Oklahoma State Highway 117 Explained

State:OK
Type:SH
Route:117
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:SH-117 in red, SH-117A in blue
Maint:ODOT
Length Mi:7.43
Direction A:West
Direction B:East
Terminus A: west of Sapulpa
Terminus B: in Glenpool
Previous Type:SH
Previous Route:116
Next Type:SH
Next Route:120

State Highway 117 (abbreviated SH-117) is a state highway in the Tulsa, Oklahoma metropolitan area. The majority of the 7.43miles highway is in Creek County, with the easternmost 1.01miles in Tulsa County. SH-117 has one lettered spur in the city of Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

Route description

SH-117 begins at SH-66 just west of Sapulpa. It briefly runs in an arc curving southeast-to-east before heading seven miles (11 km) east. SH-117 ends in Glenpool at US-75.

SH-117 is known as Taft Avenue in Creek County, and 121st Street South in Tulsa County.

History

SH-117 was extended east along US-75, 71st Street South, and Peoria Avenue in Tulsa to Interstate 44 in 1983, coinciding with the imminent opening of the 71st Street bridge across the Arkansas River.[1] The eastern end was truncated back to its original ending at US-75 before 1990.[2]

Spurs

State:OK
Type:SH
Route:117A
Length Mi:0.73
Location:Sapulpa, Oklahoma

SH-117 has one lettered spur, SH-117A, which connects SH-117 to SH-66 along Mission Street in Sapulpa. It is 0.73miles long and lies entirely within Sapulpa city limits and Creek County.

Notes and References

  1. Official State Map. Oklahoma Department of Transportation. 1983.
  2. Official State Map. Oklahoma Department of Transportation. 1990.