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Commission Item 100, 5-1-67.
52 1968 US 270 Allen G. Nichols Bridge 1. Served as an Oklahoma State Senator for District
Bridge over the South Canadian River near Calvin. 1965 to 1972.
(PIC) Commission Item E-243, 4-11-68.
53 1968 SH 1 Talimena Scenic Drive
LeFlore County.
Commission Item 190, 9-9-68.
54 1968 SH 3E & SH The J. A. Richardson Loop 1. Served as an Oklahoma Highway Commissioner of
(Old SH 12) Northwest quadrant of the Ada Bypass District from October 7, 1967 to February, 1971.
S. J. Res. 68, Okla. Session Laws 1968, pg. 815;
(PIC) 69 O.S. 1981, Section 1614.
55 1969 SH 51 Wyche B. Murphy Bridge 1. Served as President of the Highway 51
Bridge over the Cimarron River west of Mannford.
(PIC) Commission Item 84, 4-28-69.
56 1970 SH 50 Omer Schnoebelin Bridge 1. He was an outstanding citizen of Mooreland,
Bridge over the North Canadian River southwest of founder and editor of the Mooreland Leader
(PIC) Commission Item 55, 3-2-70. served several terms on the town board of Mooreland.
57 1970 US 70 Bypas Virgil Jumper Memorial Highway 1. Served as a member of the Oklahoma State
Idabel Bypass.
Representatives from 1955 to 1960 and served on the
Commission Resolution, 11-16-70. Highway Commission from 1963 to 1970.
58 1971 US 69 Jean Pierre Chouteau Highway 1. See Commission Item U.S. Highway 69, 7-8-47,
Erection of markers between Muskogee and Vinita. 2. Major Chouteau was founder of the first permanent
Commission Item 28, 2-4-71.
settlement in Oklahoma, in 1796, located at the
of Salina.
59 1972 US 77 Dwight F. Whelan Memorial Highway
1. Served as First Vice President of the Oklahoma
Jaycess and
Between Britton Road and 33rd Street in Edmond. member of the Edmond Chamber of Commerce.
H. C. Res. 1064, 33rd Leg., 2d Reg. Sess., 1972.
member of the Board on Legislative Compensation.
He directed
much of his activities toward making U.S. 77 from
in Oklahoma City north to 33rd Street in Edmond a
highway. He was killed February 13, 1968 in an
accident during a snow storm on U.S. 77 which was in
process of being widen to four-lanes.
(PIC)
File Year Highway Name, Location, Law and Commission Item Biographical and Notes
60 1972 US 64 Ray Fine Bridge 1. Served as an Oklahoma State Senator from 1942
Bridge across the Arkansas River near Webber Falls. and as State Representative from 1964 to 1972.
(PIC) Commission Item E-59, 4-3-72.
61 1973 SH 93 The Carl Albert Bridge
1. Represented Oklahoma's Third Congressional
District in the
Bridge over the Kiamichi River in Choctaw County. United States House of Representatives from January