U.S. Route 69

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U.S. Route 69
Length: 1,136[1] mi (1,667.2 km)
Formed: 1926; extended north in 1934 and south in 1935[1]
South end: TX-87 at Port Arthur, TX
Major
junctions:		 I-10 at Beaumont, TX

I-20 at Lindale, TX
I-30 at Greenville, TX
I-35 near Kansas City, KS
I-40 at Checotah, OK
I-80 at Des Moines, IA
North end: MN-13 at Albert Lea, MN
United States Numbered Highways

U.S. Route 69 is a north-south United States highway. When it was first created, it was only 150 miles (241 km) long, but it has been expanded into a Minnesota to Texas cross-country route. It is noteworthy as having had numerous signage shields stolen due to the sexual connotation of its route number.[citation needed]

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[edit] Termini

As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Albert Lea, Minnesota at Minnesota State Highway 13, an old routing of U.S. 16, a few miles away from both U.S. 65 and Interstate 90, just across the border from Iowa. Its southern terminus (as well as those of US 287 and US 96) is in Port Arthur, Texas at an intersection with State Highway 87.[2]

[edit] Historic termini

When it was first commissioned in 1926, US 69 extended only from Leon, Iowa to Kansas City, Missouri.

[edit] Business U.S. Highway 69

  • Frontenac, Kansas
  • Pittsburg, Kansas
  • Durant, Oklahoma
  • Mc Alester, Oklahoma
  • Checotah, Oklahoma
  • Eufaula, Oklahoma
  • Lufkin, Texas

There was also a Business U.S. 69 in Fort Scott, Kansas (about 25 minutes north of the Frontenac, Kansas area), from about 1965 to 1990. Signs from the former Business Route still exist today; however, it no longer officially exists.

[edit] Alternate routes

As of 2004, Alternate US 69 has a northern terminus in the southeast corner of Kansas, in rural Cherokee County. It rejoins US 69 five miles (8 km) north of Miami, Oklahoma. While the main line of US 69 turns due west to serve Columbus, Kansas, Alternate US 69 continues directly south towards Baxter Springs, Kansas. From Riverton, Kansas on towards Miami, Alt US 69 follows the original routing of historic Route 66.

[edit] States traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

[edit] Cities

Notable cities along the route include:

[edit] Related US routes

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 22:46, 20 February 2006 (UTC).
  2. ^ Endpoints of US highways
Browse numbered routes
← 68 Kansas I-70 →
< SH-67 OK US 70 >


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Main U.S. Routes
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Lists  U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced


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