2009 - Oklahoma Department of Transportation

World War II Victory Medal.
279 2007 US 271 & Officer Danny Martinez Memorial Highway
1. A Fort Smith Police Official who was killed in the
line of duty
US 270 From US 271/US 270 Junction at Wister west to on March 23, 2007 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He had
US 271/US 270 Junction at Caston.
Police Chief in Wister, Oklahoma and on the police
Senate Bill 533, Okla. Session Laws 2007;
Panama and Heavener, Oklahoma.
Commission Item 106 (4, c), 7-16-07.
280 2007 SH 20 PFC John Reece, Jr. Medal Honor/Purple Heart 1. He was killed in action in the Philippines while
Highway
country in the United States Army during World War
II. He was
Between the municipal limits of Pryor and Salina in one of six Native Americans to receive the Medal of
County.
Senate Bill 533, Okla. Session Laws 2007;
Commission Item 106 (4, e), 7-16-07.
281 2007 US 283 Senator Robert M. 'Bob' Kerr Memorial Highway 1. Served as a Highway Commissioner from January,
In Jackson County, from Tamarack Road in Altus January, 1975, and as an Oklahoma State Senator for
Greer County Line. 38 from 1987 until his death January 25, 2006.
S. C. Res. 32, Okla. Session Laws 2007;
Commission Item 93, 6-4-07.
File Year Highway Name, Location, Law and Commission Item Biographical and Notes
282 2007 US 60 First Lt. Donald J. Gott Memorial Highway
Between Arnett and Harman in Ellis County.
House Bill 1941, Okla. Session Laws 2007;
Commission Item 106 (3, c), 7-16-07.
283 2008 US 64 Representative Jim L. Barker, Speaker of the 1. Served as an Oklahoma State Representative for
House of Represntatives Memorial Highway from 1969 to 1971 and from 1977 to 1991. He was
Between Muskogee and Keefeton in Muskogee Speaker from 1983 to 1991 and was the only
Senate Bill 1155, Okla. Session Laws 2008; State history to be elected four times as House
Commission Item 87 (2,d), 6-2-08.
284 2008 SH 105 OHP Lt. J. C. Burris Memorial Highway 1. An Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper, who
Between I-35 and the Lincoln County Line.
safety with such campaign as the "Click It or Ticket"
Senate Bill 1155, Okla. Session Laws 2008;
Commission Item 87 (2,g), 6-2-08.
285 2008 Northwest SSG Jonathan Paul Dragus Memorial Highway
Expressway From I-44 west to Pennsylvania Avenue in Oklahoma
(Old SH 3A) House Bill 2691, Okla. Session Laws 2008;
Commission Item 87 (1, m), 6-2-08.
286 2008 SH 251A Kelly Downing Memorial Highway
program of which he appeared in commercials and on
Has received the National Trooper of the Year Award
and the National Law Enforcement Liaison Award in
died November 24, 2006 after a long battle with
1. Kelly William Downing was a United States Marine
who was