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STATE |
ROUTE |
DESCRIPTION |
| MISSOURI cont'd APPROVED |
U. S. 66 Relocation |
This routing will begin at the interchange of Interstate 44 and present U. S. 66 at the northeastern corner of Springfield, thence westerly and southwesterly over Interstate 44 to a point south of Halltown where Interstate 44 turns southwesterly toward Mt. Vernon, thence continue on a high type facility westward to present U. S. 66 west of Halltown near the intersection of State Route M. |
| " DENIED |
U. S. 160 Alt. Establishment of an Alternate U. S. Route |
This routing would begin at the junction of U. S. 65 and 160 with State Route 148 north of Branson, thence easterly over S. R. 148 via Forsyth to U. S. 160 east of Forsyth. |
| For the reasons that there is no evidence that the present U. S. 160 is overcrowded and insufficient to handle the traffic between terminal points; that the proposed route is not constructed to the standards that meet the current AASHO design standards for primary roads and further that alternate routes are to be established only when evidence of overcrowding of the existing U. S. route system is evident and in such cases the main route should be established over the shortest and best routing between terminal points in accordance with Item 10 of the "Purpose and Policy in the Establishment and Development of the U. S. Numbered Highways," adopted January 1, 1959. | ||
| " APPROVED |
U. S. 166 Relocation |
This routing will begin at the Interchange with present U. S. 166, U. S. 71 and proposed U. S. 163 (Interstate 44) at the southeastern corner of Joplin, thence eastwardly over a high type facility to an interchange with U. S. 71 Alternate south of Fidelity Corner; thence north to present U. S. 166. |
| " APPROVED |
U. S. 169 Relocation |
This routing will be over a high type facility from a point on present U. S. 169 south of Gentry thence northerly by-passing Gentry and Grant City on the east, to present U. S. 169 at the Missouri-Iowa State line. |
| ARKANSAS- MISSOURI DENIED |
U. S. 271 Extension of a U. S. Route |
(Arkansas Section) This routing begins at the junction of U. S. 71 and present U. S. 271 in Fort Smith, thence northerly over U. S. 71 to junction with State Route 59 in Van Buren, thence northerly over S. R. 59 via Cedarviiie, Evansville, Summers, Siloam Springs, Gravette, and Sulphur Springs to the Arkansas-Missouri State line. |
| For the reasons that there is no evidence for need of the establishment for a U. S. route through the area. Through traffic indications | ||
