U.S. Route 60 in Missouri
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.
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Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
Length | 341.248 mi[1] (549.185 km) | |||
Existed | 1926–present | |||
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Location | ||||
Counties | Newton, Barry, Lawrence, Christian, Greene, Webster, Wright, Texas, Howell, Shannon, Carter, Butler, Stoddard, New Madrid, Scott, Mississippi | |||
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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 goes through Springfield on the James River Freeway. US 60 intersects US 65 before leaving Springfeild.
After leaving Springfield, US 60 intersects Route 125. US 60 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 it has a left turn lane with 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 the 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.
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.
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.
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Newton | Seneca | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() | Continuation into Oklahoma | |
0.438 | 0.705 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Roundabout | |||
Neosho | 22.802 | 36.696 | ![]() ![]() | I-49 exit 24 | ||
25.427 | 40.921 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of Route 59 overlap | |||
Neosho–Granby township line | 17.568 | 28.273 | ![]() | Western end of Route 86 overlap | ||
17.818 | 28.675 | ![]() | Eastern end of Route 86 overlap | |||
19.863 | 31.966 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of Route 59 overlap | |||
Barry | Monett | 37.285 | 60.004 | ![]() | ||
41.712 | 67.129 | ![]() | ||||
42.551 | 68.479 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Lawrence | Spring River Township | 47.076 | 75.761 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Verona | 49.395 | 79.494 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Aurora | 54.138 | 87.127 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of Route 265 overlap | ||
56.356 | 90.696 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Marionville | 60.176 | 96.844 | ![]() | Eastern end of Route 265 overlap | ||
60.456 | 97.295 | ![]() | ||||
Christian | West Polk–East Polk township line | 65.192 | 104.916 | ![]() | Western end of Route 413 overlap | |
Billings | 66.153 | 106.463 | ![]() | Western end of Route 14 overlap | ||
66.747 | 107.419 | ![]() | Eastern end of Route 14 overlap | |||
Greene | Republic | 73.347 | 118.041 | ![]() | ||
Springfield | 77.657 | 124.977 | — | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of Route 413 overlap | |
79.749 | 128.344 | — | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 160 overlap | ||
82.531 | 132.821 | — | ![]() | Diverging diamond interchange; western end of Route 13 overlap | ||
83.696 | 134.696 | — | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 160 and Route 13 overlaps | ||
84.905 | 136.641 | — | National Avenue | |||
86.248– 86.321 | 138.803– 138.920 | — | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 65 Business overlap | ||
87.809– 87.839 | 141.315– 141.363 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 65 Business overlap | ||
Clay Township | 90.337 | 145.383 | — | ![]() ![]() | ||
Washington Township | 94.146 | 151.513 | ![]() | |||
Rogersville | 95.929 | 154.383 | — | Farm Road 247 | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only | |
95.985– 96.770 | 154.473– 155.736 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Webster | 97.723 | 157.270 | — | ![]() | ||
99.634 | 160.345 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Fordland | 105.682– 106.336 | 170.079– 171.131 | — | ![]() | No westbound entrance | |
Wright | Mansfield | 126.050 | 202.858 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of Route 5 overlap |
127.307 | 204.881 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of Route 5 overlap | ||
Clark Township | 132.709 | 213.574 | — | ![]() ![]() | ||
Norwood | 136.223 | 219.230 | — | ![]() ![]() | ||
Mountain Grove Township | 142.908 | 229.988 | — | ![]() ![]() | ||
Mountain Grove | 145.363 | 233.939 | — | ![]() | ||
Texas | Clinton Township | 149.284 | 240.249 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
152.278 | 245.068 | — | ![]() ![]() | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only | ||
Cabool | 154.762 | 249.065 | — | ![]() | ||
155.984 | 251.032 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 63 overlap | ||
Howell | Willow Springs | 164.815 | 265.244 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
167.060 | 268.857 | — | ![]() ![]() | |||
169.140 | 272.204 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Willow Springs Township | 169.895 | 273.419 | — | ![]() | Eastern end of US 63 overlap | |
Mountain View | 183.363 | 295.094 | ![]() | Western end of Route 17 overlap | ||
184.902 | 297.571 | ![]() | Eastern end of Route 17 overlap | |||
Shannon | Birch Tree | 195.302 | 314.308 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Winona | 203.789 | 327.967 | ![]() | Western end of Route 19 overlap | ||
204.594 | 329.262 | ![]() | Eastern end of Route 19 overlap | |||
Carter | Chicopee | 224.722 | 361.655 | ![]() | ||
Van Buren | 225.222 | 362.460 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Carter Township | 226.725 | 364.879 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
231.261 | 372.179 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of Route 21 overlap | |||
Johnson Township | 241.196 | 388.167 | ![]() | Eastern end of Route 21 overlap | ||
Butler | Black River Township | 260.535 | 419.290 | — | ![]() | Western end of US 67 overlap |
Poplar Bluff | 265.007– 265.738 | 426.487– 427.664 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 67 overlap | |
Poplar Bluff Township | 270.884 | 435.946 | — | ![]() ![]() | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only | |
271.506 | 436.947 | — | ![]() ![]() | |||
Stoddard | Duck Creek Township | 279.397 | 449.646 | — | ![]() | |
285.153 | 458.909 | — | ![]() ![]() | |||
Dexter | 290.567 | 467.622 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
292.101 | 470.091 | — | One Mile Road – Dexter | |||
Liberty Township | 293.732 | 472.716 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Richland Township | 301.238 | 484.796 | ![]() ![]() | |||
306.429 | 493.150 | ![]() | ||||
New Madrid | Big Prairie Township | 311.034 | 500.561 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Sikeston | 313.917 | 505.200 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Scott | 316.675 | 509.639 | 1 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of I-57 overlap; signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (north) | |
Mississippi | Long Prairie Township | 321.591 | 517.551 | 4 | ![]() | |
Charleston | 327.420 | 526.931 | 10 | ![]() ![]() | ||
329.752 | 530.684 | 12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of I-57 overlap; western end of US 62 and Route 77 overlaps | ||
Wilson City | 334.873 | 538.926 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of Route 77 overlap | ||
Mississippi River | 341.248 | 549.185 | Cairo Mississippi River Bridge; Missouri–Illinois state line | |||
![]() ![]() | 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
- 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.