 1.32 mi [1] (2.12 km) | |||
Existed | ca. 1967–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 62 / US 64 / SH-16 west of Muskogee | |||
North end | Old Taft Road in Taft | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Oklahoma | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 162 (SH-162/OK-162) is a 1.32-mile-long (2.12 km) [1] (2.1 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Oklahoma that provides access from US-62/ US-64/ SH-16 to the town of Taft. The highway lies entirely within Muskogee County. Serving as a spur route itself, the highway has no letter-suffixed spur routes of its own.
SH-162 begins at the US-62/64/SH-16 expressway south of Taft, then proceeds due north for 1.32 miles (2.12 km), ending on the western edge of town. [1] The route's northern terminus is at Old Taft Road, [2] the old alignment of US-62/64. [3]
From the routes' establishment into the mid-1960s, US-62 and US-64 passed through Taft along what is now Old Taft Road en route to the county seat of Muskogee. [3] On July 10, 1967, however, the state shifted the routes onto the present-day expressway south of town. [4] SH-162 was created around the same time, allowing Taft to remain connected to the state highway system. The change to US-62/64/SH-16's alignment was not reflected on the official state highway map until the 1969 edition; this was also the first edition of the state highway map to show SH-162. [5]
The entire route is in Muskogee County.
Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | US 62 / US 64 / SH-16 | Southern terminus | |
Taft | 1.32 | 2.12 | Old Taft Road [2] | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |