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State Highway 72
State Highway 72
Route information
	Maintained by ODOT
Length	32.9 mi (52.9 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 266 west of Checotah
	US 62 from Boynton to Jamesville; US 64 from Jamesville to Haskell;
North end	SH-51 in Coweta
Location
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
Highway system
	Oklahoma State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Turnpikes;

State Highway 72 (abbreviated SH-72 or OK-72) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It runs from north to south through the east-central part of the state, with a length of almost 33 miles (53 km). It does not have any lettered spur routes.

Route description

SH-72 begins at U.S. Highway 266 west of Checotah^[1] and heads north, passing through Council Hill after 4 miles (6.4 km).^[2] Two miles south of Boynton, it meets US-62, with which it starts a duplex. Past Boynton, the concurrent routes have a junction with US-64 and SH-16; here, US-62 splits off of SH-72 and US-64 joins it.

Near Haskell, US-64 splits off SH-72, headed towards Tulsa. SH-72 continues northward to cross the Arkansas River, to Coweta.^[3]

History

The clearance below the railroad underpass in downtown Coweta near the junction with SH-51 was previously only 13 ft (4.0 m). Between February 2009 and April 2010, the crossing was rehabilitated and expanded, with the clearance increased to 17 ft 1 in (5.21 m).^[4]

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
McIntosh		0.0	0.0	US-266	Southern terminus
Muskogee		7.7	12.4	US-62
	Jamesville	16.8	27.0	US-62
		16.8	27.0	US-64
		16.8	27.0	SH-16
	Haskell	22.7	36.5	SH-104
	Haskell	23.1	37.2	US-64
Wagoner	Coweta	32.1	51.7	SH-51B
Wagoner	Coweta	32.9	52.9	SH-51	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

^ Control Section Maps (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. March 2018. § 46: McIntosh County. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
^ Control Section Maps (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. March 2018. § 51: Muskogee County. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
^ Control Section Maps (PDF) (Map). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. March 2018. § 73: Wagoner County. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
^ Howell, Chris (April 19, 2010). "Highway 72 Underpass Opening to Help with Traffic, Safety and Growth in Coweta". Newson6.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022.