U.S. Route 400
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 488 mi[1] (785 km) |
| Existed: | 1994 (extended west in 1996)[1] – present |
| Major junctions | |
| West end: |
  US 50 / US 385 in Granada, CO |
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  I-35 / Kansas Turnpike at Wichita, KS | |
| East end: |
  I-44 / US 166 near Joplin, MO |
| Location | |
| States: | Colorado, Kansas, Missouri |
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U.S. Route 400 is a mostly east–west U.S. Highway, commissioned in 1994. 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.[1][2]
Its route number is a "violation" of the usual AASHTO numbering scheme, as there is no "parent" highway named "US 100" or "US 0."
Route description
Colorado
US 400 begins in Granada at an intersection with US 385. It then runs concurrently with US 50 through Holly east to the Kansas border.
Kansas
US-400 and US-50 enter Kansas west of Coolidge. They run concurrently through Garden City, where it intersects US-83 and separate at Dodge City, which is where it intersects US-56 and US-283. It continues southeast from Dodge City and first intersects US-54 at Mullinville.
US-400 and US-54 begin a long concurrency at Mullinville which passes through Greensburg, Pratt, and Kingman before entering Wichita. While in Wichita, US-400 and US-54 intersect Interstate 235 and the concurrency of US-81 and Interstate 135. K-96 provides a short freeway connection to Interstate 35, which is also the Kansas Turnpike. At Augusta, US-400 and US-54 enter into another concurrency with US-77, and US-400 breaks from this concurrency at Haverhill.
US-400 continues east through several small towns before turning southeast to go through the Fredonia area and intersecting US-75 at Neodesha. After a brief concurrency with US-75, it turns east, intersecting US-59 near Parsons before intersecting US-69 south of Pittsburg. It then turns south with US-69 and at Crestline, follows US-69A south to Riverton. US-400 then turns east with US-166 at Baxter Springs, and the two highways run concurrently eastward into Missouri.
Missouri
US 400, along with US 166, terminates at I-44 about one mile (1.6 km) east of the Kansas-Missouri state line, three miles (5 km) west of Joplin.[3]
History
U.S. Route 154
A section of U.S. 400 that ran from Dodge City to Mullinville, Kansas was U.S. Route 154 from 1926 to 1982. It later became K-154 before becoming part of U.S. 400.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Prowers | Granada | US 50 west / US 385 – Lamar, Cheyenne Wells, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site | west end of US 50 overlap | ||||
| see US 50 in CO and US-50 in KS | |||||||
| Ford | ​ | US-50 east – Dodge City | east end of US-50 overlap | ||||
| ​ |  US-56 west – Sublette | west end of US-56 overlap | |||||
| ​ |  US-283 south – Minneola, Boot Hill, Front Street | west end of US-283 overlap | |||||
| Dodge City | US-56 east / US-283 north / Trail Street – Jetmore, Kinsley | east end of US-56 / US-283 overlap | |||||
| ​ |  K-34 south – Bucklin | ||||||
| Kiowa | ​ |  US-54 west – Meade | interchange; west end of US-54 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
| ​ |  US-183 – Kinsley, Coldwater | ||||||
| Pratt | Pratt |  US-281 – St. John, Medicine Lodge, Airport | |||||
 K-61 north – Hutchinson, Pratt Community College | |||||||
| ​ |  K-64 west (Southeast 25th Avenue) – Pratt County Lake | ||||||
| Kingman | ​ | 170th Avenue - Cunningham | interchange | ||||
| ​ |  K-11 north – Hutchinson | ||||||
| Kingman |  K-14 south (North Main Street) – Anthony, Business District, Airport | west end of K-14 overlap | |||||
| ​ | 40th Avenue | interchange; west end of freeway | |||||
| ​ | 70th Avenue | ||||||
| ​ | K-14 north (100th Avenue) – Hutchinson, Murdock | east end of K-14 overlap | |||||
| ​ | Mount Vernon (150th Avenue) | ||||||
| Sedgwick | ​ |  K-251 (391st West) – Cheney Reservoir | |||||
| ​ | 383rd West - Cheney | ||||||
| ​ | 343rd West - St. Joe | ||||||
| ​ | 295th West - Garden Plain | interchange; east end of freeway; former K-163 | |||||
| Wichita | Maize Road | interchange; west end of freeway | |||||
| Tyler Road | |||||||
| Ridge Road - Mid-Continent Airport | |||||||
| Dugan Road | no direct eastbound exit (signed at Ridge Road) | ||||||
 I-235 | I-235 exit 7 | ||||||
| West Street | |||||||
| Edwards / Meridian | former K-42 | ||||||
| Seneca / Sycamore | |||||||
| Central Business District | |||||||
| Washington Avenue | |||||||
   I-135 / US-81 / K-15 – Salina, Oklahoma City | I-135 exits 5B-6A | ||||||
| Grove Street | westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||||
| Hillside | |||||||
| Oliver / Edgemoor | |||||||
| Woodlawn | no direct westbound exit (signed at Armour) | ||||||
| Towne East Drive / Armour | |||||||
| Rock | interchange; east end of freeway; no direct eastbound exit (signed at Armour) | ||||||
| Kansas Turnpike / I-35 – Oklahoma City, Kansas City | Kansas Turnpike exit 50 | ||||||
| ​ |  K-96 west to I-35 / Kansas Turnpike – Hutchinson | interchange | |||||
| Butler | Augusta |  US-77 south (Warren) – Douglass, Winfield | west end of US-77 overlap | ||||
| ​ | Haverhill, Smileyberg | interchange | |||||
| ​ | US-54 east / US-77 north – El Dorado | interchange; east end of US-54 / US-77 overlap | |||||
| Greenwood | ​ |  K-99 south – Howard | west end of K-99 overlap | ||||
| ​ | K-99 north – Emporia, Severy via county road | east end of K-99 overlap | |||||
| Wilson | ​ |  K-39 east – Chanute, Toronto Lake, Cross Timbers State Park | |||||
| ​ |  K-47 east – Altoona, Fredonia | roundabout | |||||
| ​ |  US-75 north – Neodesha | interchange; west end of US-75 overlap | |||||
| Montgomery | ​ | US-75 south – Independence | interchange; east end of US-75 overlap | ||||
| ​ |  US-169 – Chanute, Coffeyville | interchange | |||||
| Labette | ​ | Dennis via county road, Mound Valley via county road, Big Hill Lake | former K-133 | ||||
| Parsons |  US-59 – Parsons, Erie | interchange | |||||
| Cherokee / Crawford | ​ |  K-126 east – McCune | |||||
| Cherokee |  K-7 – Girard, Columbus | ||||||
| ​ |    US-69 north / US-160 east / K-171 east – Joplin, MO, Pittsburg | west end of US-69 / US-160 overlap | |||||
| Cherokee | ​ |  K-103 west – Weir | |||||
| ​ | US-69 south / US-160 west – Columbus | east end of US-69 / US-160 overlap; west end of US-69 Alt. overlap | |||||
| ​ |  K-66 east / Beasley Road – Galena | roundabout | |||||
| ​ |  US-69 Alt. south – Baxter Springs | east end of US-69 Alt. overlap | |||||
| ​ | US-166 west – Baxter Springs | west end of US-166 overlap | |||||
| ​ |  K-26 north – Galena | ||||||
| Newton | ​ | I-44 – Springfield, Tulsa | I-44 exit 1; east end of US 166 overlap | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). Retrieved 22:46, February 20, 2006 (UTC).
- ↑ Sanderson, Dale End of U.S. Highway 400 (with maps of US 400 and related routes). Retrieved 19:35, March 25, 2006 (UTC).
- ↑ Sanderson, Dale, US route numbering curiosities and violations (with maps of US 400 and related routes). Retrieved 20:10, March 25, 2006 (UTC).
External links
- Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
- US-400 endpoint photos
| Browse numbered routes | ||||
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↠ SH 394 | CO | SH 402  → | ||
↠ K-383 | KS | I-435  → | ||
↠ Route 376 | MO | US 412  → | ||
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