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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.
 U.S. Route 60 | ||||
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 US 60 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
| Length | 341.248 mi[1] (549.185 km) | |||
| Existed | 1926–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 60 at the Oklahoma state line | |||
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| East end |  US 60 / US 62 at the Illinois state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Missouri | |||
| Counties | Newton, Barry, Lawrence, Christian, Greene, Webster, Wright, Texas, Howell, Shannon, Carter, Butler, Stoddard, New Madrid, Scott, Mississippi | |||
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Route description
editUS 60 enters Missouri from Oklahoma south of Seneca and south of I-44. It is a two-lane highway. It intersects Route 43 at a roundabout south of Seneca. Next, US 60 intersects I-49 and US 71 at exit 24 before entering Neosho. I-49 has a concurrency with US 71. In Nesho, US 60 picks up 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 while Route 59 continues north at an interchange before passing through Granby. In Monett, US 60 intersects Route 37. After leaving Monett, US 60 from there to Republic has alternate passing lanes. US 60 bypasses Aurora to the south. Then, it passes through Marionville and enters the Springfield metropolitan area and picks up a concurrency with Route 413 before entering Billings. In Republic, US 60 becomes a four-lane divided highway and remains a four lane highway for the next 240 miles (390 km) until it reaches Charleston. US 60 enters Springfield and the concurrency with Route 413 ends. US 60 merges onto the James River Freeway where it has a brief concurrency with US 160 and Route 13. US 60 intersects US 65 known as the "Schoolcraft Freeway" before leaving Springfield and is also where the James River Freeway ends.
Between Springfield and Willow Springs, US 60 passes through various communities, most of them are mainly accessible by exits. US 60 also parallels the BNSF Railway tracks. US 60 intersects Route 125. It passes through Rogersville and Fordland before leaving Springfield metropolitan area. Afterwards, US 60 passes through Seymour. US 60 has a brief concurrency with Route 5 in Mansfield. US 60 passes through Mountain Grove. US 60 passes through Norwood and Cabool. Then, US 60 picks up a concurrency with US 63 east of Cabool. US 60 passes through Willow Springs where US 63 departs from US 60 at a freeway-to-freeway interchange east of Willow Springs. US 63 heads down southward to West Plains. At this point, US 60 no longer parallels the BNSF railway tracks as it heads down to West Plains as well.
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 where it intersects Route 99. Then it passes through Winona where it has a concurrency with Route 19. US 60 passes through Chicopee, Van Buren and Ellsinore. Next, US 60 has a concurrency with US 67 until it enters Poplar Bluff as it leaves the Ozark Plateau.
In Poplar Bluff, US 60 will separate from US 67 at a cloverleaf interchange. After leaving Poplar Bluff, US 60 intersects Route 51 north of Fisk. Next, US 60 passes through Dexter then intersects Route 114 east of Morehouse. US 60 bypasses Morehouse US 60 then enters Sikeston where it intersects US 61 before intersecting I-55 exit 66 and I-57 exit 1 at a cloverleaf interchange. I-57 begins here, and US 60 picks up a concurrency with I-57. In Charleston, US 60 will leave I-57 at exit 12 and has a concurrency with US 62 and Route 77. At this point, US 60 becomes a two-lane highway. US 60 and 62 passes through Wilson City where Route 77 departs from US 60 and US 62. US 60 will leave Missouri crossing after the Cairo Mississippi River Bridge along with US 62 into Illinois.[1]
History
editBefore 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]
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There have 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 continuous four-lane highway from Republic to Charleston, a total of approximately 240 miles (390 km).[3] Other improvement over the years involved replacing intersections with interchanges, adding frontage roads (outer roads), and many realignments of many parts of US 60.
West of US 60 and US 65 interchange in Springfield, there used to be railroad crossings over the BNSF Railway tracks 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]
The portion of US 60 from Springfield to Sikeston was a consideration for the then proposed later cancelled Interstate 66 extension to follow.
In 2016, US 60 through Rogersville was converted into a freeway.[4] Spot improvements between Springfield and Rogersville was done.[5]
Future
editUS 60 from Poplar Bluff to Sikeston is planned to be upgraded to I-57. I-57 currently ends at I-55 in Sikeston. I-57 will then continue south following US 67 down to Little Rock, Arkansas.[6]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Exit 24 on I-49 | ||
| 12.6 | 20.3 |     I-49 BL south / US 60 Bus. east / Route 59 (S. Neosho Boulevard) | West end of Route 59 overlap | |||
| Neosho–Granby township line | 17.568 | 28.273 |  Route 86 west – Neosho | West end of Route 86 overlap | ||
| 17.818 | 28.675 | Route 86 east – Cassville | East end of Route 86 overlap | |||
| 19.863 | 31.966 | US 60 Bus. / Route 59 – Neosho, Diamond | East 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 | West end of Route 265 overlap | ||
| 56.356 | 90.696 | US 60 Bus. west – Aurora | ||||
| Marionville | 60.176 | 96.844 |  Route 265 south – Crane | East end of Route 265 overlap | ||
| 60.456 | 97.295 |  Route 14 east | ||||
| Christian | West Polk–East Polk township line | 65.192 | 104.916 |  Route 413 south – Crane | West end of Route 413 overlap | |
| Billings | 66.153 | 106.463 | Route 14 west (Mt. Vernon Road) – McKinley | West end of Route 14 overlap | ||
| 66.747 | 107.419 | Route 14 east (Jefferson Avenue) | East 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 | East end of Route 413 overlap | |
| 79.749 | 128.344 | — |    US 160 west / Route FF – Battlefield | West end of US 160 overlap; access to Springfield-Branson National Airport | ||
| 82.531 | 132.821 | — |  Route 13 north (Kansas Expressway) | Diverging diamond interchange; west end of Route 13 overlap | ||
| 83.696 | 134.696 | — | US 160 east / Route 13 south / Campbell Avenue – Nixa | East end of US 160/Route 13 overlap; 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. (Glenstone Avenue) / Republic Road | West end of US 65 Bus. 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 | East end of US 65 Bus. overlap | ||
| Clay Township | 90.337 | 145.383 | — |   Route J / Route NN – Turners, Ozark | ||
| Washington Township | 94.146 | 151.513 |  Route 125 – Linden, Strafford | To be converted into an interchange by 2025[7][8] | ||
| Rogersville | 95.929 | 154.383 | — | Farm Road 247 | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| 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 | West end of Route 5 overlap |
| 127.307 | 204.881 | — | US 60 Bus. west / Route 5 north – Mansfield, Hartville | East end of Route 5 overlap | ||
| Clark Township | 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 | ||
| Cabool | 154.762 | 249.065 | — |  Route 181 – Cabool | ||
| 155.984 | 251.032 | — |  US 63 north / US 60 Bus. – Houston, Rolla | West 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 | East end of US 63 overlap | |
| Mountain View | 183.363 | 295.094 |  Route 17 south – West Plains | West end of Route 17 overlap | ||
| 184.902 | 297.571 | Route 17 north | East 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 | West end of Route 19 overlap | ||
| 204.594 | 329.262 | Route 19 north – Eminence | East 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 | West end of Route 21 overlap | |||
| Johnson Township | 241.196 | 388.167 | Route 21 south – Hunter, Grandin, Doniphan | East end of Route 21 overlap | ||
| Butler | Black River Township | 260.535 | 419.290 | — |  US 67 north – St. Louis | West end of US 67 overlap |
| Poplar Bluff | 265.007– 265.738 | 426.487– 427.664 | — |   Future I-57 south / US 67 south / US 60 Bus. east / US 67 Bus. south – Poplar Bluff, Corning AR | Cloverleaf interchange; east end of US 67 overlap | |
| Poplar Bluff Township | 270.884 | 435.946 | — | US 60 Bus. – Poplar Bluff | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| 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 – Circle City, 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 | Signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (north); current southern terminus of I-57; exits 66A-B on I-55 | |
| 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 | East end of I-57 overlap; west end of US 62/Route 77 overlap | ||
| Wilson City | 334.873 | 538.926 | Route 77 south / Route Y – Wyatt, Alfalfa Center | East 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
edit
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Southeast Missouri". semissourian. August 1, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2022.(subscription required)
- ^ "Project Freeway: U.S. 60 Rogersville - Completed". Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Route 60 at Greene County Routes NN/J Interchange Project". Ozarks Traffic. City of Springfield, Missouri. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. 67 (Future I-57) in Butler County". Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ "Route 60 at Route 125 Interchange". Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ Schumacher, Kaitlyn (March 15, 2023). "Road construction begins at the U.S. 60 and Route 125 intersection near Rogersville, Mo". KY3. Springfield, Missouri: KYTV-TV. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
