Oklahoma State Highway 117

State Highway 117
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	7.3 mi (11.7 km)
Major junctions
West end:	SH-33/SH-66 west of Sapulpa
East end:	US-75 north of Glenpool
Highway system
Oklahoma State Highways Oklahoma turnpike system ← SH-116 SH-120 →

State Highway 117 is a state highway in northeastern Oklahoma. The majority of the 7.4-mile (11.9 km) highway is in Creek Co. with the easternmost one mile (1.6 km) in Tulsa Co. It is 7.3 miles^[1] (12 km) long. SH-117 has one lettered spur in the city of Sapulpa.

Route description

SH-117 begins at SH-66 just west of Sapulpa. It briefly runs in an arc curving southeast-to-east before heading seven miles (11 km) east. SH-117 ends two miles (3 km) north of Glenpool at US-75.

SH-117 is known as Taft Avenue in Creek County, and 121st Street South in Tulsa County.

History

SH-117 was extended east along US-75, 71st Street South, and Peoria Avenue in Tulsa to Interstate 44 in 1983, coinciding with the imminent opening of the 71st Street bridge across the Arkansas River^[2]. The eastern end was truncated back to its original ending at US-75 before 1990^[3].

Spurs

SH-117 has one lettered spur.

• SH-117A connects SH-117 to SH-66 along Mission Street in Sapulpa.

References

1. ^ Stuve, Eric. "OK-117". OKHighways. http://www.okhighways.com/ok117.html. Retrieved 2007-05-05. 
2. ^ Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Official State Map (Map) (1983 ed.). http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1983.pdf. 
3. ^ Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Official State Map (Map) (1990 ed.). http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1990b.pdf.