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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1411 By: Grego
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the True Grit Trail; directing the
Oklahoma Department of Transportation to erect
signage in certain locations; requiri ng the Oklahoma
Department of Transportation to collaborate with the
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to
maintain certain online resources for the True Grit
Trail; providing source of funding; providing for
codification; and providing an effectiv e date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4101 of Title 69, unless there
is created a duplication in numberi ng, reads as follows:
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall erect signage
designating the following roads as the True Grit Trail:
Beginning at the start , US Highway 64 at the Oklahoma state line
with Arkansas to US Highway 59 . From US Highway 59 to US Highway
271. From US Highway 271 to the town of Spiro, Oklahoma. From
Spiro Oklahoma back to US 5 9. From US Highway 59 to Oklahoma
Highway 31. From Oklahoma Highway 31 to US Highway 270. From US
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Highway 270 to Mains Street in McAl ester. From Main Street to East
Krebs Avenue. From East Krebs Avenue and Main Street back to US
Highway 27O. From US Highway 270 to Oklahoma Highway 2. From
Oklahoma Highway 2 to Robbers Cave State Park. From Robbers Cave
State Park on Oklahoma Highway 2 to US High way 270. From US Highway
270 to Oklahoma Highway 82. From Oklahoma Highway 8 2 to US Highway
27A. From US Highway 271 to Oklahoma Highway 1. From Oklahoma
Highway 1 and ending at the intersection of Oklahoma Highway 1 and
US Highway 259.
B. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall erect
informational highway signage designed or approved by the Oklahoma
Tourism and Recreation Department to direct visitors to sites of
significant interest along the True Grit Trai l, including:
1. The City of Sallis aw;
2. The Town of Spiro;
3. The Town of Bokoshe;
4. The Town of McCurtain;
5. The Town of Kinta;
6. The Town of Quinton;
7. The City of Krebs;
8. The City of McAlester;
9. The City of Hartshorne;
10. The City of Wilburton;
11. Robbers Cave State Park;
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12. The Town of Red Oak;
13. The Town of Bengal;
14. The Town of Talihina; and
15. The Talimena National Scenic Byway.
C. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall collaborate
with the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to maintai n
online resources for the True Grit Trail , including but not limited
to:
1. A map of the True Grit Trail;
2. Information about each of the sites of significant interest
identified in this section; and
3. Historical context regarding the True Grit Trail .
D. The cost associated with signage required by this act may be
provided from private sources and may include the costs of the
initial erection of signs as well as the cost of potential
replacement or reconstruction of signs. Upon receiving adequate
funding, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall cause
suitable permanent markers to be placed as required by this act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-10203 JL 01/06/25