Oklahoma State Highway 43
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Length | 65.6 mi (105.6 km) | |||
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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[]
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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 | |||
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Coal | Coalgate | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus | |||
Atoka | | 11.1 | 17.9 | ![]() | Northern end of US-69 concurrency | |||
Stringtown | 16.2 | 26.1 | ![]() | Southern end of US-69 concurrency | ||||
Daisy | 34.2 | 55.0 | ![]() ![]() | INT exit 38; Diamond interchange.[4] | ||||
Pushmataha |
No major junctions | |||||||
Pittsburg |
No major junctions | |||||||
Pushmataha | | 65.6 | 105.6 | ![]() | Eastern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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External links[]
References[]
- ^ a b Stuve, Eric. "OK-43". OKHighways.com.[self-published source]
- ^ a b c Official State Map (Map) (2008 ed.). Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
- ^ a b c d e Oklahoma Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (3rd ed.). 1:200,000. DeLorme. 2006.
- ^ a b Google (2008-12-26). "Oklahoma State Highway 43" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- State highways in Oklahoma
- Transportation in Coal County, Oklahoma
- Transportation in Atoka County, Oklahoma
- Transportation in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma
- Transportation in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma