U.S. Route 266

Infobox U.S. Route
article_route=266
alternate_name=


length_mi=43.09
length_round=2
length_ref=cite web|author=Oklahoma Department of Transportation|title=State Highway System: Log of U.S. Highway 266|url=http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/memorial/highways/pdfs/logs/us266log.pdf|accessdate=2008-01-01]
yrcom=1926
direction_a=West
from=Jct|state=OK|US|62|US|75 in Henryetta, OK
junction=
direction_b=East
to=Jct|state=OK|US|64|OK|2 in Warner, OK
browse=ok browse|previous_type=US|previous_route=259|route=OK|next_type=SH|next_route=266

U.S. Highway 266 is an east-west United States highway. It is only 43 miles (69 km) long, and lies entirely within the state of Oklahoma. The highway does not meet the former route of its parent, U.S. Highway 66, and is closely paralleled by Interstate 40, which replaced US-266 (along with accompanying routes US-62 from Oklahoma City to Henryetta and US-64 from Warner to the Arkansas border west of Fort Smith, Arkansas) as the major east-west highway east of Oklahoma City during the 1960s.

The highway's eastern terminus is in Warner, Oklahoma at an intersection with U.S. Highway 64, concurrent with State Highway 2. Its western terminus is in Henryetta, Oklahoma at an intersection with U.S. Highway 75 and U.S. Highway 62.

Route description

History

In the original 1926 plan, US-266 extended to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to meet its parent route, U.S. Highway 66. But by 1931, along with changes to several other branches of US-66 [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us666.htm] , the route was truncated at Henryetta. The segment from Oklahoma City to Henryetta became part of U.S. Highway 62, which was commissioned in 1930.

References

* [http://www.geocities.com/usend6069/End266/end266.htm Endpoints of US highways]