Oklahoma State Highway 5

"OK 5" redirects here. OK 5 may also refer to Oklahoma's 5th congressional district.

State Highway 5
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Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Section 1
Length:	20.42 mi (32.86 km)
West end:	US-62 in Gould
East end:	SH-6 in Eldorado
Section 2
Length:	98.2 mi (158.0 km)
West end:	US-283 south of Altus
East end:	US-70 in Waurika
Highway system
Oklahoma State Highways Interstate U.S. Turnpikes ← SH-4 SH-6 x20px →

State Highway 5 (SH-5 or OK-5) is the name assigned to two distinct state highways in the U.S state of Oklahoma. One runs for 20.42 miles (32.86 km) through extreme southwestern Oklahoma, passing through Harmon and Jackson Counties. The other is 98.2 miles (158.0 km) long and runs through southwest Oklahoma, connecting US-283 south of Altus to US-70 at Waurika.

Route description

Western section

The western SH-5 begins at U.S. Highway 62 in Gould, Oklahoma and runs south until just past Lincoln, where it turns east. It then ends at State Highway 6 in Eldorado, just seven miles (11 km) north of the Texas border.

The western SH-5 was once known as SH-90.

Both the now-separate western and eastern sections of SH-5 were formerly part of a continuous SH-5 across Southwest Oklahoma. From 1958 to 1969, SH-5 continued east from Eldorado over an unpaved roadway to a junction with US-283 east of Elmer, and then turned north on a route shared with US-283 to the current west terminus of the eastern SH-5 at its junction with US-283 south of Altus and west of Tipton and continued east over the current eastern SH-5. The former Eldorado to Elmer section of SH-5 was removed from the state highway system in 1969 and continues in use as a county road under the jurisdiction of Jackson County.

Eastern section

The eastern SH-5 starts between Altus and Elmer at US-283. It heads east from here to Tipton, where it turn south and SH-5C splits off. South of Tipton, SH-5 turns east again to intersect U.S. Highway 183 in Frederick. 19 miles (30.5 km) later, it has a two-mile (3.2 km) concurrency with State Highway 36. The highway splits off to the east from here, sharing a three-mile (4.8 km) concurrency with US-277/281 and an interchange with Interstate 44 (which is also the Walters toll plaza of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike).

Five miles (8 km) east of where this three-route concurrency breaks up, SH-5 turns south in Walters, with the mainline being taken over by State Highway 53. SH-5 heads east again toward Temple, where it has a brief concurrency with State Highway 65, and then turns southeast to pass through Hastings before ending at US-70 in Waurika.

Spurs

SH-5 has three lettered spur routes.

• SH-5A connects SH-5 south of Walters to US-277/281 south of Cookietown.
• SH-5B does not connect directly with SH-5. It runs from SH-5A south to US-70 at Taylor.
• SH-5C runs from SH-5 at Tipton to US-183 in Manitou.

Junction list

Western section

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Harmon	Gould	0.00	0.00	US-62	Western terminus
Jackson	Eldorado	20.42	32.86	SH-6	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Eastern section

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Jackson	​	0.0	0.0	US-283	Western terminus
Tillman	Tipton	11.5	18.5	SH-5C	Western terminus of SH-5C
	Frederick	25.9	41.7	US-183
	​	34.2	55.0	SH-54	Northern terminus of SH-54
	​	45.1	72.6	SH-36	Northern terminus of SH-36 concurrency
	​	46.8	75.3	SH-36	Southern terminus of SH-36 concurrency
Cotton	​	60.2	96.9	US-277 / US-281	Western terminus of US-277 / US-281 concurrency
	​	62.6	100.7	I‑44 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike	I-44 exit 20
	​	63.1	101.5	US-277 / US-281	Eastern terminus of US-277 / US-281 concurrency
	Walters	68.1	109.6	SH-53	Western terminus of SH-53
	​	74.1	119.3	SH-5A	Eastern terminus of SH-5A
	Temple	78.1	125.7	SH-65	Western terminus of SH-65 concurrency
		78.6	126.5	SH-65	Eastern terminus of SH-65 concurrency
Jefferson	Waurika	98.2	158.0	US-70	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus