Editing Ardmore, Oklahoma (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:ardmore ok6.jpg|thumb|right|Historic Santa Fe Rail Station and adjacent track yard. This facility serves as the Amtrak station for Ardmore on the ''[[Heartland Flyer]]'' route.]]

===Highways===
[[Interstate 35 in Oklahoma|Interstate 35]] passes through the western side of Ardmore, as it traverses the United States from [[Duluth, Minnesota]], to [[Laredo, Texas]].

Ardmore has four exits off [[Interstate 35|I-35]]:
* Exit 29 ([[U.S. Route 70 in Oklahoma|US-70]] east)
* Exits 31A-B ([[Oklahoma State Highway 199|State Highway 199]] east/U.S. 70 west, respectively)
* Exit 32 (12th St NW)
* Exit 33 ([[Oklahoma State Highway 142|State Highway 142]]).

Ardmore is also home to the junction of US-70 and [[U.S. Route 77 in Oklahoma|US-77]], SH-142 and SH-199. Ardmore is connected to [[Lake Murray (Oklahoma)|Lake Murray]] via [[State Highway 77S (Oklahoma)|State Highway 77S]].

===Airports===
Ardmore has two general aviation airports, [[Ardmore Downtown Executive Airport]] and [[Ardmore Municipal Airport]]. In the early 1950s, commercial air transportation was provided to the Municipal Airport by [[Central Airlines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/cn2/cn5006/|title=Central Airlines, Effective June 5, 1950|publisher=Timetableimages.com|access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref>  Currently, the nearest scheduled air service is available at [[Will Rogers World Airport]] in [[Oklahoma City]] and [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]], {{convert|99|mi}} north and {{convert|95|mi}} south of Ardmore, respectively. Ardmore is linked by rail with the DFW Airport via the ''[[Heartland Flyer]]'' to [[Trinity Railway Express]] connection.

===Rail===
Ardmore has one principal rail line,<ref name="bnsfmap">{{cite web | url = http://www.bnsf.com/tools/reference/division_maps/div_tx.pdf | title = Rail Network Map, BNSF Texas Operating Region, 2005 (PDF) | access-date = July 5, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070711020716/http://www.bnsf.com/tools/reference/division_maps/div_tx.pdf | archive-date = July 11, 2007 }}</ref> that being one of the [[Burlington Northern Santa Fe]] mainlines running from [[Fort Worth, Texas]] to [[Oklahoma City]] (also connecting with [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] and [[Chicago]]), being the route of the current Heartland Flyer passenger rail service. This line was formerly part of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe]] rail network before the merger with [[Burlington Northern]]. The line dates back to 1887, and the first train arrived on July 28 in that year.<ref name="ardhist">{{cite web | url = http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos5a/CoeArdmoreHistory.doc | title = Events in the Early History of Ardmore, Oklahoma | access-date = July 5, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070711020716/http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos5a/CoeArdmoreHistory.doc| archive-date= July 11, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> The company has multiple parallel tracks (5+) running through central Ardmore (MP 450.5), added concomitantly with the rise of the trading status of the city and region throughout the early 1900s. There is also a lightly used transverse rail spur from the BNSF line to the [[Michelin]] tire plant in west Ardmore, mainly intended for the transport of raw materials to the factory.  BNSF has given Site Certification to the Ameripointe Logistics Park in Ardmore, meaning the railroad has identified the location as an optimal rail-served site meeting ten economic development criteria, intended to minimize development risks customers may face.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/rail-development/certified-sites.page |title=Certified Sites|publisher=BNSF Railway|accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref>

===Mass transit===
The historic Santa Fe depot in downtown Ardmore is also [[Ardmore, Oklahoma (Amtrak station)|a stop]] on Amtrak's ''[[Heartland Flyer]]'' train route, with daily service to and from Oklahoma City and Fort Worth.

Ardmore also has a scheduled stop on the [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]]/[[Jefferson Lines|Jefferson Bus Lines]] system.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greyhound.com/en-us/bus-stations-in-oklahoma| title=Greyhound Bus Stations in Oklahoma|publisher=Greyhound|access-date=January 10, 2021}}</ref>

''Southern Oklahoma Rural Transportation System'' (SORTS) began operations in 1985, and offers full services to the four counties of [[Bryan County, Oklahoma|Bryan]], [[Carter County, Oklahoma|Carter]], [[Coal County, Oklahoma|Coal]] and [[Love County, Oklahoma|Love]].  The program currently offers demand response services with contract transportation provided for work routes, medical routes and rural routes meeting the needs of the entire area.

Early on, Ardmore had streetcars.<ref name=Trolley>{{cite book |last=Chandler|first=Allison|date=1980 |title= When Oklahoma Took the Trolley|publisher= Interurbans|pages=73–76|isbn=0-916374-35-1}}</ref>  The '''Ardmore Traction Company''' was organized in the Fall of 1905.<ref name=Trolley/>  It had pretentions of building all the way to [[Springer, Oklahoma]], about 7 miles, but had a much smaller system operational around town by January 1, 1906.<ref name=Trolley/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc862892/m1/164/  |title= Electric Traction Proposals in Oklahoma, p. 154|publisher=The Railroads in Oklahoma (accessed on Oklahoma Historical Society) |accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc862892/m1/110/ |title= Electric Traction Promotion in Oklahoma, p. 100|publisher=The Railroads in Oklahoma (accessed on Oklahoma Historical Society) |accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref>  In January 1908 it built an additional 3 miles to the company-owned Lorena Park.<ref name=Trolley/>  But the company was in receivership by early 1910,<ref name=Trolley/> when the system consisted of 4.7 miles of tracks in operation, 2 new single truck cars, 2 double truck cars, a convertible car, a summer car, and the amusement park.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://libraryarchives.metro.net/dpgtl/ERJ/erj-electric-railway-journal/1910-erj-volume-35-no-12-march-19.pdf |title=Ardmore (Okla.) Traction Company|publisher= Electric Railway Journal, March 19, 1910, p.507-508|accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref> At some point it changed names to the '''Ardmore Electric Railway''', and reorganizing again in 1916, ending up as the '''Ardmore Railway Company'''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.chicagorailfan.com/aatok2.html|title=Transit Systems in Oklahoma|publisher=ChicagoRailFan|accessdate=September 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=q6RMAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Ardmore+Electric+Rail%22&pg=PA1204|title= Ardmore (Okla.) Railway|date= 1916|accessdate= September 29, 2024}}</ref>  By August 1918, the system was down to 4 cars and 3.37 miles of track.<ref name=Trolley/>  [[World War I]] gave the system a brief boom, but by 1920 it was losing $100-$400/month.<ref name=Trolley/>  Abandonment was requested and granted in 1922.<ref name=Trolley/><ref name=Ardmore>{{cite web|url= https://www.oklahomahistory.net/newsletters/TT1065.htm  |title= A Glimpse Into the Past|publisher=Sally Gray, Territory Town, the Ardmore Story, 2006 (accessed on OklahomaHistory.net)|accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref>  The tracks were removed in the 1930’s as a [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] project.<ref name=Ardmore/>

===Historic buildings===
{{main|National Register of Historic Places listings in Carter County, Oklahoma}}
The following are still present in Ardmore:
*[[Ardmore Carnegie Library]]
*[[Ardmore Historic Commercial District]].  Ardmore also has the Ardmore Main Street Authority, one of the various [[List of Main Street Programs in the United States|Main Street programs]] which act in the interests of commercial district revitalization.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ardmoremainstreet.com/our-program/| title=About Us| publisher=Ardmore Main Street| access-date=February 22, 2020| archive-date=February 21, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221195447/http://www.ardmoremainstreet.com/our-program/| url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Ardmore Municipal Auditorium
*[[Black Theater of Ardmore]]
*Carter County Courthouse
*Central Park Bandstand
*Dornick Hills Country Club
*Douglas High School Auditorium
*Dunbar School 
*Galt-Franklin Home
*Hardy Murphy Coliseum
*Johnson Home
*[[Lake Murray State Park]]
*Oklahoma, New Mexico and Pacific Railroad Depot
*Sayre-Mann House
*Turner House

The NRHP-listed [[Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad]] Viaduct, previously in Ardmore, has been demolished.  The Brady Cabin is given as 38 miles northwest of Ardmore.