Oklahoma State Highway 162
State highway in Oklahoma, United States
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State Highway 162 (SH-162/OK-162) is a 1.32-mile-long (2.12 km)[1] (2.1 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Oklahoma that provides access from US-62/US-64/SH-16 to the town of Taft. The highway lies entirely within Muskogee County. Serving as a spur route itself, the highway has no letter-suffixed spur routes of its own.
 State Highway 162 | ||||
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 SH-162 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 1.32 mi[1] (2.12 km) | |||
| Existed | ca. 1967–present | |||
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| South end |    US 62 / US 64 / SH-16 west of Muskogee | |||
| North end | Old Taft Road in Taft | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oklahoma | |||
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Route description
History
From the routes' establishment into the mid-1960s, US-62 and US-64 passed through Taft along what is now Old Taft Road en route to the county seat of Muskogee.[3] On July 10, 1967, however, the state shifted the routes onto the present-day expressway south of town.[4] SH-162 was created around the same time, allowing Taft to remain connected to the state highway system. The change to US-62/64/SH-16's alignment was not reflected on the official state highway map until the 1969 edition; this was also the first edition of the state highway map to show SH-162.[5]