Oklahoma State Highway 84 - History

History

SH-84 first appears on the official state map in 1941. At this time, none of current SH-84 was part of the highway; instead, the route began at US-75 and US-270 in Horntown, then proceeded east to Lamar, and then turned north to Carson, where it ended. The entire highway was constructed with a gravel surface. On December 30, 1942, a section of gravel road corresponding to present-day SH-84 was added to the Oklahoma highway system as a farm-to-market road. In 1943, SH-84 was extended north; the highway now connected to SH-9, forming a through route from US-75/270 to SH-9.

By 1954, the farm-to-market road north of SH-9 had been numbered as part of SH-84. This segment of highway was paved by 1959. The remaining unpaved portion of highway, that south of SH-9, was removed from the state highway system in 1968, leaving the highway with its present-day routing and termini.

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