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Title: 1919 Oklahoma state highway system
Post by: bugo on April 20, 2023, 07:21:48 PM
This map is dated April 5, 1919. It appears to show an early Oklahoma state highway numbering system. This system is unrelated to the 1924 system that is shown on other maps from the same archive. Were these routes signed in any way?

https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/odot/maps/state/pdfs/map-state-1919.pdf
(https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/odot/maps/state/pdfs/map-state-1919.pdf)

(https://i.imgur.com/Wptt1NL.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/PvDm89B.png)
Title: Re: 1919 Oklahoma state highway system
Post by: rte66man on April 21, 2023, 05:43:09 PM
Nice find. Looking at areas I am familiar with, it seems they are naming section line roads as routes.
Title: Re: 1919 Oklahoma state highway system
Post by: NE2 on April 21, 2023, 07:53:19 PM
Did the resolution pass the legislature? If so, does it define the routes in words?
Title: Re: 1919 Oklahoma state highway system
Post by: NE2 on April 22, 2023, 01:58:57 PM
It seems that the resolution passed with a full description of the routes (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.a0001936848&view=1up&seq=479) but the constitutional amendment was defeated by the public (https://books.google.com/books?id=LsAGAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA54&dq=%22senate+joint+resolution+no+10%22&hl=en).