U.S. Route 36

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U.S. Route 36
Length: 1,414[1] mi (2,276 km)
Formed: 1926[1]
West end: US 34 in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Major
junctions:		 I-25, north of Denver

I-29 in St. Joseph, MO
I-35 in Cameron, MO
I-55 in Springfield, IL
I-65 in Indianapolis, IN
I-75 in Piqua, OH
East end: US 250 at Uhrichsville, OH
United States Numbered Highways
U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Highway 36 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 1,414 miles (2,276 km) from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville, Ohio.

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[edit] Termini

The highway's western terminus is at Deer Ridge Junction, an intersection in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, where it meets U.S. Route 34. As of 2004, its eastern terminus is Uhrichsville, Ohio at U.S. Route 250.

[edit] Route description

Major cities

The highway passes through the following states:

[edit] Colorado

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Illinois

See also: Interstate 72

In the state of Illinois, U.S. 36 runs concurrent with much of Interstate 72. It enters from Missouri across the Mississippi River on the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, and runs east, crossing Interstate 55 in Springfield. At the U.S. Route 51 bypass in Decatur, U.S. 36 leaves I-72 and runs due east through downtown Decatur. U.S. 36 then continues east to the Indiana border.

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Intersections with Interstate highways

[edit] Road condition

US 36 meets State Highway 7 at the small town of Lyons, Colorado, on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains.
US 36 meets State Highway 7 at the small town of Lyons, Colorado, on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains.

In Colorado, the highway is a freeway from Boulder to Byers, a distance of 62 miles, which includes four contiguous segments:

As of 2005, the multiplexes with I-270 and I-70 are not signed as US-36. The former Denver-Boulder Turnpike [2] and the former Colorado State Highway 382 are so signed.

The remainder of the highway in Colorado is signed as US-36. It is a conventional roadway, mostly two lanes, but four lanes divided on 28th Street in Boulder and in a few other short stretches.

Similarly, US-36 through Kansas is mostly a two-lane road, with a few short segments in towns being four lanes divided.

For the Missouri portion of the highway, MoDOT is working on upgrading to a four-lane divided highway across the state by 2011. Presently, it is 4 lanes between the Missouri River and the Linn County, Missouri/Macon County, Missouri line. There is ongoing road construction on the 8 miles between the Linn County, Missouri/Macon County, Missouri line and Callao, Missouri that when finished will have a 4 lane highway running from Macon, Missouri to St. Joseph, Missouri.

With the passage of Proposition 36B, the US-36/I-72 Corridor Transportation District was created to help fund construction to convert the remaining 52 miles of 2-lane highway between Macon, Missouri and the Rocket Junction 7 miles west of Hannibal, Missouri by December 31, 2010. East of the Rocket Junction, US 36 is a 4-lane highway to US 61, where I-72 takes over the alignment.

[edit] North-South Routes Intersected

In Colorado:

In Kansas:

In Missouri:

In Illinois:

In Indiana:

In Ohio:

[edit] East-West Routes Intersected

In Colorado:

In Missouri:

In Illinois:

In Indiana


In Ohio:

[edit] Related U.S. routes

[edit] See also

[edit] Route notes

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Missouri

  • The section from St. Joseph to Hannibal parallels the route of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad which was the reason St. Joseph was selected for the Pony Express.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 02:55, 4 July 2006 (UTC).


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