State Highway 42 is a short state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in Washita County, Oklahoma

Washita County, Oklahoma

Washita County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 11,508. Its county seat is New Cordell. It was formerly located in Cloud Chief, Oklahoma....

. It is 1.4 miles (2¼ km) long and connects State Highway 152

State Highway 152 (Oklahoma)

State Highway 152 is a state highway running through west-central Oklahoma. At a length of 149.6 miles , it is the longest three-digit state highway in Oklahoma. It runs from State Highway 152 at the Texas State Line to Interstate 44 near Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City...

 to Dill City

Dill City, Oklahoma

Dill City is a town in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 562 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Dill City is located at ....

. It has no lettered spur routes.

Route description

SH-42 begins on the east edge of Dill City. It heads west along Orient Avenue through town, until it reaches Rambo Street. It then continues north on Rambo Street. The SH-42 designation then ends at SH-152. The SH-152 junction is SH-42's only intersection with another highway.

History

SH-42 was first added to the state highway system between 1943 and 1944, with the highway first appearing on the 1944 state map. At the time that SH-42 was commissioned, its northern terminus was at SH-41, which was later renumbered to SH-152.

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