Oklahoma State Highway 76

State Highway 76
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	111 mi (179 km)
Major junctions
South end:	South of Leon
North end:	SH-37 north of Newcastle
Highway system
Oklahoma State Highways Oklahoma turnpike system ← US-75 US-77 →

State Highway 76, also referred to as SH-76 or OK-76, is a highway maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is 110.7^[1] miles (178.6 km) long. It runs north–south through central Oklahoma, beginning at Jimtown Road^[2] just north of the Red River and ending north of Newcastle at SH-37. It has no lettered spur routes.

Route description

SH-76 begins north of the Texas border in Love County, south of Leon. After passing through that town, it has its first highway intersection, with State Highway 32. It continues northward from there for 15 miles (24.1 km) to Wilson. SH-76 runs along that town's main street, while SH-70A provides an eastern bypass. West of Wilson, SH-76 has a two mile (3 km) concurrency with US-70, after which it splits off and runs through Healdton. It then has a three-mile (5 km) concurrency with SH-53 and then meets SH-7 at Ratliff City.

Four miles north of Ratliff City, SH-76 overlaps for five miles (8 km) with SH-29, before splitting off to the north to SH-19, which it overlaps with through Lindsay. Fifteen miles north of here, it has a four-way-stop controlled intersection with SH-39 west of Dibble. It continues north from there to have a brief concurrency with US-62/277 through Blanchard. SH-76 then has an interchange with the H.E. Bailey Turnpike Spur, and then meets the western terminus of State Highway 130 west of Newcastle. It then passes under Interstate 44 (but does not have an interchange with it) and ends at SH-37.

History

SH-76 first appeared on the 1932 state highway map, originally running from US-70 south of Healdton to SH-22 (now SH-7) at Ratliff City.^[3] Between May 1936 and April 1937, the highway was extended northward, all the way to the intersection with US-62/277 southwest of Blanchard.^[4] In 1947 or 1948, the route was extended southward through Wilson to end at the Carter/Love county line.^[5] SH-76 was extended further south in 1955 or 1956, bringing to SH-32;^[6] by 1957 it had its current southern terminus.^[7] By 1957 had also been extended northward to its present northern terminus at SH-37.^[7]

Junction list

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Love	Leon	0.0	Jimtown Road	Southern terminus
		5.6	SH-32
Carter	Wilson	20.9	SH-70A	Southern terminus of SH-70A
		22.3	US-70
	Healdton	24.8	US-70
		34.6	SH-53
	Fox	37.8	SH-53
	Ratliff City	45.0	SH-7
Garvin		57.1	SH-29
Stephens		62.5	SH-29
Garvin	Lindsay	76.3	SH-19
		77.3	SH-19
McClain	Dibble	92.4	SH-39
		96.7	SH-74B
	Blanchard	98.8	US-62/277/SH-9
		99.8	US-62/277/SH-9
		104.4[8]	H.E. Bailey Turnpike Spur	Parclo interchange
	Newcastle	107.6	SH-130	Western terminus of SH-130
		110.7	SH-37	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Stuve, Eric. "OK-76". OKHighways. http://www.okhighways.com/ok76.html. Retrieved 2006-03-20. 
2. ^ McMahon, Martin. Terminus: SH-76. Roadklahoma. 24 May 2003. URL accessed 20 March 2006.
3. ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways. Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (Map) (June 1932 ed.). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1932.pdf. 
4. ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways. Map Showing Condition of Improvement of the State Highway System (Map) (April 1937 ed.). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1937.pdf. 
5. ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways. Map of Oklahoma's State Highway System (Map) (1948 ed.). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1948.pdf. 
6. ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways. Oklahoma's Highways 1956 (Map). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1956.pdf. 
7. ^ ^{a b} Oklahoma Department of Highways. Oklahoma's Highways 1957 (Map). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1957.pdf. 
8. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Oklahoma State Highway 76 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=4148011343359901035,35.137880,-97.658290&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=N+Main+Ave+%4035.137880,+-97.658290&daddr=35.213322,-97.653219&mra=mi&mrsp=1,0&sz=19&sll=35.213206,-97.652965&sspn=0.000991,0.001701&ie=UTF8&z=19&om=1. Retrieved 2007-11-09.