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==Infrastructure== ===Transportation=== Purcell's [[Purcell (Amtrak station)|Amtrak train station]] features daily rail service via the ''[[Heartland Flyer]]''. Purcell Municipal-Steven E. Shephard Field has a paved runway,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oac.ok.gov/content/purcell-municipal-steven-e-shephard-field |title= Purcell Municipal - Steven E. Shephard Field |date= 4 January 2017 |publisher=Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aopa.org/destinations/airports/3O3/details |title= Purcell Municipal - Steven E Shephard Field |publisher=AOPA.org|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> and was renamed in 2005 to honor a Purcell High School alumnus who became a U.S. pilot and died in the [[Iraq War]]. Highways include: [[Interstate 35]] [[U.S. Highway 77 (Oklahoma)|U.S. Highway 77]] [[State Highway 39 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 39]] [[State Highway 74 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 74]].<ref name="odot-2008-map">{{cite map|publisher=Oklahoma Department of Transportation|title=Official State Map|edition=2008}}</ref> [[State Highway 77C (Oklahoma)|State Highway 77C]] in downtown Purcell.<ref name="odot-control">{{cite map|publisher=Oklahoma Department of Transportation|title=2008 Control Section Maps|page=McClain 44|url=http://www.odot.org/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/control-maps/mcclain.pdf}}</ref> The [[James C. Nance Memorial Bridge]], originally built circa 1938, connects Purcell and Lexington across the [[Canadian River]] via [[U.S. Route 77 in Oklahoma|U.S. Route 77]].<ref name="oklahoma.gov">{{cite web | url=https://oklahoma.gov/odot/citizen/major-projects/completed-projects/purcell-lexington-bridge-project.html | title=Purcell/Lexington Bridge project }}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://oklahoma.gov/odot/citizen/newsroom/2019/july/history-repeats-as-new-purcell-lexington-bridge-opens-for-thene.html |date=2019-07-26 |accessdate=2022-09-17|title=History repeats as new Purcell-Lexington bridge opens for the next generation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.normantranscript.com/news/new-bridge-connecting-purcell-lexington-reaches-completion/article_32a8733b-b796-5339-a752-c3099acf3bad.html |date=2019-07-27 |title=New bridge connecting Purcell, Lexington reaches completion |first1=Jesse |last1=Crittenden |work=[[The Norman Transcript]]}}</ref> ===Health care=== Purcell Municipal Hospital (PMH) a 50-bed acute care facility and emergency room, owned by the City of Purcell. The hospital ended surgery services in 2018. A new PMH hospital facility began construction in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purcellregister.com/news/hospital-price-tag/article_02fa041c-13ba-11eb-9205-23de3da60d12.html |title=Hospital price tag {{!}} News {{!}} purcellregister.com |website=www.purcellregister.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029064707/http://www.purcellregister.com/news/hospital-price-tag/article_02fa041c-13ba-11eb-9205-23de3da60d12.html |archive-date=2020-10-29}}</ref>
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