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STATE

ROUTE

DESCRIPTION

TEXAS-
NEW MEXICO-
ARIZONA
(Con't)
U. S. 180
Extension of
U. S. Route
(Con't)

(Arizona Section)

beginning on the Arizona-Nw Mexico State line east of Alpine, thence west over U.S. 260 (to be eliminated if U. S. 180 Extension is approved) to Alpine, thence northerly over U. S. 666 via Springerville to St. Johns, thence northwesterly via Concho and Holbrook, to U. S. 66, thence westerly over (I-40) U.S. 66 via Winslow to State Rout 164 in Flagstaff, thence northwesterly over State Route 164 to State Route 64 north of Williams, thence northerly to Grand Canyon over State Route 64, a total distance of 296 miles.

ACTION SHOWN ON PRECEEDING PAGE
NORTH CAROLINA-
TENNESSEE

APPROVED
U.S. 321
Extension of
U. S. Route

(North Carolina Section)

Beginning at the northwestern terminus of U. S. 321 in Boone, thence westerly over State Route 194 to Vilas, thence northwest and west over State Route 603 to the North Carolina-Tennessee State line west of Sugar Grove, a distance of 18 miles.

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APPROVED
"

(Tennessee Seetion)

Beginning on the Tennessee-North Carolina State line on State Route 67, thence westerly over State Route 67 to Elizabethton, thence southwesterly over State Route 91 to Johnson City, . a total distance of 36 miles.

NEBRASKA

APPROVED
U. S. 383
Elimination of
U. S. Route (Partial)
This routing affected by this change begins at the present northern terminus which is the junction with U. S. 30 in Elm Creek and extends south to the junction with U. S. 136 in Alma, a distance of 45.8 miles.
TENNESSEE U. S. 441
Extension of
U. S. Route
This routing will begin at the northern terminus of present U. S. 441 in Lake City, thence northerly over U. S. Route 25 W via Jacksboro to State Route in La Follette, thence northeasterly over State Route 63 to U. S. Route 25 E, thence north to thee Tennessee-Virginia State line at Cumberland Gap, a total distance of 48.7 miles
DENIED Application indicate that the route is not adequately improved to primary standard and does not carry traffic not otherwise provided for by existing U. S. Routes.
KENTUCKY-
MISSOURI
Establishment of a U. S. Route

(Kentucky Section)

The proposed routing begins at the Mississippi River (Kentucky-Missouri State line) near Columbus at the west end of State Route 80, thence easterly over State Route 80 via Mayfield, Aurora, Cadiz, Hopkinsville, Elton, Russellville, Bowling Green, Glasgow, Edmonton, Columbia, Somerset, Long, Manchester, Hyder, Hindman, Allen and Pikeville to the Kentucky-Virginia State line near Elkhart City, a distance of 491.2 miles.

DENIED for the reason that the routing is over substandard highways with a major river crossing between the two States involved via a ferry which is not adequate for a U. S. Route designation. Under present policy no additional road shall be added to the U. S. Numbered Road System except where there is ia a definite showing of an adequately improved highway carrying an established and necessary line of interstate traffic not otherwise provided for by existing U. S. Routes and for which