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U.S. Route 160 marker

U.S. Route 160
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 60
Length 1,465 mi (2,358 km)
Existed 1930–present
Major junctions
West end US 89 near Tuba City, AZ
  US 191 in Navajo County, AZ

US 64 in Teec Nos Pos, AZ
US 84 in Pagosa Springs, CO
US 285 in Alamosa, CO
I-25 / US 85 / US 87 between Walsenburg and Trinidad, CO
I-35 / Kansas Turnpike at Wellington, KS
I-49 / US 71 at Lamar, MO
I-44 at Springfield, MO
US 60 in Springfield, MO

US 65 near Branson, MO
East end US 67 / Route 158 near Poplar Bluff, MO
Location
States: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways
List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

U.S. Route 160 (US 160) is a 1,465 mile (2,358 km) long east–west United States highway in the Midwestern and Western United States. The western endpoint of the route is at US 89, five miles (8 km) west of Tuba City, Arizona. The eastern endpoint is at US 67 and Missouri 158, southwest of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

Its route (or at least its number) was made famous in song in 1975. This is because the road from Wolf Creek Pass to Pagosa Springs, Colorado in C.W. McCall's country music song Wolf Creek Pass.

Related routes

  • U.S. Route 60
  • U.S. Route 260
  • U.S. Route 360
  • U.S. Route 460
  • Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT


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