State Highway 49 (Oklahoma)
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| Length: | 30.0 mi (48.3 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1939 – present | |||
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| West end: |
 SH-54 south of Cooperton
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| East end: |
    I-44/US-62/US-277/US-281 north of Lawton
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State Highway 49 (SH-49) is a 30-mile (48 km) long state highway in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It runs from State Highway 54 in Kiowa County to Interstate 44 near Lawton. Part of the highway runs through the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge; this portion of SH-49 carries no signage identifying it as such. It has no lettered spur routes.
SH-49 was established in 1939. Originally it turned south in the refuge to serve Cache; its present-day routing was established in 1973.
SH-49 begins in Kiowa County at SH-54 south of Cooperton and heads due east. The highway crosses into Comanche Co. about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of that point. The road continues east for about two miles more, where it makes a ninety-degree turn to the north. It continues north for around a half-mile (0.8 km), then angles northeast. It then enters the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
Through the refuge, SH-49 is unsigned, appearing only as a nameless road. Inside the refuge, the speed limit drops to 45 miles per hour (72 km/h), with a night speed limit of 35 miles per hour (56 km/h).
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