U.S. Highway 60


'''US 60''' is an east-west United States highway, running 2,670 miles (4,300 km) from Virginia to Arizona. Despite the "0" in its number, the 1926 route ended in Missouri at the intersection with Route 66. In fact, Route 66 was almost given the US 60 destination, which would have made it more difficult for Bobby Troup to write a song about "getting kicks" on the route.

Termini

As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia at a poorly signed intersection with U.S. Highway 58. Its western terminus was originally in Los Angeles but was moved to east of Quartzsite, Arizona at an intersection with Interstate 10 after the highway was decommissioned through California starting in 1964. It has since been moved farther east to Phoenix where it is known as the "Superstition Freeway," although the freeway is increasingly referred to as "US-60" in both regular parlance and signage (particularly since US-60 was realigned along the existing Superstition freeway in the 1990s). I-10 and California State Highway 60 replaced US 60 from Arizona to Los Angeles.

Historic Termini

In the original 1926 routing, US 60's western terminus was in Springfield, Missouri at its intersection with Route 66.

States Traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

Sources

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