Oklahoma State Highway 96

State Highway 96
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	4.01 mi[2] (6.45 km)
Existed:	ca. 1957[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	West of Burneyville
North end:	SH-32 at Dunbar
Highway system
Oklahoma State Highways Oklahoma turnpike system ← SH-95 SH-97 →

State Highway 96 is a short, four-mile (6.44 km) highway in Love Co., Oklahoma. It runs south from State Highway 32 to Burneyville, curves west and turns into Burneyville Road. It has no lettered spur routes.

Route description

State Highway 96 begins along Burneyville Road, which it follows for 2 miles (3.2 km). The road then turns north, crossing over Simon Creek, before ccoming to an end at SH-32 at Dunbar, an unincorporated place. The roadbed continues north as Eastman Road.^[3]

SH-96 serves the Burneyville area, which includes the Falconhead Resort & Country Club, a former PGA Tour golf course,^[4] and the Red River Research and Demonstration Farm, an agricultural research operation run by the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.^[5]

History

State Highway 96 was first shown on the 1958 state highway map (implying its creation in 1957) as a gravel highway. The route was otherwise identical to that of the present day.^[1] The route was paved over the following year.^[6]

Junction list

County	Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Love	Burneyville	0.00	Burneyville Road[3]	Southern terminus
	Dunbar	4.01	SH-32	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Oklahoma Department of Highways. 1958 Oklahoma Road Map (Map). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1958.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-16. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Oklahoma Department of Transportation. 2008 Control Section Maps (Map). p. Love. http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/control-maps/Lincoln.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-16. 
3. ^ ^{a b} DeLorme (2006). Oklahoma Atlas and Gazetteer (Map). 1:200,000. p. 62, section I5. 
4. ^ Sessions, Barbara W. “Golf’s Giveaway Man.” Oklahoma Living, September 1998, p. 18.
5. ^ The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. Love County Farms (Map). http://www.noble.org/Ag/Maps/LoveCountyFarms.gif. Retrieved 2010-03-16. 
6. ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways. 1959 Oklahoma Road Map (Map). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1959.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-16. 

External links

• SH-96 at OKHighways
• SH-96 at Roadklahoma