U.S. Route 412

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  (Redirected from U.S. Highway 412)
Jump to: navigation, search
U.S. Route 412 shield
U.S. Route 412
Length: 1,130[1] mi (1,818.6 km)
Formed: 1982 (extended east in 1984, 1989, west in 1989, 1994)[2]
West end: I-25 Bus. / US 56 / NM 21 at Springer, NM
Major
junctions:		 I-35 near Enid, OK

I-44 at Tulsa, OK
I-540 at Springdale, AR
I-55 at Caruthersville, MO
I-155 / US-51 at Dyersburg, TN
I-40 at Jackson, TN
East end: I-65 / SR-99 at Columbia, TN
United States Numbered Highways
List – Bannered – Divided – Replaced

U.S. Route 412 is an east-west United States highway, first commissioned in 1982. Its route number is a "violation" of the usual AASHTO numbering scheme, as it comes nowhere near its implied "parent", US 12. U.S. 412 overlaps expressway-grade Cimarron Turnpike from Tulsa west to Interstate 35 and the Cherokee Turnpike from 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Chouteau, Oklahoma, to 8 miles (13 km) west of the Arkansas state line. U.S. 412 has a bannered route in eastern Oklahoma named Scenic US 412, one of only two such routes in the country. Another curiosity of this highway is that it runs the entire length of the Oklahoma Panhandle and traverses the Missouri Bootheel.

As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is in Columbia, Tennessee at an intersection with Interstate 65, where it continues east as State Route 99. Its western terminus is in Springer, New Mexico at an intersection with Interstate 25.[1][2]

Contents

[edit] Route description

U.S. 412 overlaps with U.S. 43, U.S. 56, U.S. 60, U.S. 62, U.S. 63, U.S. 64, U.S. 65, I-155, and U.S. 270, runs parallel to U.S. 62 and U.S. 64 in various places and intersects U.S. 70. [3]

[edit] New Mexico to Texas

The highway begins at Interstate 25 in Springer. It is concurrent with U.S. Route 56 throughout its entire route in the state at just under 100 miles (160 km). Besides Springer, the only other town Route 412 passes through is Clayton, where it merges with U.S. Route 64. Just before entering Oklahoma, the highway touches the northwestern corner of Texas at a small road junction.

[edit] Oklahoma

Highway 412 runs across the Panhandle and northern part of the state passing through cities such as Boise City, Woodward, Enid, and Tulsa. Some major highway junctions include Interstate 35 in Noble County and several others in Tulsa such as I-44, 244, 444, and U.S. Routes 75 and 169. Two sections of this highway are tolled: the Cimarron Turnpike (from I-35 to the western outskirts of Tulsa), and the Cherokee Turnpike (from near Chouteau to about 10 miles (16 km) west of the Arkansas border).

[edit] Arkansas

The Arkansas section starts at the Oklahoma line, runs through the scenic Ozark Mountains in the northern part of Arkansas, and leaves the state at the Missouri Bootheel. Cities along the route include Siloam Springs, Springdale, Alpena, Harrison, Cotter, Mountain Home, Salem, Walnut Ridge, and Paragould. In Harrison, U.S. Route 412 is concurrent with both U.S. 62 and U.S. 65. Just east of Mountain Home, in Henderson, the highway crosses Lake Norfork, which at one time had to be crossed by ferry. Coinciding with the final trip of a Norfork Lake ferry at 8 a.m. Friday, October 24, 1983, the U.S. Highway 62 bridge across Lake Norfork was opened. Charles Gibson piloted the ferry on that trip, carrying three cars across the lake within the shadow of the bridge, which brought a 40-year era to an end.

[edit] Missouri

U.S. Route 412 crosses Missouri on its Bootheel, making it cross six states along its journey.

[edit] Tennessee

Business U.S. Highway 412 turns right in Jackson, Tennessee.

The section from I-65 near Columbia westbound is overlapped with unsigned Tennessee State Route 99. East of I-65 at the eastern terminus of US 412, the route remains Tennessee 99.

[edit] See also

[edit] Bannered and suffixed routes

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 22:46, 20 February 2006 (UTC).
  2. ^ a b mapguy, End of U.S. Highway 412 (with maps of U.S. 412 and related routes). URL accessed 19:45, 25 March 2006 (UTC).
  3. ^ mapguy, US route numbering curiosities and violations (with maps of U.S. 412 and related routes). URL accessed 20:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC).
Browse numbered routes
< US-385 OK I-444 >
< US-411 TN SR-416 >


US blank.svg
edit
Main U.S. Routes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
40 41 42 43 44 45 46 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
80 81 82 83 84 85 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
101 163 400 412 425
Lists  U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Bypassed - Portal
Stub icon This article relating to U.S. Highways is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_412"
Languages