The portion of State Highway 71 from the intersection of State Highway 71 and State Highway 9 extending approximately nine (9) miles to the intersection of State Highway 71 and State Highway 31 shall be designated as the "SPC Joshua D. Sheppard-Young Memorial Highway". Pursuant to the provisions of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Department of Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers to be placed upon the highway bearing that name.
Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 1698.115