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Jefferson Highway

McIntosh County
Location: at intersection of N. Broadway St. (BUS-69) and W. North Ave. in Checotah
Coordinates: 35.478463, -95.521519
Material: Other (Interpretive panel set in brick arch)
Sponsor(s): Checotah Landmark Preservation Society
Topics: Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Transportation

The Jefferson Highway (circa 1920) was a 2,290-mile transcontinental roadway from Winnipeg, Canada, to New Orleans, Louisiana. The highway through Checotah ran North Broadway to Gentry Avenue, then on Southwest 2nd Street and back to South Broadway. The route formed what became US Highway 69.

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