U.S. Route 400

U.S. Route 400
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Route information
Maintained by CDOT, KDOT, MoDOT, and the city of Cimarron
Length	481.306 mi[a] (774.587 km)
Existed	1994–present
History	Extended west in 1996[citation needed]
Major junctions
West end	US 50 / US 385 in Granada, CO
	US-50 in Dodge City, KS I-235 in Wichita, KS I-135 / US-81 / K-15 in Wichita, KS I-35 / Kansas Turnpike at Wichita, KS US-69 at Pittsburg, KS US-69 Alt. at Crestline, KS US-166 east of Baxter Springs, KS
East end	I-44 / US 166 near Joplin, MO
Location
States	Colorado, Kansas, Missouri
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Colorado State Highways Interstate US State Scenic Kansas State Highway System Interstate US State Spurs Missouri State Highway System Interstate US State Supplemental ← SH 394 CO → SH 402 ← K-383 KS → I-435 ← Route 376 MO → US 412

U.S. Route 400 (US 400) is a 481.306-mile-long (774.587 km) mostly east–west U.S. Highway, commissioned in 1994. The highway's western terminus is in Granada, Colorado, at an intersection with US 385. The highway's eastern terminus is southwest of Joplin, Missouri, near Loma Linda, at an interchange with Interstate 44, with which it shares with US 166. It originally ended in Garden City, Kansas; in 1996 it was extended to its current western terminus.

Route description[]

The route number does not follow the numbering convention for U.S. Highways established by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. The number 400 implies the route is a spur of U.S. Route 0,^[4] which does not exist.

Colorado[]

US 400 begins in Granada at an intersection with US 385. It then runs concurrently with US 50 through Holly east to the Kansas border.

Kansas[]

US-50 and US-400 eastbound

US-400 and US-50 enter Kansas west of Coolidge. They run concurrently through Garden City, where it intersects US-83 and separate at Dodge City, which is where it intersects US-56 and US-283. It continues southeast from Dodge City and first intersects US-54 at Mullinville.

US-400 and US-54 begin a long concurrency at Mullinville which passes through Greensburg, Pratt and Kingman before entering Wichita. While in Wichita, US-400 and US-54 intersect Interstate 235 and the concurrency of US-81 and Interstate 135. K-96 provides a short freeway connection to Interstate 35, which is also the Kansas Turnpike. At Augusta, US-400 and US-54 enter into another concurrency with US-77, and US-400 breaks from this concurrency at Haverhill.

US 400/54 a few miles west of Pratt, Kansas.

US-400 continues east through several small towns before turning southeast to go through the Fredonia area and intersecting US-75 at Neodesha. After a brief concurrency with US-75, it turns east, first intersecting U.S. Route 169 near Morehead and then US-59 near Parsons before finally intersecting US-69 south of Pittsburg. It then turns south with US-69 and at Crestline, follows US-69A south to Riverton. US-400 then turns east with US-166 at Baxter Springs and the two highways run concurrently eastward into Missouri.

The entire 1.369 miles (2 km) section of US-400 in Cimarron is maintained by the city.^[5]

Missouri[]

US 400, along with US 166, terminates at I-44 about one mile (1.6 km) east of the Kansas-Missouri state line, three miles (5 km) west of Joplin.

History[]

U.S. 400's eastern terminus approaching I-44 in Newton County, Missouri

US 400 was first established on December 1, 1994, and at that time ran from the east end of the US-50 and US-83 overlap, eastward to the east county line of Cherokee County, Kansas.^[6]

In a May 3, 1995 resolution, it was approved to move US-400 and K-96 to a new alignment between northwest of Fredonia and Neodesha, at that time the overlap with K-47 was removed.^[7] In a December 3, 1998 resolution, it was approved to truncate K-96 to end at US-400 by Wichita.^[8][9]

U.S. Route 154[]

A section of U.S. 400 that ran from Dodge City to Mullinville, Kansas was U.S. Route 154 from 1926 to 1982. It later became K-154 before becoming part of U.S. 400.^{[citation needed]}

Construction on the first section of the East Kellogg improvement project started in August 2015. The project included a redesigned intersection with Webb Road and widened US-54 and US-400 from four lanes to six lanes from Webb Road to Greenwich Road. Construction on a second project began in 2016, to continue widening the highway to a six-lane freeway between Greenwich Road and K-96. Also new bridges will be built over I-35/KTA, new ramps will be constructed from southbound I-35/KTA to westbound US-54/US-400 and from eastbound US-54/US-400 to both northbound and southbound I-35/KTA. In addition, two-lane one way frontage roads on each side of the freeway will be built. Construction for both projects should be completed by late 2021.^[10] A two-mile section of the new highway, from Eastern Street to the K-96 junction, opened on November 21, 2019.^[11] On April 16, 2020, vandals damaged an estimated $50,000 worth of construction equipment, which included a bulldozer, excavator and an off-road vehicle.^[12]

Major intersections[]

All exits are unnumbered.

State	County	Location	mi[b]	km	Destinations	Notes
Colorado	Prowers	Granada	0.000	0.000	US 50 west / US 385 – Lamar, Cheyenne Wells, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site	Western terminus; western end of US 50 overlap; highway continues as US 50 west (Goff Avenue west)
		Holly	10.737	17.280	SH 89 (First Avenue) – Lycan
			14.814 0.000	23.841 0.000	Colorado–Kansas line
Kansas	Hamilton	Syracuse	16.094	25.901	K-27 north (McDow Street) – Tribune	Western end of concurrency with K-27
			16.624	26.754	K-27 south (Main Street) – Johnson City	Eastern end of concurrency with K-27
	Kearny	Lakin	43.965	70.755	K-25 (Main Street) – Ulysses, Leoti
	Finney	Holcomb	59.848	96.316	Big Lowe Road – Holcomb	Diamond interchange
		Garden City	65.848	105.972	US-83 north / US-50 Bus. east / US-83 Bus. south – Garden City, Scott City	Diamond interchange; western end of concurrency with US-83
			69.618	112.039	K-156 (Kansas Avenue) / Mary Street	Pair of half-diamond interchanges with one-way ramps connecting Mary Street and K-156
			71.156	114.514	US-83 south / US-50 Bus. west (Fulton Street) – Garden City, Liberal	Partial cloverleaf interchange; eastern end of concurrency with US-83
	Gray	Cimarron	102.427	164.840	K-23 (Main Street) – Meade, Dighton
	Ford	​	116.681	187.780	US-50 east – Dodge City	Eastern end of US-50 overlap
		​	119.852	192.883	US-56 west – Sublette	Western end of US-56 overlap
		​	123.395	198.585	US-283 south – Minneola, Boot Hill,	Western end of US-283 overlap
		Dodge City	126.825	204.105	US-56 east / US-283 north – Jetmore, Kinsley	Eastern end of US-56/US-283 overlap
		​	147.625	237.579	K-34 south – Bucklin
	Kiowa	​	160.797	258.778	US-54 west – Meade	Interchange; western end of US-54 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		​	167.767	269.995	US-183 – Kinsley, Coldwater
	Pratt	Pratt	199.963	321.809	US-281 – St. John, Medicine Lodge, Airport
			201.236	323.858	K-61 north – Hutchinson, Pratt Community College
	Kingman	​	217.105	349.397	170th Avenue – Cunningham	Interchange
		​	230.329	370.679	K-11 north – Hutchinson	Former K-14 north
		Kingman	234.554	377.478	K-14 south (North Main Street) – Anthony, Business District,	Western end of K-14 overlap
		​	238.301	383.508	40th Avenue	Western end of freeway
		​	239.009	384.648	70th Avenue
		​	244.713	393.827	K-14 north (100th Avenue) – Hutchinson, Murdock	Eastern end of K-14 overlap; former K-17
		​	249.778	401.979
	Sedgwick	​	252.769	406.792	K-251 (391st Street West)
		​	253.769	408.402	383rd Street West
		​	255.819	411.701	343rd Street West
		​	258.820	416.530	Garden Plain	Eastern end of freeway; former K-163
		Wichita	270.840	435.875	Maize Road	Western end of freeway
			271.840	437.484	Tyler Road
			272.829	439.076	Ridge Road – Eisenhower National Airport
			273.838	440.700	Dugan Road	No direct eastbound exit (signed at Ridge Road)
			274.303	441.448	I-235	I-235 exit 7
			274.840	442.312	West Street
					Edwards Street / Meridian Avenue	Access to Southwest Boulevard (former K-42)
					Seneca Street / Sycamore Street
			253.789	408.434	Central Business District
			278.459	448.136	Washington Avenue
			279.205	449.337	I-135 / US-81 / K-15 – Salina, Oklahoma City	I-135 exits 5B-6A
					Grove Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
					Hillside Street
					Oliver Avenue / Edgemoor Street
					Woodlawn Boulevard	Westbound access via Towne East Drive/Armour Drive
					Towne East Drive / Armour Drive
			285.943	460.181	Rock Road	Eastbound access via Towne East Drive/Armour Drive
					I-35 / Kansas Turnpike – Oklahoma City, Kansas City	Closed, access via south frontage road only; I-35/Kansas Tpke. exit 50
			286.017	460.300	Webb Road	Opened in 2020
			286.072	460.388	Greenwich Road
					I-35 / Kansas Turnpike – Oklahoma City, Kansas City	Future interchange,[13] westbound entrance open; I-35/Kansas Tpke. exit 53A
		​	286.172	460.549	K-96 west to I-35 / Kansas Turnpike – Hutchinson	Eastern end of freeway
	Butler	Augusta	297.431	478.669	US-77 south (Walnut Street) – Douglass, Winfield	Western end of US-77 overlap
		​	302.952	487.554	Haverhill,	Interchange
		​	305.143	491.080	US-54 east / US-77 north – El Dorado	Partial interchange; westbound access via connector road; eastern end of US-54/US-77 overlap
	Greenwood	​	338.268	544.390	K-99 south – Howard	Western end of K-99 overlap
		​	339.315	546.075	K-99 north – Emporia	Eastern end of K-99 overlap
	Wilson	​	358.104	576.313	K-39 east – Chanute, Toronto Lake, Cross Timbers State Park
		Fredonia	366.496	589.818	K-47 – Altoona, Fredonia	Roundabout
		​	377.295	607.197	US-75 north – Neodesha	Interchange; western end of US-75 overlap
	Montgomery	​	381.326	613.685	US-75 south – Independence	Interchange; eastern end of US-75 overlap
		​	390.527	628.492	US-169 – Chanute, Coffeyville	Interchange
	Labette	Parsons	406.061	653.492	US-59 – Parsons, Erie	Interchange
	Cherokee–Crawford county line	​	420.172	676.201	K-126 east – McCune
		Cherokee	430.148	692.256	K-7 – Girard, Columbus
		​	437.128	703.489	US-69 north / US-160 east / K-171 east – Joplin, Pittsburg	Northern end of US-69/US-160 overlap; western terminus of K-171
Cherokee	​	439.095	706.655	K-103 west – Weir
	Crestline	448.223	721.345	US-69 Alt. begins / US-69 south / US-160 west – Columbus	Southern end of US-69/US-160 overlap; western end of US-69 Alt. overlap; former K-96
	Riverton	455.507	733.067	K-66 east / Beasley Road – Galena	Roundabout
	​	457.274	735.911	US-69 Alt. south – Baxter Springs	Eastern end of US-69 Alt. overlap
	​	460.350	740.862	US-166 west – Baxter Springs	Western end of US-166 overlap
	​	462.251	743.921	K-26 north – Galena
			465.556 0.000	749.240 0.000	Kansas–Missouri line
Missouri	Newton	​	0.936	1.506	US 166 ends / I-44 – Springfield, Tulsa	Eastern terminus; I-44 exit 1; eastern end of US 166 overlap; eastbound access to S. Outer Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus       Electronic toll collection       Incomplete access

See also[]

• U.S. Route 412
• U.S. Route 425

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
• Sanderson, Dale End of U.S. Highway 400 (with maps of US 400 and related routes)