 U.S. Highway 66 | ||||
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| Will Rogers Highway | ||||
 US 66 highlighted in gray on a modern map | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KDOT | ||||
| Length | 11.274 mi[2] (18.144 km) | |||
| Existed | November 11, 1926–June 26, 1985[1] | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 66 to Miami, Oklahoma | |||
| East end | US 66 to Joplin, Missouri | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kansas | |||
| Counties | Cherokee | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66), the historic east–west US highway between Chicago, Illinois and Santa Monica, California, passed through one brief segment in the southeastern corner of Kansas. It entered the state south of Baxter Springs and continued north until it crossed Brush Creek, from where it turned east and left the state in Galena. After the decertification of the highway in 1985, this road segment was numbered as US-69 (alternate) from Quapaw, Oklahoma north to Riverton, Kansas and as K-66 (Kansas highway) from Riverton east to Route 66 in Missouri.[3]
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (June 26, 1985). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 5 – via Wikisource.
- ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. "2011 Condition Survey Report for Cherokee County, Kansas". Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ "Route 66 in Kansas".