Oklahoma State Highway 97

State Highway 97
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	19.86 mi[2][3][4] (31.96 km)
Existed:	February 3, 1952[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	US-75 ALT/SH-33/66 in Sapulpa
North end:	Zink Ranch
Highway system
Oklahoma State Highways Oklahoma turnpike system ← SH-96 SH-98 →

State Highway 97, sometimes abbreviated to SH-97 or OK-97, is a 19.86-mile (31.96 km) state highway, maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It connects two towns in the northeast part of the state: Sapulpa and Sand Springs. Several communities of West Tulsa are along the road between these two towns, including Pretty Water, Allen, and Prattville.

SH-97 has existed since 1952. The highway had a lettered spur, SH-97T, for one year, but it is no longer on the state highway system.

Route description

State Highway 97 begins in Sapulpa at an intersection that serves as the terminus of two other highways—U.S. Route 75 Alternate and State Highway 33 (SH-66 also passes through the intersection). From this point, the highway heads north toward the Turner Turnpike (I-44), which it has an interchange with. At the northern outskirts of Sapulpa, it serves as the western terminus of SH-166, a short spur route. The highway then passes through unincorporated areas of northeast Creek County.^[2]

At W. 61st Street S., the road crosses into Tulsa County. About one mile (1.6 km) north of the county line, SH-97 enters Prattville, a neighborhood of Sand Springs.^[3][5] At the north end of the town, the highway intersects SH-51 and begins a concurrency with it. The two routes cross the Arkansas River into the main part of Sand Springs together. SH-97 then has an interchange with the Sand Springs Expressway, a freeway which carries US-64 and US-412; SH-51 merges onto the eastbound freeway, bound for downtown Tulsa.

SH-97 continues straight ahead on N. Wilson Avenue, then turns onto W. 2nd Street and passes through downtown Sand Springs. The highway turns back to the north at McKinley Avenue. The highway continues north out of town until reaching a T intersection, where it continues by turning right.^[6] (The left turn at this intersection is former SH-97T; see below). The highway continues north through southeast Osage County to the Zink Ranch. The highway ends at Rock School Road in front of the ranch.^[5]

History

State Highway 97 was originally commissioned on February 3, 1952.^[1] At this time, the highway extended from Sapulpa (at its present-day southern terminus, where it intersected what was then US-66) to the southern SH-51 junction, which also carried US-64 (as the Keystone Expressway had not yet been built).^[7] The highway was extended north into Osage County on October 15, 1956.^[1] The only changes that have occurred since then are relatively minor changes in alignment through Sand Springs and Sapulpa.

SH-97T

The newest state highway in Oklahoma was a truck bypass off of SH-97, State Highway 97T. This highway was decommissioned one year after it was designated, and no new Oklahoma state highways have been created since.

Junction list

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Creek	Sapulpa	0.00	US-75 Alt. / SH-33 / SH-66	Southern terminus, northern terminus of SH-75A, eastern terminus of SH-33
		1.1[8]	I-44 (Turner Tpk.)	Interchange, exit 215
		1.6[8]	SH-166	Western terminus of SH-166
Tulsa	Sand Springs	8.43[2][3]	SH-51	SH-51 joins northbound and splits southbound
		9.64[3]	US-64/412/SH-51	Interchange, SH-51 splits northbound and joins southbound
Osage	Zink Ranch	19.86[4]	Rock School Rd.	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Oklahoma Department of Transportation. "Memorial Dedication and Revision History, SH 97". http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/memorial/legal/sh97.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Oklahoma Department of Transportation. 2008 Control Section Maps (Map). p. Creek County 19. http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/control-maps/creek.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-10. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Oklahoma Department of Transportation. 2008 Control Section Maps (Map). p. Tulsa County 72. http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/control-maps/tulsa.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-10. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Oklahoma Department of Transportation. 2008 Control Section Maps (Map). p. Osage County 57. http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/control-maps/osage.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-10. 
5. ^ ^{a b} DeLorme (2006). Oklahoma Atlas and Gazetteer (Map). 1:200,000. 
6. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Sand Springs (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Wilson+Ave&daddr=N+McKinley+Ave+to:OK-97+N+to:OK-97+N&hl=en&geocode=FXA-JwIdNmJF-g%3BFYysJwIdd35F-g%3BFXQCKAIdFptF-g%3BFfwiKAId9KhF-g&mra=mi&mrcr=2&mrsp=3&sz=16&sll=36.180043,-96.100438&sspn=0.010565,0.022724&ie=UTF8&ll=36.136003,-96.109815&spn=0.021142,0.045447&z=15. Retrieved 2011-02-10. 
7. ^ Oklahoma Department of Highways (1953). Highways of Oklahoma (Map). http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1953.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-04. 
8. ^ ^{a b} Stuve, Eric. "OK-97". OKHighways. http://www.okhighways.com/ok97.html. Retrieved 2010-03-04. 

External links

• SH-97 at Roadklahoma