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'U.S. Highway 36' is an east-west United States highway that runs for 1,414 miles (2,276 km) from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville, Ohio.

Contents

Termini

Route description

Colorado

Kansas

Missouri

Illinois

Indiana

Ohio

Intersections with Interstate highways

Road condition

North-South Routes Intersected

East-West Routes Intersected

Related U.S. routes

See also

Route notes

Kansas

Missouri

External links

References

Termini

The highway's western terminus is at Deer Ridge Junction, an intersection in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, where it meets U.S. Route 34. As of 2004, its eastern terminus is Uhrichsville, Ohio at U.S. Route 250.

Route description

Major cities

★ Estes Park, Colorado ★ Boulder, Colorado ★ Broomfield, Colorado ★ Westminster, Colorado ★ Commerce City, Colorado ★ Denver, Colorado ★ Aurora, Colorado ★ Norton, Kansas ★ Phillipsburg, Kansas ★ Smith Center, Kansas ★ Marysville, Kansas ★ Hiawatha, Kansas ★ Saint Joseph, Missouri ★ Chillicothe, Missouri ★ Macon, Missouri ★ Hannibal, Missouri ★ Jacksonville, Illinois ★ Springfield, Illinois ★ Decatur, Illinois ★ Tuscola, Illinois ★ Newman, Illinois ★ Danville, Indiana ★ Indianapolis, Indiana ★ Pendleton, Indiana ★ Lynn, Indiana ★ Greenville, Ohio ★ Piqua, Ohio ★ Marysville, Ohio ★ Delaware, Ohio

The highway passes through the following states:

Colorado

Kansas

US 36 passes through all 13 counties in Kansas which border Nebraska. The highway enters the Sunflower State from Colorado in Cheyenne County and shares a seven-mile concurrency through the town of St. Francis with Kansas Highway 27, the first north-south route intersected in Kansas. K-27 splits east of St. Francis and heads south toward Goodland, and U.S. 36 then continues through Bird City and McDonald before intersecting K-25 in Atwood, the seat of Rawlins County.
US 36 continues east through Decatur County, intersecting with US 83 in Oberlin before beginning a concurrency with K-383 in Norton County, a concurrency which runs for 12 miles through the city of Norton, where it crosses US 283. K-383 splits in eastern Norton County and bends northeast toward Almena and the Nebraska state line, while U.S. 36 enters Phillips County, picking up a brief concurrency with US 183 in Phillipsburg.
The highway passes through the small towns of Agra and Kensington before reaching Smith Center, the seat of Smith County, where US 281 joins US 36 for a 12-mile concurrency. The highways split at Lebanon, and US 36 passes through largely unpopulated areas, except for the tiny town of Mankato in Jewell County.
At Belleville, the seat of Republic County, US 36 intersect US 81, a four-laned expressway which heads south toward Concordia and Salina, where the highway becomes Interstate 135 and runs south toward Wichita. After passing through Washington County, US 36 picks up brief concurrencies with US 77 in Marysville, the seat of Marshall County, and with US 75 in Fairview.
In Hiawatha, the seat of Brown County, US 36 intersects the concurrency of US 73 and US 159, before entering Doniphan County for its final trek through the state, passing through Troy, Wathena and Elwood before crossing the Missouri River and reaching Interstate 229 in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Missouri

US 36 in Missouri passes through or near St. Joseph, Cameron, Chillicothe, Macon, and Hannibal.
On August 3, 2005, residents of Macon, Marion, Monroe, Shelby, and Ralls counties approved Proposition 36B, which excludes Ralls County from the Transportation Development District and allows for the construction of a 4-lane US 36 to be constructed without Ralls County's participation. This construction would serve as an extension of Interstate 72 west from Hannibal to Cameron and would make US 36 four lanes across Missouri.
All of U.S. 36 in Missouri is named the V.F.W. Memorial Highway.^[2]

Illinois

In the state of Illinois, U.S. 36 runs concurrent with much of Interstate 72. It enters from Missouri across the Mississippi River on the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, and runs east, crossing Interstate 55 in Springfield. At the U.S. Route 51 bypass in Decatur, U.S. 36 leaves I-72 and runs due east through downtown Decatur. U.S. 36 then continues east to the Indiana border.

Indiana

US 36 enters The Hoosier State near Dana in Vermillion County. It then passes through the towns of Montezuma, Rockville, Bainbridge, Danville, and Avon before entering Indianapolis. The Original Route through Indianapolis consisted of Rockville Rd., Washington St. West St./Michigan Rd. (Now Dr. Martin Luther King Dr.) 38th St. and Pendleton Pike. However, US 36 is now technically concurrent with I-465 south of Indianapolis. East of The Circle City, US 36 travels northeast through Lawrence, McCordsville, Pendleton, and Lynn before exiting into Ohio.

Ohio

Intersections with Interstate highways

★ I-25 at Welby, Colorado (part of the Turnpike Tangle)

★ I-270 from Welby to Denver, Colorado - concurrency 5 miles

★ I-76 at Welby, Colorado (part of the Turnpike Tangle)

★ I-70 from Denver to Byers, Colorado - concurrency 37 miles

★ I-225 in Aurora, Colorado

★ I-229 in St. Joseph, Missouri

★ I-29 in St. Joseph, Missouri

★ I-35 in Cameron, Missouri

★ I-72 from Hannibal, Missouri to Decatur, Illinois - concurrency 135 miles

★ I-172 in northwestern Pike County, Illinois, west of Hull, Illinois and east of Hannibal, Missouri

★ I-55 in Springfield, Illinois - concurrency 6 miles

★ I-57 at Tuscola, Illinois

★ I-74/I-465 in Indianapolis, Indiana

★ I-65 in Indianapolis, Indiana

★ I-70 in Indianapolis, Indiana

★ I-465 near Lawrence, Indiana

★ I-75 in Piqua, Ohio

★ I-71 in Delaware County, Ohio west of Sunbury and east of Delaware

★ I-77 at Newcomerstown, Ohio

Road condition

In Colorado, the highway is a freeway from Boulder to Byers, a distance of 62 miles, which includes four contiguous segments:

★ the former ''Denver-Boulder Turnpike'' [1] (18 miles) from Boulder to Westminster,

★ the former ''Colorado State Highway 382'' (2 miles) from Westminster to Welby,

★ the concurrency with I-270 (5 miles) from Welby to Denver, and

★ the concurrency with I-70 (37 miles) from Denver to Byers.
As of 2005, the overlaps I-270 and I-70 are not signed as US-36. The former ''Denver-Boulder Turnpike'' [2] and the former ''Colorado State Highway 382'' are so signed.
The remainder of the highway in Colorado is signed as US-36. It is a conventional roadway, mostly two lanes, but four lanes divided on 28th Street in Boulder and in a few other short stretches.
Similarly, US-36 through Kansas is mostly a two-lane road, with a few short segments in towns being four lanes divided.
For the Missouri portion of the highway, MoDOT is working on upgrading to a four-lane divided highway across the state by 2011. Presently, it is 4 lanes between the Missouri River and the Linn County, Missouri/Macon County, Missouri line. There is ongoing road construction on the 8 miles between the Linn County, Missouri/Macon County, Missouri line and Callao, Missouri that when finished will have a 4 lane highway running from Macon, Missouri to St. Joseph, Missouri.
With the passage of Proposition 36B, the US-36/I-72 Corridor Transportation District was created to help fund construction to convert the remaining 52 miles of 2-lane highway between Macon, Missouri and the Rocket Junction 7 miles west of Hannibal, Missouri by December 31, 2010. East of the Rocket Junction, US 36 is a 4-lane highway to US 61, where I-72 takes over the alignment.

North-South Routes Intersected

In Colorado:

★ US 287 in Westminster, Colorado

★ US 87 and I-25 at Welby, Colorado (part of the Turnpike Tangle)

★ US 85 in Commerce City, Colorado

★ I-225 in Aurora, Colorado

★ US 287 from Aurora to Byers, Colorado (concurrency 27 miles)

★ US 385 in southeastern Yuma County, Colorado (concurrency 2 miles)
In Kansas:

★ US 83 at Oberlin, Kansas

★ US 283 at Norton, Kansas

★ US 183 at Phillipsburg, Kansas

★ US 281 from Smith Center, Kansas to Lebanon, Kansas (concurrency 12 miles)

★ US 81 at Belleville, Kansas

★ US 77 at Marysville, Kansas

★ US 75 at Fairview, Kansas

★ US 73 and US 159 at Hiawatha, Kansas
In Missouri:

★ US 59 and I-229 in St. Joseph, Missouri

★ US 169 in St. Joseph

★ US 71 and I-29 in St. Joseph

★ US 69 in Cameron, Missouri

★ I-35 in Cameron

★ US 65 at Chillicothe, Missouri

★ US 63 at Macon, Missouri

★ US 61 at Hannibal, Missouri
In Illinois:

★ I-172 in northwestern Pike County, Illinois, west of Hull, Illinois and east of Hannibal, Missouri

★ US 67 near Jacksonville, Illinois

★ I-55 in Springfield, Illinois - concurrency 6 miles

★ US 51 near Decatur, Illinois

★ US 45 at Tuscola, Illinois

★ I-57 at Tuscola
In Indiana:

★ US 41 at Rockville, Indiana

★ US 231 in Putnam County, Indiana, west of Bainbridge and east of Morton

★ US 421 in Indianapolis, Indiana

★ I-65 in Indianapolis

★ US 31 in Indianapolis

★ US 35 at Losantville, Indiana

★ US 27 at Lynn, Indiana
In Ohio:

★ US 127 near Greenville, Ohio - concurrency 3 miles

★ I-75 in Piqua, Ohio

★ US 33 in Marysville, Ohio

★ US 23 in Delaware, Ohio

★ I-71 in Delaware County, Ohio west of Sunbury and east of Delaware

★ I-77 at Newcomerstown, Ohio

East-West Routes Intersected

In Colorado:

★ US 34 in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

★ US 34 in Estes Park, Colorado

★ I-270 from Welby to Denver, Colorado - concurrency 5 miles

★ I-76 at Welby (part of the Turnpike Tangle)

★ US 6 in Commerce City, Colorado

★ I-70 from Denver to Byers, Colorado - concurrency 37 miles

★ US 40 from Aurora to Byers - concurrency 27 miles
In Missouri:

★ US 24 from Monroe City, Missouri to the Rocket Junction 7 miles west of Hannibal, Missouri
In Illinois:

★ I-72 from Hannibal, Missouri to Decatur, Illinois - concurrency 135 miles. Hannibal is the western terminus of I-72.

★ US 54 in Pike County, Illinois, northeast of Pittsfield and southwest of Griggsville. This intersection is the eastern terminus of US 54.

★ US 150 at Chrisman, Illinois
In Indiana

★ I-74 in Indianapolis, Indiana

★ US 40 in Indianapolis

★ I-70 in Indianapolis

★ US 52 in Indianapolis
In Ohio:

★ US 68 in Urbana, Ohio

★ US 42 in Delaware, Ohio

★ US 62 near Howard, Ohio

★ US 250 at Uhrichsville, Ohio

Related U.S. routes

★ U.S. Route 136

See also

★ List of U.S. Routes

Route notes

Kansas

★ The section from Marysville, Kansas to St. Joseph, Missouri is officially called the ''Pony Express Highway'' because it marks the starting section of the Pony Express. It crosses the Missouri River on the Pony Express Bridge.

Missouri

★ The section from St. Joseph to Hannibal parallels the route of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad which was the reason St. Joseph was selected for the Pony Express.

External links

★ Illinois Highway Ends: US 36

★ Indiana Highway Ends: US 36

References

1. Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 02:55, 4 July 2006 (UTC).
2. A look at Missouri's named highways and bridges