U.S. Route 160
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| U.S. Route 160 |
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| Length: | 1474 mi (2372 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1930 | ||||||||
| West end: | West of Tuba City, AZ | ||||||||
| East end: | Poplar Bluff, MO | ||||||||
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U.S. Route 160 is an east-west United States highway. Its route, if not its number, was made famous in song in 1975, as the road from Wolf Creek Pass to Pagosa Springs, Colorado in C.W. McCall's country music song Wolf Creek Pass.
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[edit] Termini
As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at an intersection with Business U.S. Highway 60. It is co-signed with Business U.S. Highway 67 for the last 10 miles (16 km) of its length. Its western terminus is five miles west of Tuba City, Arizona at an intersection with U.S. Highway 89, 10 miles (16 km) north of the turnoff to the Grand Canyon.
[edit] Historic termini
Until the 1950s, US 160 ended in Springfield, Missouri at an intersection with U.S. Highway 60 and historic Route 66. The extension between Springfield and Poplar Bluff parallels U.S. Highway 65 to near Branson, then heads east across the Ozark Mountains.
[edit] Business U.S. Highway 160
- Willard, Missouri This is a section of the old highway through town. U.S. Highway 160 now runs on a bypass along the western and southern edge of town.
[edit] States traversed
The highway passes through the following states:
- Missouri When U.S. Highway 160 was commissioned in Missouri in 1930, it took over the route of Missouri 36. At Willard though, U.S. Highway 160 went east to Springfield while Missouri 36 went south to U.S. Highway 66.
- Kansas
- Colorado
- New Mexico (less than one mile (1.6 km), serving the Four Corners Monument)
- Arizona
