U.S. Route 54 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids U.S. Route 54
Route information
Length	1,197 mi (1,926 km)
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
West end	Loop 375 in El Paso, TX
	I-10 / US 180 in El Paso, TX I-40 / US 84 in Santa Rosa, NM US 287 in Stratford, TX US-64 from Guymon to Hooker, OK US-400 in Mullinville, KS I-135 / US-81 / K-15 in Wichita, KS I-35 / Kansas Turnpike in Wichita, KS US-400 in Spring Township, KS I-49 / US 71 in Nevada, MO I-70 / US 40 in Kingdom City, MO
East end	I-72 / US 36 / IL 107 in Griggsville, IL
Location
States:	Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is an east–west United States highway. It goes northeast-southwest for 1,197 miles (2,115 km) from Griggsville, Illinois to El Paso, Texas. It enters and leaves Texas twice. The Union Pacific Railroad's Tucumcari Line (former Southern Pacific and Rock Island Lines "Golden State Route") go parallel to US-54 from El Paso to Pratt, Kansas. That part makes up about two-thirds of the route.

The highway's eastern endpoint is at Interstate 72 in Griggsville, Illinois. Its western endpoint is El Paso, near the United States-Mexico border.

Route description

• Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Images for kids

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  US 54 intersects US 69/K-7 in Fort Scott, KS

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  Junction of former US 36 and existing route to Kansas City, Missouri. In the present day, US 54 follows the old route to Kansas City. Illinois Route 106 follows the old route of US 36.

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  US Route 54 through New Mexico

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  US 54/US 400 a few miles west of Pratt, Kansas

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  Jefferson City Bridge