State Highway 78 is a 60-mile (97 km) long[1] (97 km) state highway in southern Oklahoma. It runs from the Red River (where it crosses into Texas as State Highway 78) to Tishomingo. It has no lettered spur routes.
State Highway 78 | ||||
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 60 mi (97 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SH 78 at the Texas state line | |||
| North end |    US 377 / SH-22 / SH-99 in Tishomingo | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oklahoma | |||
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Route description edit
State Highway 78 enters Oklahoma across the Red River on the State Highway No. 78 Bridge at the Red River, near the unincorporated community of Karma. Near Yuba, SH-78 curves west to head toward Achille, where it meets State Highway 91. It curves back north here, meets State Highway 70E, and then passes through the east part of Durant, where it crosses US-70. In northern Durant, SH-78 has an interchange with the US-69/75 freeway.
Three miles north of US-69/75, SH-78 turns west to head through Cobb and Brown before turning north to meet State Highway 199. It meets SH-22 for the first time at Nida. It then passes through Emet and turns back west at Milburn. It then meets SH-22 for a second time three miles (5 km) east of Tishomingo. It then joins SH-22 into Tishomingo, where it ends at US-377/SH-99.
History edit
The road that would become SH-78 was originally commissioned as SH-299 on November 22, 1938.[2] SH-299 was renumbered to SH-78 in its entirety in 1955,[3] most likely to match the route number of TX-78.
Previous Routes edit
SH-78 was originally designated as a route from Boise City to the Texas Border.[4] This route became US 385 in 1955.
Junction list edit
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Bryan | Red River | 0.00 | 0.00 |  SH 78 south | Continuation into Texas |
| State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River | |||||
| Achille | 15.9 | 25.6 |  SH-91 | ||
| | 22.4 | 36.0 |  SH-70E | ||
| Durant |  US 70 | Interchange | |||
| 30.5 | 49.1 |   US 69 / US 75 – Atoka, Denison TX | Half-folded diamond interchange[5] | ||
| | 32.8 | 52.8 |  SH-48 | Southern terminus of SH-48 | |
| Brown | 40.9 | 65.8 |  SH-199 | Eastern terminus of SH-199 | |
| Johnston | Nida | 44.1 | 71.0 |  SH-22 east – Caddo | South end of SH-22 overlap |
| 44.3 | 71.3 |  SH-22 west – Butcher Pen | North end of SH-22 overlap | ||
| Milburn | 52.2 | 84.0 |  SH-48A | ||
| | 57.4 | 92.4 | SH-22 east – Nida | South end of SH-22 overlap | |
| Tishomingo | 60.0 | 96.6 |  US 377 / SH-99 north (Kemp Avenue) US 377 / SH-99 south (SH-22 west) | Northern terminus; north end of SH-22 overlap; road continues west as US-377/SH-99 south/SH-22 west (Main Street) | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References edit
- ^ a b Stuve, Eric. "OK-78". OKHighways.com.[self-published source]
- ^ Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Planning & Research Division. "Memorial Dedication & Revision History - SH-22". Retrieved 2007-05-08.
- ^ Official State Highway Map (Map) (1956 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
- ^ Official State Highway Map (Map) (1940 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
- ^ Google (June 8, 2009). "Oklahoma State Highway 78" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2009.