History
SH-67 was first commissioned on May 21, 1936, serving the in same capacity—connecting US 75 to US 64 south of Tulsa—as it does now, though with a much different route. The original SH-67 began at US-75 in Mounds (US-75 at the time using the present-day route of US-75 ALT) and continuing east through far southern Tulsa County, reaching US-64 south of Bixby. The first extension to SH-67 occurred just over one month into the highway's life, on June 23, 1936. This extended the designation north along US-75 to Sapulpa. From here, it ran concurrent with US-66 out of town, splitting from US-66 to follow present-day SH-33 (which at this time followed SH-51 en route to downtown Tulsa) and coming to an end in Drumright.
The original part of SH-67, from Mounds to Bixby, was removed from the highway on December 31, 1937. SH-67 was re-extended to Bixby on June 7, 1943, following a more northerly route, branching off from US-64 in Kiefer, similar to the present-day one (although the final realignment of this section was not established until 1971).
The western part of SH-67, from Drumright to Sapulpa was truncated on May 8, 1951. This, along with the realignment of August 9, 1971, brought about SH-67 as it exists today.
The SH-67 designation was assigned to another segment of highway east of the present-day route. On October 15, 1956, a section of gravel road beginning at the Tulsa–Wagoner County line and extending into Coweta was added to the highway system as SH-67. This segment of highway was decommissioned on November 10, 1969.
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