U.S. Route 166: Difference between revisions

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Length	166 mi (267 km)
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
West end	US-81 in South Haven, KS
East end	I-44 / US 400 near Joplin, MO
Location
Country	United States
Highway system
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U.S. Route 166 is an 166-mile (267 km) east–west United States highway. This route and US 266 are the only two remaining children of historic U.S. Highway 66, since US 666 was decommissioned in 2003.

US-166 meets the old route of US-66, now designated Alt US-69, in Baxter Springs in the southeast corner of Kansas.

Route description

Lengths
	mi	km
KS	163.223^[1]	262.682
MO	0.6^[2]	1.0

US-166's western terminus in South Haven, Kansas

U.S. 166's eastern terminus approaching I-44 in Newton County, Missouri

As of 2006, the highway's western terminus is in South Haven, Kansas at an intersection with US-81, approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) north of the northern terminus of U.S. Highway 177. From this point, it heads east for about four miles (6 km), where it intersects the Kansas Turnpike (Interstate 35) at exit 4. It then enters Arkansas City, where it meets US-77 and overlaps it for approximately two miles, splitting off near Parkerfield.

US-166 crosses into Chautauqua County shortly before passing through Cedar Vale. It runs south of Sedan, intersecting K-99. Near Havana, US-166 has an interchange with US-75, where the two routes begin a concurrency. US-166 splits off just north of Caney. It has a brief concurrency with US-169 in the Coffeyville area. It also overlaps US-59 through Chetopa before crossing U.S. Route 69 north of Treece. In Baxter Springs, it crosses US-69 Alternate before joining with US-400 west of town. Just before crossing into Missouri, it serves as the southern terminus of K-26.

U.S. 166's eastern terminus is southwest of Joplin, Missouri at an intersection with Interstate 44 0.6 miles (0.97 km) from the Kansas border.^[2] It is also about 1000 feet (300 m) from the point where Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma meet. U.S. Route 400 also ends here, and the routes are co-signed from this point to near Baxter Springs, Kansas, a distance of approximately 10 miles (16 km).

History

US 166 is an original 1926 route and originally ran from Baxter Springs, Kansas to South Haven. In 1945, it was extended east through Joplin, Missouri, where it paralleled U.S. Route 66 to Springfield, Missouri. This extension absorbed Route 38,^[vague] which had been formed in 1922 from Carthage to west of Springfield and realigned to Joplin in about 1930, with the former route becoming Route 38N and soon U.S. Route 71 Alternate. In 1966, following the completion of the last section of Interstate 44 in Missouri, the east end of US 166 was truncated back from Springfield to its current terminus. Most sections of US 166 between Joplin and Springfield were not upgraded to Interstate Highway standards and were renumbered as I-44 Business Loops, state highways (such as Route 174) or turned over to local or county jurisdiction.

Bannered routes

Business loops and spurs

U.S. Route 166 Business – Sedan, Kansas
Springfield, Missouri – Decommissioned

Junction list

County	Location	mi^[1]^[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Sumner	South Haven	0.000	0.000	US-81	Western terminus
Sumner		3.481	5.602	I-35 / Kansas Turnpike	Parclo interchange
Cowley	Arkansas City	20.540	33.056	US-77
		22.993	37.004	US-77
		40.883	65.795	K-15
		44.833	72.152	K-15
Chautauqua		66.984	107.800	US 166 Bus.	Western terminus of US 166 BUS
Chautauqua		71.325	114.786	US 166 Bus. / K-99	Eastern terminus of US 166 BUS
Montgomery		85.579	137.726	US-75	Trumpet interchange
		88.577	142.551	US-75
	Coffeyville	106.083	170.724	US-169
		108.104	173.977	US-169
Labette		120.743	194.317	K-101	Southern terminus of K-101
		128.927	207.488	K-134	Southern terminus of K-134
	Chetopa	135.054	217.348	US-59
	Chetopa	136.548	219.753	US-59
Cherokee		150.694	242.518	US-69
	Baxter Springs	156.181	251.349	US 69 Alt.
		158.017	254.304	US-400
		161.322	259.623	K-26	Southern terminus of K-26
Missouri state line
Newton		0.6	0.97	I-44	I-44 exit 1; eastern terminus of US 166, eastern terminus of US 400
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b Kansas Department of Transportation. "Pavement Management Information System". Retrieved 2008-09-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c Google (2008-09-16). "U.S. Route 166" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-09-16.

Endpoints of US highways

Browse numbered routes
← K-163	KS	→ K-167
← Route 165	MO	→ Route 168

[pmis-1] Kansas Department of Transportation. "Pavement Management Information System". Retrieved 2008-09-26.

[ggm-2] Google (2008-09-16). "U.S. Route 166" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-09-16.

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 ==History==
-US 166 is an original 1926 route and originally ran from [[Baxter Springs, Kansas]] to [[South Haven, Kansas|South Haven]].  In 1945, it was extended east through [[Joplin, Missouri]], where it paralleled [[U.S. Route 66]] to [[Springfield, Missouri]]. This extension absorbed '''Route 38''',{{vague}} which had been formed in 1922 from [[Carthage, MO|Carthage]] to west of Springfield and realigned to Joplin in about 1930, with the former route becoming [[Missouri Route 38N|Route 38N]] and soon [[U.S. Route 71 Alternate (Carthage, Missouri)|U.S. Route 71 Alternate]]. In 1966, following the completion of the last section of [[Interstate 44]] in Missouri, the east end of US 166 was truncated back from Springfield to its current terminus.  Most sections of US 166 between Joplin and Springfield were not upgraded to Interstate Highway standards and were renumbered as I-44 Business Loops, state highways (such as [[Missouri Route 174|Route 174]]) or turned over to local or county jurisdiction.
+US 166 is an original 1926 route and originally ran from [[Baxter Springs, Kansas]] to [[South Haven, Kansas|South Haven]].  In 1945, it was extended east through [[Joplin, Missouri]], where it paralleled [[U.S. Route 66]] to [[Springfield, Missouri]]. This extension absorbed '''Route 38''',{{Vague|date=July 2010}} which had been formed in 1922 from [[Carthage, MO|Carthage]] to west of Springfield and realigned to Joplin in about 1930, with the former route becoming [[Missouri Route 38N|Route 38N]] and soon [[U.S. Route 71 Alternate (Carthage, Missouri)|U.S. Route 71 Alternate]]. In 1966, following the completion of the last section of [[Interstate 44]] in Missouri, the east end of US 166 was truncated back from Springfield to its current terminus.  Most sections of US 166 between Joplin and Springfield were not upgraded to Interstate Highway standards and were renumbered as I-44 Business Loops, state highways (such as [[Missouri Route 174|Route 174]]) or turned over to local or county jurisdiction.
 ==Bannered routes==
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v t e U.S. Routes related to US 66
	US 166 US 266 US 366 1927–1932 1932–1939 US 466 US 566 US 666 Special
Italics denotes former route