Chickasaw Turnpike

Chickasaw Turnpike marker Chickasaw Turnpike marker
Chickasaw Turnpike
Map
Chickasaw Turnpike highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by OTA
Length13.3 mi[1] (21.4 km)
ExistedSeptember 1, 1991 (1991-09-01)[2]–present
Major junctions
West end US 177 / SH-7 Spur north of Sulphur
East end SH-1 near Roff
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountiesMurray, Pontotoc
Highway system
  • Oklahoma State Highway System

The Chickasaw Turnpike, also designated State Highway 301 (SH-301), is a controlled-access toll road in the rural south central region of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A two-lane freeway, it stretches for 13.3 miles (21.4 km)[1] from north of Sulphur to just south of Ada. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) owns, maintains, and collects tolls on the turnpike. The first section of the Chickasaw Turnpike opened on September 1, 1991.

The Chickasaw resulted from a compromise between urban and rural legislators. Originally, it was part of a now-canceled plan to connect southern and eastern Oklahoma with a longer turnpike. It was also intended to link Ada to the Interstate system. A four-mile (6.4 km) segment of the turnpike was transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), making it a toll-free road, in 2011.

  1. ^ a b Oklahoma Department of Transportation (2013). Official State Map (PDF) (Map) (2013–14 ed.). Scale not given. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Turnpike inset. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ota-history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).