Oklahoma State Highway 96
{{short description|State highway in Oklahoma, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=OK
|type=SH
|route=96
|maint=ODOT
|length_mi=4.01
|length_round=2
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|terminus_a=West of Burneyville
|terminus_b={{jct|state=OK|SH|32}} at Dunbar
|previous_type=SH
|previous_route=95
|next_type=SH
|next_route=97
}}
State Highway 96 (abbreviated SH-96) is a short, {{convert|4|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in}} highway in Love Co., Oklahoma. It runs south from State Highway 32 to Burneyville, curves west and turns into Burneyville Road. It has no lettered spur routes.
SH-96 was created in the mid-1950s. Initially, the highway had a gravel surface.
Route description
State Highway 96 begins along Burneyville Road, which it follows for {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}}. The road then turns north, crossing over Simon Creek, before coming to an end at SH-32 at Dunbar, an unincorporated place. The roadbed continues north as Eastman Road.{{cite map|publisher=DeLorme|title=Oklahoma Atlas and Gazetteer|page=62|section=I5|scale=1:200,000|year=2006}}
SH-96 serves the Burneyville area, which includes the Falconhead Resort & Country Club, a former PGA Tour golf course,Sessions, Barbara W. “Golf’s Giveaway Man.” Oklahoma Living, September 1998, p. 18. and the Red River Research and Demonstration Farm, an agricultural research operation run by the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.{{cite map|publisher=The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation|title=Love County Farms|url=http://www.noble.org/Ag/Maps/LoveCountyFarms.gif|accessdate=2010-03-16}}
History
State Highway 96 was first shown on the 1958 state highway map (implying its creation in 1957) as a gravel highway. The route was otherwise identical to that of the present day.{{cite map|publisher=Oklahoma Department of Highways|title=1958 Oklahoma Road Map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1958.pdf|accessdate=2010-03-16 }} The route was paved over the following year.{{cite map|publisher=Oklahoma Department of Highways|title=1959 Oklahoma Road Map|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/state-maps/pdfs/1959.pdf|accessdate=2010-03-16 }}
Junction list
References
External links
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- [http://www.okhighways.com/ok96.html SH-96 at OKHighways]