Oklahoma State Highway 43

State Highway 43
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length	65.6 mi (105.6 km)
Major junctions
West end	US 75 / SH-3 in Coalgate
East end	SH-2 north of Clayton
Highway system
Oklahoma State Highway System Interstate US State Turnpikes
← SH-42 → I-44

State Highway 43 (SH-43 or OK-43) is a state highway in Oklahoma, United States. It runs 65.3 miles^[1] west-to-east through Coal, Atoka, Pushmataha and Pittsburg counties.

Route description[]

SH-43 runs along the shore of Sardis Lake and crosses its dam.

SH-43 begins at US-75/SH-3 in Coalgate, the seat of Coal County. It runs east from Coalgate for 11 miles (18 km)^[2] toward US-69. Before meeting US-69, it crosses into Atoka County and over Atoka Reservoir. Two boat ramps on the reservoir are accessible from SH-43.^[3] After crossing the reservoir, SH-43 reaches US-69, which it begins a concurrency with.

US-69 and SH-43 head south, passing through , an unincorporated place, and in between Atoka Reservoir and .^[3] The two highways pass to the west of Grants Gap before reaching Stringtown. There, SH-43 splits off to the east, leaving US-69 five miles (8 km)^[2] south of where the two highways first joined.

At Stringtown, SH-43 turns back to the east, paralleling Chickasaw Creek south of Grants Gap. The highway runs along the southern edge of the Atoka Wildlife Management Area west of unincorporated Redden.^[3] SH-43 has an interchange with the Indian Nation Turnpike, 19 miles (31 km) east of Stringtown.^[2] The diamond interchange,^[4] Exit 38 from the turnpike, carries the destination cities of Stringtown and Daisy. Daisy lies just east of the turnpike on SH-43.

East of Daisy, SH-43 passes just north of unincorporated , then crosses into Pushmataha County. Turkey Mountain is just south of the highway as it enters the county. The route travels through the Jackfork Creek basin, a low area between the Jack Fork Mountains and the Big Caney Mountains.^[3] After passing through another unincorporated place, Adel, the highway cuts across the far southeast corner of Pittsburg County.

SH-43 re-enters Pushmataha County southwest of the far south arm of Sardis Lake, a reservoir formed by impounding Jackfork Creek. The highway runs along the south shore of the lake.^[3] At the southwest corner of the lake, SH-43 runs across the top of the lake's dam. Northeast of the dam, the highway intersects SH-2. This intersection is the highway's eastern terminus.

Junction list[]

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Coal	Coalgate	0.0	0.0	US 75 / SH-3	Western terminus
Atoka	​	11.1	17.9	US 69	Northern end of US-69 concurrency
	Stringtown	16.2	26.1	US 69	Southern end of US-69 concurrency
	Daisy	34.2	55.0	Indian Nation Turnpike	INT exit 38; Diamond interchange.[4]
Pushmataha	No major junctions
Pittsburg	No major junctions
Pushmataha	​	65.6	105.6	SH-2	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

External links[]

• SH-43 at OKHighways.com

References[]