U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west
United States Numbered Highway
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that stretches from the
Pacific Northwest
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east to
New England
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. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. Spanning , it is the longest road in the United States,
and, in the east, the route is roughly parallel to that of the newer
Interstate 90
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(I-90), which is the longest
Interstate Highway
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in the U.S. There is a discontinuity in the official designation of US 20 through
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowston ...
, with unnumbered roads used to traverse the park.
US 20 and
US 30 break the general U.S. Route numbering rules in
Oregon
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, since US 30 actually starts north of US 20 in
Astoria, and runs parallel to the north throughout the state (the
Columbia River
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and
Interstate 84). The two
run concurrently and continue in the correct positioning near
Caldwell, Idaho
Caldwell (locally CALL-dwel) is a city in and the county seat of Canyon County, Idaho. The population was 59,996 at the time of the 2020 United States census.
Caldwell is considered part of the Boise metropolitan area. Caldwell is the location of ...
. This is because US 20 was not a planned coast-to-coast route while US 30 was. US 20 originally ended at the eastern entrance of Yellowstone Park; it was extended in 1940.
[
The highway's eastern terminus is in Boston, Massachusetts, at ]Kenmore Square
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, where it meets Massachusetts Route 2
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. Its western terminus is in Newport, Oregon
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, at an intersection with US 101, within a mile of the Pacific Ocean
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.
Route description
Oregon
US 20 begins at an intersection with US 101 in Newport, Oregon
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, and runs generally eastward towards Idaho
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. On the way it goes over the Central Oregon Coast Range
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, through several Willamette Valley
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cities including Corvallis and Albany, climbs the Cascade Mountains
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over Santiam Pass Santiam is a place name of the U.S. state of Oregon, referring to the indigenous Santiam people. It may refer to:
* Santiam Academy
* Santiam Hospital
* Santiam Junction, Oregon
* Santiam Junction State Airport
* Santiam Pass Santiam is a place nam ...
, goes through Bend, and traverses the Oregon High Desert after passing through Burns Burns may refer to:
* Burn, an injury (plural)
People:
* Burns (surname), includes list of people and characters
Business:
* Burns London, a British guitar maker
Places:
;In the United States
* Burns, Colorado, unincorporated community in Eagle ...
. It eventually overlaps US 26 in Vale
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Norway
* Våle, a historic municipality
Portugal
* Vale (Santa Maria da Feira), a former civil parish in the municipali ...
, and the two highways continue concurrently to the Idaho
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border.
Idaho
US 20 crosses into Idaho from Oregon northwest of Parma
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. It runs concurrently with US 26 and joins US 95 through Parma. US 20/US 26 leaves US 95 southeast of Parma and runs to Caldwell
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People
* Caldwell (surname)
* Caldwell (given name)
* Caldwell First Nation, a federally recognized Indian band in southern Ontario, Canada
Places
Great Britain
* Caldwell, Derbyshire, a hamlet
* Caldwell, East ...
where US 20/US 26 joins with I-84
Interstate 84 may refer to:
* Interstate 84 (Oregon–Utah), passing through Idaho, formerly known as Interstate 80N
* Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania–Massachusetts)
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and US 30 for a short time. These four highways parallel each other (on two roadways) to Boise
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where US 20/US 26 runs through downtown before joining with I-84 and US 30 again to Mountain Home, where it departs at exit 95 to head east, past Rattlesnake Station
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, Anderson Ranch Dam
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road, and cresting at Cat Creek summit at above mean sea level
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The comb ...
. It continues into and across Camas County through Fairfield to Timmerman Junction, the intersection in Blaine County with State Highway 75, the route to Sun Valley, Galena Summit
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, and Stanley
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Arts and entertainment
Film and television
* ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film
* ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy
* ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short
* ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...
. US 20 continues east through Picabo and Carey
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Names
* Carey (given name), a given name
* Carey (surname), a surname
** List of people with surname Carey
Places Canada
* Carey Group, British Columbia; in the Pacific
* Carey Island (Nunavut) in James Bay
United Kingdom
* ...
, joined with US 26 and US 93, to Craters of the Moon and Arco
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, where US 93 splits off and turns north-northwest to climb the Big Lost River
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Description
The river starts in the Rocky Mountai ...
valley. US 20/US 26 continues on through the Idaho National Laboratory
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, where the highways split just west of Atomic City; US 26 heads to Blackfoot
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and US 20 to Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls (Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: Dembimbosaage) is a city in and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho, United States. It is the state's largest city outside the Boise metropolitan area. As of the 2020 Un ...
, where it turns north-northeast to pass near Rexburg
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as a freeway. US 20 then climbs through the communities of St. Anthony, Ashton, and Island Park, and crosses the Continental Divide
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at Targhee Pass
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at , entering Montana
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west of West Yellowstone
West Yellowstone is a town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States, adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. The population was 1,272 at the 2020 census. West Yellowstone is served by Yellowstone Airport. It is part of the Bozeman, MT Micropoli ...
.
Montana
In the state of Montana, US 20 runs for less than . It runs from the Idaho state line to West Yellowstone, Montana
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, the western entrance to Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowston ...
. US 20 is known as the Targhee Pass
Targhee Pass is a mountain pass in the western United States on the Continental Divide. It is located along the border between southeastern Idaho and southwestern Montana, in the Henrys Lake Mountains at an elevation of above sea level. The ...
Highway in Montana.
While US 20 and other U.S. Routes are officially discontinuous through the park, some commercially produced maps show these highways running inside Yellowstone National Park itself along its unnumbered roads and across the Montana–Wyoming state line.
Wyoming
In the state of Wyoming, the eastern segment of US 20 starts at the eastern entrance to Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowston ...
along with the western termini of US 14 and US 16. These three routes run east to Greybull, where US 14 continues east and US 16/US 20 turns south; at Worland, US 16 turns east while US 20 continues south, passing through Wind River Canyon
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south of Thermopolis
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Thermopolis is Greek for "hot city." It is home to numerous natural hot springs, in which m ...
. US 20 joins US 26 in Shoshoni
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* Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming
* Northern Shoshone: southern Idaho
* Western Shoshone: Nevada, northern Utah
* Goshute: western Utah, easter ...
, where it turns east, and they continue all the way through Casper
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People
* Casper (given name)
* Casper (surname)
* Casper (Maya ruler) (422–487?), ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque
* Tok Casper, first known king of Maya city-state Quiriguá in Guatemala, ruling beginning in 426
* David ...
. From Casper, the two highways parallel I-25
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and US 87 for 26 miles, until all four link up together just southeast of Glenrock. These four routes stay combined to Orin
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, where US 20 turns east from I-25, at the western end of US 18. US 18 and US 20 are concurrent from Orin to Lusk, where US 18 turns north and US 20 continues east into Nebraska.
Nebraska
Within Nebraska
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, US 20 is a state highway
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that begins on the Wyoming
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–Nebraska state line west of Harrison
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* Harrison (name)
* Harrison family of Virginia, United States
Places
In Australia:
* Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin
In Canada:
* Inukjuak, Quebec, or " ...
near the Niobrara River
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and runs to the Nebraska–Iowa
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state line in South Sioux City. Throughout its length the route passes through a diverse range of landscapes including bluffs and escarpment
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The terms ''scarp'' and ''scarp face'' are often used interchangeably with ''escar ...
s in the Northwest Panhandle
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While similar to a peninsula in shape, a salient is most often not surrounded by water on ...
, the Nebraska Sandhills in the northern part of the state, and rolling hills and plains as the highway approaches the Missouri River valley south of Sioux City, Iowa
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. Throughout its length, US 20 is a two-lane highway with the exception of the easternmost which is four-lane divided highway, the last of which is concurrent with Interstate 129
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.
Iowa
US 20 enters Iowa at Sioux City
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via the Missouri River crossing with I-129 I129 or I-129 may refer to:
*Interstate 129, an auxiliary Interstate Highway which connects South Sioux City, Nebraska to Interstate 29 in Sioux City, Iowa
*Iodine-129 (I-129 or 129I), a radioactive isotope of iodine
*Form I-129 (Petition for a Non ...
and US 75. After skirting the southeast side of Sioux City as a freeway with US 75, US 20 continues east as an expressway
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* Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road.
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to Moville
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Location
...
. From Moville through north of Early at the junction with U.S. Route 71 and Iowa Highway 471
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Route desc ...
, US 20 was reconstructed from a rural two-lane highway to a four-lane road. This segment re-opened October 19, 2018 and made it so that US 20 is a continuous four-lane highway for its entire length in Iowa. It passes to the north of Sac City, where it has another interchange with the realigned U.S. Route 71
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, then passes to the south of Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge is a city in, and the county seat of, Webster County, Iowa, United States, along the Des Moines River. The population was 24,871 in the 2020 census, a decrease from 25,136 in 2000. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Cen ...
and Webster City before intersecting I-35
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near Williams.
A new segment of freeway between US 65 south of Iowa Falls
Iowa Falls is a city in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. Iowa Falls is the home of Ellsworth Community College. It is also a regional transportation center, located along U.S. Routes 20 and 65 and the Canadian National and Union Pacific Rai ...
and Iowa Highway 14
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opened in 2003 creating a continuous four-lane route from Moorland to Dubuque. The new segment shaved off US 20's length in Iowa. In the Waterloo/ Cedar Falls area, the segment of US 20 overlapped by the Avenue of the Saints
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Route description
Missouri
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, which is also designated as Iowa Highway 27. US 20 passes Independence
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, Manchester
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, and Dyersville
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before reaching Dubuque
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. At Dubuque, US 20 crosses into Illinois over the Julien Dubuque Bridge
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.
Illinois
In the state of Illinois, US 20 begins in East Dubuque, following southeastward along the Mississippi River, and continues into the very hilly Driftless Area
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Never covered by ice during the last ...
of northwest Illinois through Galena
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and Elizabeth
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* ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...
. The highway then transitions eastward from the Driftless Area to the Interior Plains near Stockton. The road continues as a bypass north of Freeport, and then runs as a freeway along the southern fringe of Rockford. From Rockford to Chicago, Illinois
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, US 20 is a mixture of four-lane expressway, four-lane limited access freeway, and winding two-lane surface road. It is signed as "General U.S. Grant Highway" after Ulysses S. Grant
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. U.S. 20 runs through the south side of Chicago as 95th Street. US 20 exits Illinois along with US 12 and US 41 as Indianapolis Boulevard south of the Chicago Skyway
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.
Indiana
In the state of Indiana, US 20 enters from the west beneath the Chicago Skyway
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with US 12 and US 41. US 20 passes through heavily industrialized northwestern Indiana and is the main east–west artery through Gary. It then parallels US 12 to just west of Michigan City before running due east through New Carlisle to South Bend
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. US 20 travels around South Bend and Elkhart on the St. Joseph Valley Parkway, a four-lane limited access freeway, then returns to surface road east of Elkhart. US 20 then passes through LaGrange
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, intersecting with I-69
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before leaving Indiana just north of the eastern terminus of the Indiana Toll Road
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.
From Gary to South Bend
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, US 20 was built as the Dunes Relief Road. During the 1930s and 1940s the Dunes Highway, US 12, was becoming more crowded as housing lots and communities developed in the Indiana Dunes. Today, there are numerous communities along US 20 and the lakefront, including Gary, Portage
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, Burns Harbor
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, Porter
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Companies
* Porter Airlines, Canadian regional airline based in Toronto
* Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
* Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
* H.K. Porter, Inc., ...
, Chesterton, Pines
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, and Michigan City.
Most notably, the route is one of the main access roads to Indiana Dunes National Park
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.
Ohio
US 20 enters Ohio
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from Indiana just west of Columbia and traverses east through Pioneer
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and Alvordton to Fayette. It continues east through Oakshade, Assumption
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Assumption may also refer to:
Places
* Assumption, Alberta, Canada
* Assumption, Illinois, United States
** Assumption Town ...
and becomes five-lane, non-limited access roadway into Sylvania to Toledo, and then turns south until into the Toledo suburb of Maumee. After Maumee, US 20 crosses Maumee River curving back east becoming 2 lanes through Perrysburg to Woodville, where it becomes a four-lane, non-limited access highway. It bypasses Fremont while concurrent with US 6, State Route 53, and State Route 19, and then travels through the northern edge of Clyde Clyde may refer to:
People
* Clyde (given name)
* Clyde (surname)
Places
For townships see also Clyde Township
Australia
* Clyde, New South Wales
* Clyde, Victoria
* Clyde River, New South Wales
Canada
* Clyde, Alberta
* Clyde, Ontario, a tow ...
and the downtown area of Bellevue Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French. It may refer to:
Placenames
Australia
* Bellevue, Western Australia
* Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
* Bellevue, Queensland
* Bellevue, Glebe, an historic house in Sydney, New South Wales
Canada ...
, where it is joined by State Route 18. From there the four-lane highway continues through Monroeville and bypasses Norwalk, then becomes a two-lane highway from there to Oberlin. Continuing east, US 20 traverses through Elyria Elyria may refer to:
*Elyria, Ohio
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, North Ridgeville
North Ridgeville is a city located along the eastern border of Lorain County, Ohio. The city's population was 35,552 in 2020. North Ridgeville is the fastest-growing city in northern Ohio. It has been ranked the 13th safest city in the United Sta ...
, Westlake, Rocky River Rocky River may refer to:
Localities
*Rocky River, Ohio, USA
* Rocky River, New South Wales near Uralla, Australia
Electorates
*Electoral district of Rocky River (South Australia)
Streams
In Australia:
* Rocky River (New South Wales)
* R ...
, Lakewood and Cleveland
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, where it goes right through Public Square
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. East of Cleveland US 20 follows the southern shore of Lake Erie
Lake Erie ( "eerie") is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has t ...
, following Euclid Avenue from Public Square, and traverses Euclid
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, Wickliffe, where it intersects with I-90, Mentor
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, Painesville
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, Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
, Geneva
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, Ashtabula
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and crosses into Pennsylvania
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at Conneaut.
Pennsylvania
US 20 runs for nearly across Erie County, Pennsylvania
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...
, most of that time just south of the CSX Transportation, CSX/Amtrak railroad tracks. US 20 appears as West Ridge Road eastward from the Ohio border through Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Springfield, Girard Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Girard, Fairview Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Fairview and Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Millcreek townships. At the intersection with Pennsylvania Route 832, just outside the Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie city limits, it becomes West 26th Street. After it reaches city center at the intersection with State Street, it becomes East 26th Street. It turns sharply northward as Broad Street at the Bayfront Connector, then turns east again as Buffalo Road through Wesleyville, Pennsylvania, Wesleyville and Harborcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Harborcreek Township. Buffalo Road turns sharply northward at the town of Harborcreek. US 20 intersects with Pennsylvania Route 955 and resumes its eastward journey. At North East Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, North East Township, US 20 becomes West Main Road. Within the town limits, it becomes West Main Street until it reaches the town center at its intersection with Pennsylvania Route 89, where it becomes East Main Street. Outside the town limits it becomes East Main Road until it reaches Pennsylvania's border with New York (state), New York.
New York
In New York (state), New York, US 20 runs roughly parallel to the New York State Thruway (I-90) throughout the state. The route runs concurrently with New York State Route 5 twice, with the second overlap extending across Western New York, Western and Central New York from Avon (town), New York, Avon to Auburn, New York, Auburn running along the top of the Finger Lakes crossing Canandaigua, New York, Canandaigua and Seneca Falls, New York, Seneca Falls along the way. US 20 runs across the rural Cherry Valley Turnpike between Skaneateles (town), New York, Skaneateles and Albany, New York, Albany. US 20 was also known as the Boston-Buffalo highway prior to the construction of the New York Thruway and Massachusetts Turnpike.
Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, US 20 runs near I-90 Mass Pike, intersecting it directly at exit 10 and indirectly at exit 94.
In part of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Berkshire County, US 20 runs north–south as it runs concurrently with U.S. Route 7, US 7. It is known as the "Jacob's Ladder Trail" as it crosses the The Berkshires, Berkshire Hills between Lee, Massachusetts, Lee in Berkshire County and Chester, Massachusetts, Chester in Hampden County, Massachusetts, Hampden County. From Chester to Westfield, Massachusetts, Westfield, US 20 and the Boston and Albany Railroad follow the Westfield River down to the broad valley of the Connecticut River.
In Springfield, Massachusetts, Springfield, US 20 runs concurrently with Interstate 291 (Massachusetts), I-291 between Plainfield Street and Page Boulevard; it follows Boston Road as it leaves Springfield and travels through the town of Wilbraham, Massachusetts, Wilbraham, eventually becoming Main Street in Palmer, Massachusetts, Palmer.
In Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Shrewsbury, US 20 is called "Hartford Turnpike". In Northborough, Massachusetts, Northborough, and Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester it is called "Southwest Cutoff", until it merges with the original Boston Post Road in Northborough (Southwest Cutoff and West Main Street). Southwest Cutoff was created at the turn of the century to bypass truck traffic around Shrewsbury center as well as connecting to the Massachusetts Route 9, Boston and Worcester Turnpike.
In parts of eastern Massachusetts, US 20 follows the route of the old Boston Post Road and passes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Longfellow's Wayside Inn, in Sudbury, Massachusetts, Sudbury, the oldest continually operated Inn in America. In 1926, after engineers determined that heavy truck traffic on the Boston Post Road was damaging the foundations of the Inn, Henry Ford, then owner and proprietor, ordered the construction of the mile-and-a-half-long Route 20 bypass. Upon its completion on December 11, 1928, he sold it to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for $1 and never cashed the check. According to the Boston Herald the by-pass cost Ford $288,000, equivalent to roughly $4.7 million in 2021. The original route of US 20 is now called Wayside Inn Road.
US 20 continues from Sudbury through Wayland, Massachusetts, Wayland, Weston, Massachusetts, Weston, Waltham, Massachusetts, Waltham, Watertown, Massachusetts, Watertown and then into Boston, Massachusetts, Boston through Allston and Fenway–Kenmore. U.S. Route 20's official eastern terminus is in Kenmore Square
Kenmore Square is a square in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, consisting of the intersection of several main avenues (including Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue) as well as several other cross streets, and Kenmore station, an MBTA ...
at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue (Boston), Commonwealth Avenue, Beacon Street, and Brookline Avenue, where the alignment becomes Massachusetts Route 2
Route 2 is a major east–west state highway in Massachusetts. Along with Route 9 and U.S. Route 20 to the south, these highways are the main alternatives to the Massachusetts Turnpike/ I-90 toll highway. Route 2 runs the entire ...
. Route 2 continues for a short distance where it terminates at Massachusetts Route 28.
History
Before the U.S. Highway System, the route in New England and New York was designated as New England Interstate Route 5 (NE-5), part of the New England Interstate Route system that existed between 1922 and 1927. Around 1923, from Springfield to Pittsfield, NE-5 was known as "Jacob's Ladder", and from Boston to Albany, the "Hubway". When US 20 was first commissioned, it took over the entirety of NE-5.
Historic termini
Until 1940, the western endpoint of US 20 was the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowston ...
.
Historic routes
Between Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Dubuque, Iowa, the route has been upgraded to four lanes, the last link of this completed in 2003. Much of the old route is a few miles north of the present route except between I-35
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and Waterloo. There, the old route is farther north, going through Iowa Falls
Iowa Falls is a city in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. Iowa Falls is the home of Ellsworth Community College. It is also a regional transportation center, located along U.S. Routes 20 and 65 and the Canadian National and Union Pacific Rai ...
, Aplington, Iowa, Aplington, and the north side of Cedar Falls along what is now Iowa Highway 57.
From just west of South Bend, Indiana, to the St. Joseph – Elkhart county line, the old route of US 20 through St. Joseph County, Indiana, St. Joseph County is now Business US 20. In Elkhart County, Indiana, Elkhart County, its old route is now classified as a county road and is simply called Old US 20. The St. Joseph Valley Parkway is the present route of US 20 in the South Bend – Elkhart Area.
From 1930 to 1933, US 20 followed what are now Massachusetts Route 67 and Massachusetts Route 9 from Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester to Palmer, Massachusetts, Palmer via Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Shrewsbury and Northborough, Massachusetts, Northborough.[: US 20](_blank)
The 1953 Massachusetts Department of Public Works Master Plan would have relocated US 20 between Palmer, Massachusetts and either West Springfield, Massachusetts or Westfield, Massachusetts along the right-of-way now used by the Massachusetts Turnpike, but this was never implemented.
Until 1970–72, US 20 followed an old route through downtown Springfield—Boston Road and State Street—crossing the Connecticut River via the older Memorial Bridge (Massachusetts), Memorial Bridge (now Massachusetts Route 147). The construction of Interstate 291 (Massachusetts), I-291 prompted a change. US 20 now crosses from West Springfield at the North End Bridge, and is co-signed with I-291 until Page Boulevard, where it heads back to Boston Road via the former route of 20A.
In 2012, the Historic US Route 20 Association was formed to identify, promote and preserve the history of the route and original alignments that were once signed "Route 20" from Boston to Newport, Oregon, Newport.
Historic names
*The portion of US 20 eastward from Illinois generally follows the path of the Yellowstone Trail.
*In Massachusetts, US 20 follows the Boston Post Road in Wayland, Massachusetts, Wayland and Sudbury, Massachusetts, Sudbury.
*In the state of New York (state), New York, part of US 20 follows the old Cherry Valley Turnpike and is still referred to by that name in some places.
*From Buffalo westward to Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, US 20 follows the path of the Buffalo Stage Road.
*Between Fremont, Ohio and Perrysburg, Ohio, the road dates back to the late 1830s. It was known then as the Maumee and Connecticut Western Reserve, Western Reserve Road. Nicknamed "Mud Pike" and earned a reputation as "The worst road on the continent" for the mudholes that would trap wagon wheels and slow draft animals. Travelers sometimes would take three days to travel . It is still signed as Maumee St. in and near Angola, IN.
*Through western Indiana, US 20 was built as the Dunes Relief Road, as it bypassed the heavily traveled Dunes Highway.
*Northwest of Chicago it is called Ulysses S. Grant Highway.
*On March 25, 2019, Idaho officially labeled their section of US 20 as the Idaho Medal of Honor Highway in honor of 48 Medal of Honor Recipients with strong Idaho attachments.
Major intersections
;Western segment
:;Oregon
:: at West Olive Street in Newport, Oregon, Newport
:: in Albany
:: in Bend
:: in Riley, Oregon, Riley. The highways travel concurrently to northeast of Burns Burns may refer to:
* Burn, an injury (plural)
People:
* Burns (surname), includes list of people and characters
Business:
* Burns London, a British guitar maker
Places:
;In the United States
* Burns, Colorado, unincorporated community in Eagle ...
.
:: in Vale
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Vale may also refer to:
Places Georgia
* Vale, Georgia, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region
Norway
* Våle, a historic municipality
Portugal
* Vale (Santa Maria da Feira), a former civil parish in the municipali ...
. The highways travel concurrently to Mountain Home, Idaho.
:;Idaho
:: north of Parma
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. The highways travel concurrently to southeast of Parma.
:: north of Caldwell
Caldwell may refer to:
People
* Caldwell (surname)
* Caldwell (given name)
* Caldwell First Nation, a federally recognized Indian band in southern Ontario, Canada
Places
Great Britain
* Caldwell, Derbyshire, a hamlet
* Caldwell, East ...
. The highways travel concurrently to Caldwell.
:: in Boise
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. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
:: in Boise. The highways travel concurrently to Mountain Home.
:: in Carey
Carey may refer to:
Names
* Carey (given name), a given name
* Carey (surname), a surname
** List of people with surname Carey
Places Canada
* Carey Group, British Columbia; in the Pacific
* Carey Island (Nunavut) in James Bay
United Kingdom
* ...
. US 20/US 26 travel concurrently to northwest of Atomic City. US 20/US 93 travel concurrently to Arco
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.
:: in Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls (Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: Dembimbosaage) is a city in and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho, United States. It is the state's largest city outside the Boise metropolitan area. As of the 2020 Un ...
. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
:;Montana
:: at Firehole Avenue in West Yellowstone
West Yellowstone is a town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States, adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. The population was 1,272 at the 2020 census. West Yellowstone is served by Yellowstone Airport. It is part of the Bozeman, MT Micropoli ...
. The highways travel concurrently to the West Entrance to Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowston ...
.
;Yellowstone National Park segment (unofficial designation)
:: travels concurrently from the park's West Entrance to Grant Village, West Thumb.
:: north-northwest of West Thumb. The highways travel concurrently to West Thumb.
:: in West Thumb. The highways travel concurrently to the park's East Entrance.
;Eastern segment
:;Wyoming
:: at the East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, southeast of Pahaska Tepee. US 14/US 20 travel concurrently to Greybull. US 16/US 20 travel concurrently to Worland.
:: west-northwest of Greybull
:: in Shoshoni
The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( or ) are a Native American tribe with four large cultural/linguistic divisions:
* Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming
* Northern Shoshone: southern Idaho
* Western Shoshone: Nevada, northern Utah
* Goshute: western Utah, easter ...
. The highways travel concurrently to Orin
ORiN (Open Robot/Resource interface for the Network) is a standard network interface for FA (factory automation) systems. The Japan Robot Association proposed ORiN in 2002, and the ORiN Forum develops and maintains the ORiN standard.
Background
...
.
:: at Events Drive on the Casper
Casper may refer to:
People
* Casper (given name)
* Casper (surname)
* Casper (Maya ruler) (422–487?), ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque
* Tok Casper, first known king of Maya city-state Quiriguá in Guatemala, ruling beginning in 426
* David ...
–Hartrandt, Wyoming, Hartrandt city line. I-25/US 20 travel concurrently into Casper proper. US 20/US 87 travel concurrently to Orin
ORiN (Open Robot/Resource interface for the Network) is a standard network interface for FA (factory automation) systems. The Japan Robot Association proposed ORiN in 2002, and the ORiN Forum develops and maintains the ORiN standard.
Background
...
.
:: in Casper
:: southeast of Glenrock. The highways travel concurrently to Orin
ORiN (Open Robot/Resource interface for the Network) is a standard network interface for FA (factory automation) systems. The Japan Robot Association proposed ORiN in 2002, and the ORiN Forum develops and maintains the ORiN standard.
Background
...
.
:: in Orin
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Background
...
. US 18/US 20 travel concurrently to Lusk.
:: in Lusk. The highways travel concurrently through the town.
:;Nebraska
:: west of Chadron, Nebraska, Chadron. The highways travel concurrently to Chadron.
:: in Valentine, Nebraska, Valentine. The highways travel concurrently to south-southeast of Valentine.
:: west-northwest of Long Pine, Nebraska, Long Pine. The highways travel concurrently to Bassett, Nebraska, Bassett.
:: in O'Neill, Nebraska, O'Neill. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
:: in O'Neill. US 20/US 275 travel concurrently to southeast of Inman, Nebraska, Inman.
:: west-southwest of Randolph, Nebraska, Randolph
:: in South Sioux City. I-129/US 20 travel concurrently to Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux City () is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County, ...
. US 20/US 75 travel concurrently to the Woodbury Township, Woodbury County, Iowa, Woodbury–Concord Township, Woodbury County, Iowa, Concord township line.
:;Iowa
:: in Sioux City
Sioux City () is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County, ...
:: in Holstein, Iowa, Holstein. The highways travel concurrently to southeast of Holstein.
:: in Boyer Valley Township, Sac County, Iowa, Boyer Valley Township.
:: in Elkhorn Township, Webster County, Iowa, Elkhorn Township
:: in Liberty Township, Hamilton County, Iowa, Liberty Township
:: in Rose Grove Township, Hamilton County, Iowa, Rose Grove Township
:: in Ellis Township, Hardin County, Iowa, Ellis Township
:: in Waterloo
:: in Waterloo. I-380/US 20 travel concurrently to Poyner Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa, Poyner Township.
:: in Dyersville
Dyersville is a city in eastern Delaware County and western Dubuque County in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is part of the Dubuque, Iowa, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,477 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 4,035 in 200 ...
. The highway travels concurrently to Dubuque
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.
:: in Dubuque
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:;Illinois
:: in Rockford. The highways travel concurrently to Cherry Valley, Illinois, Cherry Valley.
:: north-northeast of Hampshire, Illinois, Hampshire
:: in Addison, Illinois, Addison
:: in Elmhurst, Illinois, Elmhurst. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
:: on the Stone Park, Illinois, Stone Park-Melrose Park, Illinois, Melrose Park city line. US 12/US 20 travel concurrently to East Chicago, Indiana. US 20/US 45 travel concurrently to west of the Palos Hills, Illinois, Palos Hills-Hickory Hills, Illinois, Hickory Hills city line.
:: on the Bellwood, Illinois, Bellwood-Hillside, Illinois, Hillside-Westchester, Illinois, Westchester city line
:: in La Grange, Illinois, La Grange
:: on the Countryside, Illinois, Countryside-Hodgkins, Illinois, Hodgkins city line
:: in Willow Springs, Illinois, Willow Springs
:: on the Hickory Hills, Illinois, Hickory Hills-Bridgeview, Illinois, Bridgeview city line
:: in Chicago. The highways travel concurrently to Whiting, Indiana, Whiting.
:;Indiana
:: northwest of Whiting, Indiana, Whiting
:: on the Hammond, Indiana, Hammond- Gary city line. The highways travel concurrently into Gary proper.
:: in Gary
:: in Gary
:: in Burns Harbor
Burns Harbor is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States on the shores of Lake Michigan in Northwest Indiana. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 1,156 at the 2010 census. Burns Harbor is ...
:: in Michigan City
:: east-southeast of Michigan City
:: east-southeast of Michigan City
:: in South Bend
South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...
. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
:: in Elkhart
:: in Jackson Township, Steuben County, Indiana, Jackson Township
:;Ohio
:: in Mill Creek Township, Williams County, Ohio, Mill Creek Township. The highways travel concurrently to Gorham Township, Fulton County, Ohio, Gorham Township.
:: in Sylvania
:: in Maumee
:: in Maumee
:: in Perrysburg. US 20/US 23 travel concurrently to the Troy Township, Wood County, Ohio, Troy-Woodville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, Woodville township line.
:: in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, Sandusky Township. The highways travel concurrently to Fremont.
:: in Norwalk
:: in Lakewood. The highways travel concurrently to Cleveland
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
.
:: in Cleveland. US 20/US 422 travel concurrently for one block.
:: in East Cleveland, Ohio, East Cleveland. The highways travel concurrently to Euclid
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.
:: on the Euclid
Euclid (; grc-gre, Wikt:Εὐκλείδης, Εὐκλείδης; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the ''Euclid's Elements, Elements'' trea ...
- Wickliffe city line
:;Pennsylvania
:: in Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Springfield Township
:: in Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie
:: in Erie
:: east-northeast of North East, Pennsylvania, North East
:;New York
:: in Hanover, New York, Hanover
:: east of Avon, New York, Avon
:: south-southwest of LaFayette, New York, LaFayette
:: south of LaFayette
:: in McKownville, New York, McKownville
:: in Albany, New York, Albany
:: in Albany. The highways travel concurrently to Schodack, New York, Schodack.
:: in East Greenbush, New York, East Greenbush
:: in Schodack, New York, Schodack
:;Massachusetts
:: in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Pittsfield. The highways travel concurrently to Lenox, Massachusetts, Lenox.
:: in Lee, Massachusetts, Lee
:: in Westfield, Massachusetts, Westfield. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
:: in West Springfield, Massachusetts, West Springfield
:: in Springfield, Massachusetts, Springfield
:: in Springfield. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
:: in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, Sturbridge
:: in Auburn, Massachusetts, Auburn
:: in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Marlborough
:: in Waltham, Massachusetts, Waltham
:: in Boston
See also
*Massachusetts Route 20A
*U.S. Route 20A (New York), U.S. Route 20A in New York (state), New York
*U.S. Route 20A (Ohio), U.S. Route 20A in Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
*U.S. Route 20 Business (Sioux City, Iowa), U.S. Route 20 Business—Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux City () is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County, ...
; also passes through South Sioux City, Nebraska
*U.S. Route 20 Business (Fort Dodge, Iowa), U.S. Route 20 Business—Fort Dodge, Iowa
* Pennsylvania Route 120, U.S. Route 120, became Pennsylvania Route 120 in 1967
* U.S. Route 220
* U.S. Route 320 (now decommissioned, was part of the old Route 26)
* U.S. Route 14 Alternate (Wyoming)#History, U.S. Route 420 (part of U.S. Route 14 Alternate)
References
Further reading
*
*
External links
Galena Bypass project homepage
Illinois Highway Ends: US 20
Indiana Highway Ends: US 20
by Michael G. Buettner, February 2006
US 20 Travelogue in New York
at Empire State Roads
August 11, 2006, article in ''The New York Times'' Escapes section.
Flickr Group
for photos taken along US 20
at USends.com
Twenty West: The Great Road Across America
book about US 20
Historic US Route 20 Association
Site dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Historic US Route 20
{{Authority control
U.S. Route 20,
United States Numbered Highway System, 20
U.S. Highways in Wyoming, 20