Oklahoma State Highway 45

State Highway 45 (SH-45 or OK-45) is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs 64.7 miles (104.1 km) west-to-east through Woods, Alfalfa and Garfield counties.[2]

State Highway 45
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length	64.7 mi (104.1 km)
Existed	1926[1]–present
Major junctions
West end	SH-14 in Waynoka (concurrent with US-281)
East end	US-60/US-64/US-81 north of Enid
Highway system
Oklahoma State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Turnpikes ← SH-44 → SH-46

Route description

SH-45 begins at the US-281/SH-14 junction in Waynoka. The first 12 miles (19 km) of SH-45 heading east out of Waynoka is concurrent with US-281. US-281 then splits off to the north. SH-45 continues east for 12 miles (19 km) to Carmen.[3]

Two miles (3.2 km) east of Carmen, SH-34 joins SH-8 for a 3 miles (4.8 km) concurrency to the south, where SH-43 resumes its eastward travel. SH-58 joins SH-43 for a one-mile (1.6 km) concurrency just south of the town of Helena, and at Goltry, SH-45 jogs south a few miles before turning back to the east and heading for a brief concurrency with SH-132 at Carrier. Continuing to the east, SH-45 travels eight more miles (12.9 km) from Carrier, before reaching its terminus at US-60/64/81 at the north edge of Enid.[3]

History

SH-45 was first added to the state highway system between May 1926 and November 1927. The original routing of the highway was from Waynoka to SH-8 in Carmen.[1]

Before 1963, the section of present-day SH-45 between SH-58 and SH-132 was part of the original SH-38.[4] In 1963, all of this SH-38 west of Carrier was renumbered to SH-45 (a north–south section of SH-38 that connected Carrier to US-60 became part of a SH-132 extension). The same year, SH-45 was extended westward to Waynoka.[5] In either 1971 or 1972, the highway was extended eastward to its present terminus on the northern outskirts of Enid.[6] No major changes have occurred since.

Junction list

County	Location	mi[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Woods	Waynoka	0.0	0.0	US 281 / SH-14	Western terminus (SH-45 begins concurrent with US-281), southern terminus of SH-14.
	​	12.1	19.5	US 281	Eastern end of US-281 concurrency
Alfalfa	​	26.1	42.0	SH-8	Northern end of SH-8 concurrency
	​	29.1	46.8	SH-8	Southern end of SH-8 concurrency
	Helena	38.1	61.3	SH-58	Western end of SH-58 concurrency
	​	39.1	62.9	SH-58	Eastern end of SH-58 concurrency
Garfield	Carrier	56.0	90.1	SH-132	Northern end of SH-132 concurrency
		56.8	91.4	SH-132	Southern end of SH-132 concurrency
	Enid	64.7	104.1	US 60 / US 64 / US 81	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Oklahoma State Highway System (PDF) (Map) (1927 ed.). Oklahoma State Highway Department. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
2. Stuve, Eric. "OK-45". OKHighways.com.
3. Official State Map (PDF) (Map) (2009–10 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
4. Oklahoma 1962 (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
5. Oklahoma 1963 (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
6. 1972 Highway Map of Oklahoma (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Highways. Retrieved 2008-03-13.

External links

• SH-45 at Roadklahoma