Route information | ||||
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Length | 2,381 mi[1] (3,832 km) | |||
Existed | 11 November 1926[2]–present | |||
History | Re-routed several times west of New Mexico between 1926 and 1969. | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | US 60 / SR 77 at Globe, AZ | |||
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East end | Seashore Drive / School Drive in Atlantic, NC[3] | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
States | Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 70 or U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,381 miles (3,832 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. It is a major east–west highway of the Southeastern, Southern and Southwestern United States. Established as one of the original highways of 1926, it originally ran only to Holbrook, Arizona, then was extended in 1934 as a coast to coast route, with the current eastern terminus near the Atlantic Ocean in Atlantic, North Carolina, and the former western terminus near the Pacific Ocean in Los Angeles, California. The current western terminus was then truncated to US 60 / SR 77 in Globe, Arizona. Before the completion of the Interstate system, U.S. Highway 70 was sometimes referred to as the "Broadway of America", due to its status as one of the main east–west thoroughfares in the nation. It was also promoted as the "Treasure Trail" by the U.S. Highway 70 Association as of 1951.[4]
In the early years, US 70 had a different route between Clovis, New Mexico and eastern Arizona, taking the route of current US 60 and US 180 to an endpoint in Holbrook. US 70 was later re-routed to El Paso, Texas, when US 60 was extended to California. US 70 was later re-routed again west of Alamogordo, New Mexico along its current route to Globe, as well as being concurrent with US 60 to a common terminus in Los Angeles, California.
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