Missouri Route 16 (decommissioned)

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For the current highway, see Route 16 (Missouri).

Route 16 Length: 344 mi (550 km) Established: 1922 Decommissioned: 1930 Direction: East-West From: Mississippi River To: Oklahoma state line Cities on route: Charleston Bertrand Sikeston Morehouse Grayridge Essex Dexter Dudley Fisk Poplar Bluff Van Buren Fremont Winona Birch Tree Mountain View Willow Springs Cabool Mountain Grove Norwood Mansfield Seymour Fordland Rogersville Springfield Brookline Republic Billings McKinley Marionville Aurora Verona Monett Granby Neosho Seneca

Former Route 16 was one of the original 1922 highways in Missouri. In 1926, it was replaced with U.S. Route 60. The current US 60 now bypasses several sections of the older highway.

When US 60 was created, it ended in Springfield, Missouri. Missouri 16 continued to connect Springfield to Oklahoma west of Neosho until US 60 was extended to Amarillo, Texas.

From Springfield, the route was multiplexed with U.S. Route 66 west from Springfield. It turned off US 66 and passedthrough Brookline. The route ran in a zig-zag through Republic, Billings, and Marionville. Another major older section of the road can be found in Granby, where the old section is still named "Old Highway 16". It took a different route, now down local roads and current Route 86, to Neosho, and still a different route from Neosho to Seneca.