U.S. ROUTE 400

'U.S. Route 400' is a mostly east-west U.S. Highway, commissioned in 1994. Its route number is a "violation" of the usual AASHTO numbering scheme, as there is no US 0.
As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is west of Joplin, Missouri at an intersection with Interstate 44, which it shares with U.S. Route 166. It originally ended in Garden City, Kansas; in 1996 it was extended to its current western terminus in Granada, Colorado at an intersection with U.S. Route 385.^[2]

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Route description

History

See also

References

External links

Route description

US 400 runs concurrently with US 50 and US 54 and terminates, along with US 166, at I-44 about one mile east of the Kansas-Missouri state line, three miles west of Joplin.^[3]

History

U.S. 400's eastern terminus approaching I-44 in Newton County, Missouri

Main articles: Interstate 66

U.S. Route 400 was created to run down a corridor for a possible extension of Interstate 66 which only runs from Washington, DC to northern Virginia. A call had been made to extend this interstate to California, but extension west of Wichita, Kansas has been cancelled due to lack of enthusiasm from the states traversed, expense, and the lack of any other road along that path. US 400 was supposed to be a temporary route until I-66 is built. The eastern terminus of US 400 at I-44 near Joplin, Missouri is where I-66 would leave its proposed concurrent section with that interstate to enter Kansas. It will be many years before such an interstate will be built, if at all, and the numbering "66" is unsure due to the proximity of the former U.S. Route 66, now designated historic.

See also

★ U.S. Route 412

★ U.S. Route 425

References

1. Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 22:46, 20 February 2006 (UTC).
2. Sanderson, Dale End of U.S. Highway 400 (with maps of US 400 and related routes). URL accessed 19:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC).
3. Sanderson, Dale, US route numbering curiosities and violations (with maps of US 400 and related routes). URL accessed 20:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC).

External links

★ US-400 endpoint photos