Oklahoma State Highway 30
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State Highway 30 (abbreviated SH-30) is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs Script error: No such module "convert". south-to-north along the western edge of the state, from U.S. Highway 62 (US-62) in Hollis to the town of Durham, two miles (3 km) north of SH-33. It passes through Harmon, Beckham and Roger Mills counties. SH-30 does not have any letter-suffixed spur routes branching from it.
The SH-30 designation dates back to March 31, 1936, when it spanned from Erick to Sweetwater. The highway gradually evolved over the years, reaching its current form in 1970.
Route description
SH-30 begins at US-62 in Hollis, the seat of Harmon County. It travels north through very sparsely populated terrain to the unincorporated settlement of McKnight, about Script error: No such module "convert". north of Hollis. North of McKnight, the highway crosses the Salt Fork of the Red River. SH-30 has a junction with SH-9, Script error: No such module "convert". north of McKnight.[1] For the next Script error: No such module "convert". through rural Western Oklahoma, SH-30 roughly parallels the Texas state line, lying generally about Script error: No such module "convert". west of it.[2] The highway bridges over the Elm Fork of the Red River about Script error: No such module "convert". before crossing into Beckham County.[1]
Script error: No such module "convert". west of Erick, SH-30 intersects Interstate 40 Business. SH-30 begins a concurrency with the business loop, traveling east into the town. In Erick, SH-30 turns back to the north, interchanging with Interstate 40, then crossing the North Fork of the Red River and running through the unincorporated settlement of Mayfield. About Script error: No such module "convert". north of Erick, it comes to an intersection with SH-152 in Sweetwater. At this point, it crosses into Roger Mills County.[2]
From Sweetwater, SH-30 travels north for Script error: No such module "convert". to SH-47, which it joins for Script error: No such module "convert"., to the town of Reydon. Leaving Reydon, SH-30 continues alone across the Black Kettle National Grassland, continuing north for Script error: No such module "convert". to its junction with SH-33. After crossing SH-33, SH-30 continues on for Script error: No such module "convert". to its terminus at a local road at Durham.[2]
History
State Highway 30 was added to the highway system on March 31, 1936. At this time, SH-30 began at US-66 in Erick and ended at what was then numbered SH-41 (present-day SH-152) in Sweetwater. On November 18, the highway was extended west along US-66, then south, setting its southern terminus at its present location at US-62 in Hollis.[3] The 1937 state highway map was the first to show SH-30.[4]
The following year, a large portion of the highway was removed from the state highway system. On October 19, 1937, between the SH-9 junction and US-66, the route ceased to be maintained by the Department of Highways.[3] SH-30 still appeared as such on the 1938 state highway map, but with dashed lines, indicating the route was not maintained.[5] By the 1940 edition, SH-30 was not marked at all on the map between just north of SH-9 to US-66 west of Erick. As a result, SH-30 was effectively in two sections, one running from Hollis to SH-9, and another between Erick and Sweetwater.[6]
On April 14, 1941, the southern SH-30 was extended further to the south.[3] The highway proceeded east from Hollis along US-62, then, at Gould, turned south along what was previously an unnumbered farm-to-market road. The route turned back east to end at SH-34 and SH-44 in Eldorado. This extension encompassed all of the present-day western SH-5.[7] By January 1942, however, this extension of SH-30 would be split off to form the new SH-90.[8]
The two sections of SH-30 were reunited on August 13, 1945, with the reincorporation of the SH-9 to Erick stretch into the route.[3] The newly-continuous highway was extended north three months later on November 21, when it was extended north of Sweetwater for the first time, ending in Reydon (concurrent with SH-47). On February 7, 1955, SH-30 was extended north to Durham.[3][9]
From the late 1950s through the 1960s, SH-30 extended south to the Texas state line. On February 18, 1958,[3] the highway was extended to run west along US-62, then split off to the south Script error: No such module "convert". east of the north–south Texas state line. The highway then ended at a bridge over the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River, the southern Oklahoma–Texas boundary.[10] The route was truncated back to Hollis on March 2, 1970.[3]
Junction list
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