Oklahoma State Highway 16

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State Highway 16
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	99.2 mi (160 km)
West end:	SH-33/SH-99 in Drumright
East end:	SH-51 in Wagoner
Oklahoma State Highways < SH-15 SH-17 >

State Highway 16 (SH-16 or OK-16) is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs in an irregular 99.2-mile^[1] west-to-east pattern through the northeastern part of the state, running from SH-33 at Drumright to SH-51 at Wagoner. There are no letter-suffixed spur highways branching from SH-16.

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SH-16 begins at SH-33 on the east side of Drumright, in western Creek County. From there, it travels six miles (10 km) south to the town of Shamrock, then 13 miles (21 km) roughly southeasterly to the city of Bristow.

SH-16 briefly overlaps SH-48 and SH-66 through Bristow.

On the south side of Bristow, SH-16 heads east, then south, 10 miles (16 km) to the town of Slick, then continues another 12 miles (19 km) east to Beggs, where it junctions with U.S. Route 75 Alternate.

Four miles east of Beggs, SH-16 intersects U.S. Route 75, a four-lane expressway connecting Tulsa and Okmulgee. From there it runs due east, intersecting SH-52 near the community of Bald Hill.

Twelve miles after SH-52, SH-16 joins up with U.S. Route 62/64, six miles (10 km) south of Haskell. Five miles later, SH-162 branches off to the north, connecting with the town of Taft, and in another eight miles (13 km) enters the city of Muskogee along Okmulgee Street.

In Muskogee, SH-16 meets U.S. Route 69 at 32nd Street, and turning north, forms a brief three-way concurrency (U.S. Route 62/69/SH-16). At Shawnee Bypass, U.S. Route 62 and SH-16 turn east, and overlap three miles (5 km) to York Avenue, where SH-16 turns north on its own again.

SH-16 crosses the Arkansas and Verdigris Rivers, and passes under the Muskogee Turnpike, intersecting with SH-251A in Okay. Eight miles farther to the north and west, SH-16 ends at SH-51, on the south side of Wagoner.

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