Marshall, Oklahoma: Widest Main Street in USA
Old photos show it accommodating 16 cars driven side-by-side. Only four blocks long, and the town is mostly empty, accentuating it bleak "widest" charm. Other towns making the same claim include Keene, NH; Plains, KS; Newburgh, NY; and Greenwood, SC.
- Address:
- Main St., Marshall, OK
- Directions:
- Take OK-74E to town, then turn west onto Main St.
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Marhall is a tiny town with wide streets. Main and the connecting streets look out of place in the near-ghost Oklahoma town.
[Willis, 01/09/2023]
This town is eerie, with a lot of abandoned buildings along Main Street.
[T Wilson, 11/23/2022]Marshall, Oklahoma, population now only 272 (in 2022), has the distinction of having the widest Main Street in the United States. It's just six feet short of being as wide as a football field.
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Built wide enough for a team of mules to make a U-turn. Old photos show it accommodating 16 cars driven side-by-side. The street is only four blocks long and your vehicle might be the only one on it; the town is mostly empty.