U.S. Route 160 (US-160) is a part of the
U.S. Highway System
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that runs from
US-89 near
Tuba City, Arizona
Tuba City ( nv, ) is an unincorporated town in Coconino County, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation, United States. It is the second-largest community in Coconino County. The population of the census-designated place (CDP) was 8,611 at the 2010 cen ...
east to
US-67 and
Missouri Route 158 southwest of
Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Poplar Bluff is a medium city in Butler County in Southeast Missouri, United States. It is the county seat of Butler County and is known as "The Gateway to the Ozarks" among other names. The population was 16,225 at the 2020 census. The Poplar B ...
. In the
U.S. state
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of
Kansas
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, US-160 is a main east–west highway that runs from the Colorado border east to the Missouri border.
Route description
US-160 enters Kansas just west of
Saunders
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People
* Ab Saunders (1851–1883), American cowboy and gunman
* Al Saunders (born 1947), American foot ...
. It goes northeast to
Johnson City, then turns east to go through
Ulysses. Near
Sublette, it intersects
U.S. Route 83
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and runs concurrently southward past its intersection with
U.S. Route 56. It turns east and then runs concurrently with
U.S. Route 54
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between
Plains
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In ...
and
Meade. It continues east, and runs concurrently with
U.S. Route 283 and
U.S. Route 183. At
Medicine Lodge, it intersects
U.S. Route 281
U.S. Route 281 (US 281) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway. At it is the longest continuous three-digit U.S. Route.
The highway's northern terminus is at the International Peace Garden, north of Dunseith, North Dakota, at t ...
. It continues east and at
Wellington
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, intersects
U.S. Route 81
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and then
Interstate 35
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, on which the
Kansas Turnpike
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is routed in the area.
East of Interstate 35, it intersects
U.S. Route 77
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in
Winfield. It goes east from Winfield, then turns north to
Burden, then goes east before going south to
Elk City. It then turns east and goes through
Independence
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after being concurrent with
U.S. Route 75
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. It continues east, is briefly concurrent with
U.S. Route 169
U.S. Route 169 (US 169) is a north-south U.S highway that currently runs for 966 miles (1,555 km) from the city of Virginia, Minnesota to Tulsa, Oklahoma at Memorial Drive.
Route description
Oklahoma
US 169 is a major north–south ...
and then intersects
U.S. Route 59 at
Altamont. US-160 and US-59 then go into
Oswego and separate. At
Columbus
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* Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer
* Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio
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Places ...
, US-160 begins a concurrency with
U.S. Route 69, which goes east to
Crestline, then north to
Frontenac, Kansas
Frontenac is the second largest city in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,382.
History
Frontenac was established as a coal mining town in 1886 in the Cherokee-Crawford Coal Fields ...
. Also at Crestline, it picks up a second concurrency with
U.S. Route 400
U.S. Route 400 (US 400) is a mostly east–west U.S. Highway, commissioned in 1994. The highway's western terminus is in Granada, Colorado, at an intersection with US 385. The highway's eastern terminus is southwest of Joplin, Missouri, ...
, which goes north and ends just south of
Pittsburg, Kansas. After Frontenac, it turns east and enters Missouri.
The section of US-160 in Harper, from K-14 to slightly east of end of overlap with K-2 is maintained by the city. The entire section within Wellington is maintained by the city.
History
The section of US-160 from the
Colorado
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border to
Santa Fe was established in 1927 as K-46. The section from
K-22, now US-83, south of
Sublette east to
Pittsburg was established in 1927 as
K-12.
[ US-160 was extended into Kansas between 1930 and 1931, which resulted in K-46 being decommissioned and K-12 being truncated to US-54 north of ]Liberal
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East of Coldwater, US-160 originally turned north to Wilmore then curved southwest and traveled through Sun City and Lake City to its current alignment west of Medicine Lodge. Then between 1941 and 1944, a new alignment was built to travel directly east–west from Coldwater to Medicine Lodge.] East of Independence, US-160 originally followed US-169 north to K-37 then east to US-400, which it followed to its current alignment south of Pittsburg. Then in a December 9, 1998 resolution, US-160 was realigned over K-96 from US-169 east to US-69 Alternate then turned north toward Pittsburg.
Between 1951 and 1952, the alignment was shifted south between the Colorado border and Johnson
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.
Major intersections
References
External links
Kansas Department of Transportation State Map
KDOT: Historic State Maps
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Kansas
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