U.S. Route 60 in Missouri
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U.S. Route 60 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
Length | 341.248 mi[1] (549.185 km) | |||
Existed | 1926–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | US 60 at Oklahoma state line in Seneca | |||
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East end | US 60 / US 62 at Illinois state line east of Charleston | |||
Location | ||||
Counties | Newton, Barry, Lawrence, Christian, Greene, Webster, Wright, Texas, Howell, Shannon, Carter, Butler, Stoddard, New Madrid, Scott, Mississippi | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 60 (US 60) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Brenda, Arizona, east to Virginia Beach, Virginia. In the state of Missouri, US 60 is a main east–west highway that runs through the southern part of the state, from the Oklahoma border to the Illinois border.
Route description[]
US 60 enters Missouri from Oklahoma in Seneca south of I-44. It is a two-lane highway. It intersects I-49 in Neosho. US 60 shares a concurrency with Route 59. Route 86 has a brief concurrency with US 60 and Route 59. US 60 will turn east and leave Route 59 before passing through Granby. From Monett to Republic, US 60 has alternate passing lanes while passing through Aurora, Marionville, and Billings. In Republic, US 60 becomes a four-lane divided highway. It enters Springfield and merges onto the James River Freeway. It has a brief concurrency with US 160 and intersects Route 13. US 60 intersects US 65 before leaving Springfield and the freeway ends.
After leaving Springfield, US 60 intersects Route 125 through a stoplight which will replaced with an interchange in the near future. It passes through Rogersville, Fordland, and Seymour. US 60 has a brief concurrency with Route 5 in Mansfield. US 60 passes through Mountain Grove. US 60 picks up a concurrency with US 63 from Cabool to Willow Springs. US 60 passes through Mountain View where the divided highway briefly ends. While passing through Mountain View, US 60 has left turn lanes and has a concurrency with Route 17. After leaving Mountain View, US 60 goes back to a divided highway. US 60 passes through Birch Tree, Winona, Van Buren and Ellsinore. US 60 will follow US 67 to Poplar Bluff.
In Poplar Bluff, US 60 has a brief concurrency with US 67 but will separate from US 67. US 60 pases through Dexter before enter entering Sikeston where US 60 intersect I-55 and picks up a concurrency with I-57. In Charleston, US 60 will leave I-57. At this point, US 60 becomes a two lane highway. US 60 will leave Missouri crossing Cairo Mississippi River Bridge along with US 62 into Illinois.[1]
History[]
Before the U.S. Highway system was created, US 60 was Route 16.[citation needed]
On May 17, 1946, William Jefferson Blythe, Jr., the biological father of Bill Clinton, died on US 60 in a car accident after he was tossed out of his vehicle and drowned in a ditch.[2]
There has been several improvements on US 60. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) completed the process of upgrading 59 miles (95 km) of US 60 from Willow Springs to Van Buren to a four-lane highway (two lanes in each direction) on July 9, 2010, marking the completion of a four-lane highway from Republic to Charleston, a total of approximately 240 miles (390 km). Some of the at-grade intersections were replaced with interchanges.[citation needed]
East of US 60 and US 65 interchange in Springfield, there used to be railroad crossings that have been replaced with overpasses over the railroad tracks. That project included redesigning the US 60 and US 65 interchange. It was completed in 2012.[citation needed]
Future[]
The junction of US 60 and Route 125 is currently a at-grade intersection with a stoplight. There are plans to convert it into an interchange.[3]
US 60 from Poplar Bluff to Sikeston is planned to become I-57. I-57 currently ends at I-55. I-57 will continue south following US 67 down to Arkansas.[4]
Major intersections[]
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Newton | Seneca | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 60 west – Wyandotte | Continuation into Oklahoma | |
0.438 | 0.705 | US 60 Bus. west / Route 43 – Seneca, Tiff City | Roundabout | |||
Neosho | 11.4 | 18.3 | I-49 / US 71 – Joplin, Fort Smith | I-49 exit 24 | ||
12.6 | 20.3 | I-49 BL south / US 60 Bus. east / Route 59 (S. Neosho Boulevard) | Western end of Route 59 overlap | |||
Neosho–Granby township line | 17.568 | 28.273 | Route 86 west – Neosho | Western end of Route 86 overlap | ||
17.818 | 28.675 | Route 86 east – Cassville | Eastern end of Route 86 overlap | |||
19.863 | 31.966 | US 60 Bus. / Route 59 – Neosho, Diamond | Eastern end of Route 59 overlap | |||
Barry | Yonkerville | 37.285 | 60.004 | Route 97 – Pierce City, Pulaskifield | ||
Monett | 41.712 | 67.129 | Route 37 – Monett | |||
42.551 | 68.479 | US 60 Bus. east / Route H (Kyler Street) | ||||
Lawrence | Spring River Township | 47.076 | 75.761 | US 60 Bus. west – Monett | ||
Verona | 49.395 | 79.494 | US 60 Bus. east – Verona | |||
Aurora | 54.138 | 87.127 | Route 265 north / Route 39 to Route 248 – Aurora | Western end of Route 265 overlap | ||
56.356 | 90.696 | US 60 Bus. west – Aurora | ||||
Marionville | 60.176 | 96.844 | Route 265 south – Crane | Eastern end of Route 265 overlap | ||
60.456 | 97.295 | Route 14 east | ||||
Christian | – township line | 65.192 | 104.916 | Route 413 south – Crane | Western end of Route 413 overlap | |
Billings | 66.153 | 106.463 | Route 14 west (Mt. Vernon Road) – McKinley | Western end of Route 14 overlap | ||
66.747 | 107.419 | Route 14 east (Jefferson Avenue) | Eastern end of Route 14 overlap | |||
Greene | Republic | 73.347 | 118.041 | Route 174 west – Chesapeake | ||
Springfield | 77.657 | 124.977 | — | Route 413 north (W. Sunshine Street) / Route 360 west (James River Freeway) to I-44 – Springfield | Eastern end of Route 413 overlap | |
79.749 | 128.344 | — | US 160 west / Route FF – Battlefield | Western end of US 160 overlap. Access to Springfield-Branson National Airport | ||
82.531 | 132.821 | — | Route 13 north (Kansas Expressway) | Diverging diamond interchange; western end of Route 13 overlap | ||
83.696 | 134.696 | — | US 160 east / Route 13 south (Campbell Avenue) – Nixa | Eastern end of US 160 and Route 13 overlaps. Access to Downtown Springfield and Bass Pro Shops | ||
84.905 | 136.641 | — | National Avenue | Access to Missouri State University, Ozarks Technical Community College, Drury University, Cox South Hospital, and Mercy Hospital | ||
86.248– 86.321 | 138.803– 138.920 | — | US 65 Bus. north (Glenstone Avenue) / Republic Road | Western end of US 65 Business overlap. Access to Evangel University and Springfield Nature Center | ||
87.809– 87.839 | 141.315– 141.363 | — | US 65 / US 65 Bus. ends – Branson, Sedalia | Eastern end of US 65 Business overlap | ||
Clay Township | 90.337 | 145.383 | — | Route J / Route NN – Turners, Ozark | ||
Washington Township | 94.146 | 151.513 | Route 125 – Linden, Strafford | Future interchange | ||
Rogersville | 95.929 | 154.383 | — | Farm Road 247 | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only | |
95.985– 96.770 | 154.473– 155.736 | — | US 60 Bus. east / Route B / Farm Road 253 | |||
Webster | 97.723 | 157.270 | — | Route VV (Mill Street) | ||
99.634 | 160.345 | US 60 Bus. west – Rogersville | ||||
Fordland | 105.682– 106.336 | 170.079– 171.131 | — | Route PP – Fordland | No westbound entrance | |
Wright | Mansfield | 126.050 | 202.858 | — | US 60 Bus. east / Route 5 south / Route EE – Mansfield, Ava | Western end of Route 5 overlap |
127.307 | 204.881 | — | US 60 Bus. west / Route 5 north – Mansfield, Hartville | Eastern end of Route 5 overlap | ||
132.709 | 213.574 | — | Route K / Route Y – Macomb | |||
Norwood | 136.223 | 219.230 | — | Route C / Route E – Norwood | ||
Mountain Grove Township | 142.908 | 229.988 | — | US 60 Bus. east – Mountain Grove | ||
Mountain Grove | 145.363 | 233.939 | — | Route 95 – Mountain Grove | ||
Texas | Clinton Township | 149.284 | 240.249 | — | US 60 Bus. west / Route MM – Mountain Grove | |
152.278 | 245.068 | — | US 60 Bus. east – Cabool | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only | ||
Cabool | 154.762 | 249.065 | — | Route 181 – Cabool | ||
155.984 | 251.032 | — | US 63 north / US 60 Bus. – Houston, Rolla | Western end of US 63 overlap | ||
Howell | Willow Springs | 164.815 | 265.244 | — | US 60 Bus. east / US 63 Bus. south – Willow Springs | |
167.060 | 268.857 | — | Route 76 west / Route 137 north – Willow Springs | |||
169.140 | 272.204 | — | US 60 Bus. west / US 63 Bus. north – Willow Springs | |||
Willow Springs Township | 169.895 | 273.419 | — | US 63 south – West Plains, Thayer | Eastern end of US 63 overlap | |
Mountain View | 183.363 | 295.094 | Route 17 south – West Plains | Western end of Route 17 overlap | ||
184.902 | 297.571 | Route 17 north | Eastern end of Route 17 overlap | |||
Shannon | Birch Tree | 195.302 | 314.308 | Route 99 south / Route FF – Birch Tree | ||
Winona | 203.789 | 327.967 | Route 19 south – Alton | Western end of Route 19 overlap | ||
204.594 | 329.262 | Route 19 north – Eminence | Eastern end of Route 19 overlap | |||
Carter | Chicopee | 224.722 | 361.655 | Route 103 south – Big Spring | ||
Van Buren | 225.222 | 362.460 | US 60 Bus. east | |||
Carter Township | 226.725 | 364.879 | US 60 Bus. west to Route D / Route W | |||
231.261 | 372.179 | Route 21 north / Route 34 – Ellington | Western end of Route 21 overlap | |||
Johnson Township | 241.196 | 388.167 | Route 21 south – Hunter, Grandin, Doniphan | Eastern end of Route 21 overlap | ||
Butler | Black River Township | 260.535 | 419.290 | — | US 67 north – St. Louis | Western end of US 67 overlap |
Poplar Bluff | 265.007– 265.738 | 426.487– 427.664 | — | Future I-57 south / US 67 east / US 60 Bus. south / – Poplar Bluff, Corning AR | Eastern end of Future I-57 and US 67 overlap | |
Poplar Bluff Township | 270.884 | 435.946 | — | US 60 Bus. – Poplar Bluff | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only | |
271.506 | 436.947 | — | Route T / Route AA – Lake Wappapello | |||
Stoddard | Duck Creek Township | 279.397 | 449.646 | — | Route 51 – Fisk, Puxico | |
285.153 | 458.909 | — | Route TT / Route WW – Dudley | |||
Dexter | 290.567 | 467.622 | — | US 60 Bus. east / Route AD – Dexter | ||
292.101 | 470.091 | — | One Mile Road – Dexter | |||
Liberty Township | 293.732 | 472.716 | — | US 60 Bus. west / Route 25 – Dexter, Bloomfield | ||
Richland Township | 301.238 | 484.796 | Route 153 south / Route N – , Parma | |||
306.429 | 493.150 | Route 114 – Morehouse | ||||
New Madrid | Big Prairie Township | 311.034 | 500.561 | US 60 Bus. east / Route FF to Route 114 | ||
Sikeston | 313.917 | 505.200 | — | US 61 east / US 62 / US 60 Bus. – Sikeston, New Madrid | ||
Scott | 316.675 | 509.639 | 1 | I-55 – St. Louis, Memphis I-57 begins | Western end of I-57 overlap; signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (north) | |
Mississippi | Long Prairie Township | 321.591 | 517.551 | 4 | Route B – Bertrand | |
Charleston | 327.420 | 526.931 | 10 | I-57 BL north / Route 105 – Charleston, East Prairie | ||
329.752 | 530.684 | 12 | I-57 north / I-57 BL south / US 62 west / Route 77 north – Charleston, Wyatt | Eastern end of I-57 overlap; western end of US 62 and Route 77 overlaps | ||
Wilson City | 334.873 | 538.926 | Route 77 south / Route Y – Wyatt, Alfalfa Center | Eastern end of Route 77 overlap | ||
Mississippi River | 341.248 | 549.185 | Cairo Mississippi River Bridge; Missouri–Illinois state line | |||
US 60 east / US 62 east – Cairo | Continuation into Illinois | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also[]
- U.S. Roads portal
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Missouri Department of Transportation (November 27, 2020). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ Weingarten, Gene (June 20, 1993). "The First Father: William Jefferson Blythe and the Back Roads of Fate". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "Route 60 at Route 125 Interchange". Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. 67 (Future I-57) in Butler County". Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
External links[]
- U.S. Route 60
- U.S. Highways in Missouri
- Transportation in Newton County, Missouri
- Transportation in Barry County, Missouri
- Transportation in Lawrence County, Missouri
- Transportation in Christian County, Missouri
- Transportation in Greene County, Missouri
- Transportation in Webster County, Missouri
- Transportation in Wright County, Missouri
- Transportation in Texas County, Missouri
- Transportation in Howell County, Missouri
- Transportation in Shannon County, Missouri
- Transportation in Carter County, Missouri
- Transportation in Butler County, Missouri
- Transportation in Stoddard County, Missouri
- Transportation in New Madrid County, Missouri
- Transportation in Scott County, Missouri
- Transportation in Mississippi County, Missouri