U.S. Route 400

U.S. Route 400
Route information
Length	488 mi (785 km)
Existed	1994 (extended west in 1996)–present
Major junctions
West end	US 50 / US 385 in Granada, CO
Major intersections	US-50 in Dodge City, KS I-235 in Wichita, KS I-135 / US-81 in Wichita, KS I-35 / Kansas Turnpike at Wichita, KS
East end	I-44 / US 166 near Joplin, MO
Location
Country	United States
States	Colorado, Kansas, Missouri
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided

U.S. Route 400 is a mostly east–west U.S. Highway, commissioned in 1994. The highway's eastern terminus is west of Joplin, Missouri at an intersection with Interstate 44, which it shares with U.S. Route 166. It originally ended in Garden City, Kansas; in 1996 it was extended to its current western terminus in Granada, Colorado at an intersection with U.S. Route 385.

Its route number is a "violation" of the usual AASHTO numbering scheme, as there is no "parent" highway named "US 0."

Route description

Colorado

US 400 begins in Granada at an intersection with US 385. It then runs concurrently with US 50 through Holly east to the Kansas border.

Kansas

US-400 and US-50 enter Kansas west of Coolidge. They run concurrently through Garden City, where it intersects US-83 and separate at Dodge City, which is where it intersects US-56 and US-283. It continues southeast from Dodge City and first intersects US-54 at Mullinville.

US-400 and US-54 begin a long concurrency at Mullinville which passes through Greensburg, Pratt, and Kingman before entering Wichita. While in Wichita, US-400 and US-54 intersect Interstate 235 and the concurrency of US-81 and Interstate 135. K-96 provides a short freeway connection to Interstate 35, which is also the Kansas Turnpike. At Augusta, US-400 and US-54 enter into another concurrency with US-77, and US-400 breaks from this concurrency at Haverhill.

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

US-400 continues east through several small towns before turning southeast to go through the Fredonia area and intersecting US-75 at Neodesha. After a brief concurrency with US-75, it turns east, intersecting US-59 near Parsons before intersecting US-69 south of Pittsburg. It then turns south with US-69 and at Crestline, follows US-69A south to Riverton. US-400 then turns east with US-166 at Baxter Springs, and the two highways run concurrently eastward into Missouri.

Missouri

US 400, along with US 166, terminates at I-44 about one mile (1.6 km) east of the Kansas-Missouri state line, three miles (5 km) west of Joplin.

History

U.S. 400's eastern terminus approaching I-44 in Newton County, Missouri

U.S. Route 154

A section of U.S. 400 that ran from Dodge City to Mullinville, Kansas was U.S. Route 154 from 1926 to 1982. It later became K-154 before becoming part of U.S. 400.

Major intersections

State	County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Colorado	Prowers	Granada			US 50 west / US 385 – Lamar, Cheyenne Wells, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site	west end of US 50 overlap
see US 50 in CO and US-50 in KS
Kansas	Ford	​			US-50 east – Dodge City	east end of US-50 overlap
		​			US-56 west – Sublette	west end of US-56 overlap
		​			US-283 south – Minneola, Boot Hill, Front Street	west end of US-283 overlap
		Dodge City			US-56 east / US-283 north – Jetmore, KinsleyModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	east end of US-56 / US-283 overlap
		​			K-34 south – Bucklin
	Kiowa	​			US-54 west – Meade	interchange; west end of US-54 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		​			US-183 – Kinsley, Coldwater
	Pratt	Pratt			US-281 – St. John, Medicine Lodge, Airport
					K-61 north – Hutchinson, Pratt Community College
		​			K-64 west (Southeast 25th Avenue) – Pratt County Lake
	Kingman	​			170th Avenue - Cunningham	interchange
		​			K-11 north – Hutchinson
		Kingman			K-14 south (North Main Street) – Anthony, Business District, Airport	west end of K-14 overlap
		​			40th Avenue	interchange; west end of freeway
		​			70th Avenue
		​			K-14 north (100th Avenue) – Hutchinson, Murdock	east end of K-14 overlap
		​			Mount Vernon (150th Avenue)
	Sedgwick	​			K-251 (391st West) – Cheney Reservoir
		​			383rd West - Cheney
		​			343rd West - St. Joe
		​			295th West - Garden Plain	interchange; east end of freeway; former K-163
		Wichita			Maize Road	interchange; west end of freeway
					Tyler Road
					Ridge Road - Mid-Continent Airport
					Dugan Road	no direct eastbound exit (signed at Ridge Road)
					I-235	I-235 exit 7
					West Street
					Edwards / Meridian	former K-42
					Seneca / Sycamore
					Central Business District
					Washington Avenue
					I-135 / US-81 / K-15 – Salina, Oklahoma City	I-135 exits 5B-6A
					Grove Street	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
					Hillside
					Oliver / Edgemoor
					Woodlawn	no direct westbound exit (signed at Armour)
					Towne East Drive / Armour
					Rock	interchange; east end of freeway; no direct eastbound exit (signed at Armour)
					Kansas Turnpike / I-35 – Oklahoma City, Kansas City	Kansas Turnpike exit 50
		​			K-96 west to I-35 / Kansas Turnpike – Hutchinson	interchange
	Butler	Augusta			US-77 south (Warren) – Douglass, Winfield	west end of US-77 overlap
		​			Haverhill, Smileyberg	interchange
		​			US-54 east / US-77 north – El Dorado	interchange; east end of US-54 / US-77 overlap
	Greenwood	​			K-99 south – Howard	west end of K-99 overlap
		​			K-99 north – Emporia, Severy via county road	east end of K-99 overlap
	Wilson	​			K-39 east – Chanute, Toronto Lake, Cross Timbers State Park
		​			K-47 east – Altoona, Fredonia	roundabout
		​			US-75 north – Neodesha	interchange; west end of US-75 overlap
	Montgomery	​			US-75 south – Independence	interchange; east end of US-75 overlap
		​			US-169 – Chanute, Coffeyville	interchange
	Labette	​			Dennis via county road, Mound Valley via county road, Big Hill Lake	former K-133
		Parsons			US-59 – Parsons, Erie	interchange
	Cherokee–Crawford county line	​			K-126 east – McCune
		Cherokee			K-7 – Girard, Columbus
		​			US-69 north / US-160 east / K-171 east – Joplin, MO, Pittsburg	west end of US-69 / US-160 overlap
	Cherokee	​			K-103 west – Weir
		​			US-69 south / US-160 west – Columbus	east end of US-69 / US-160 overlap; west end of US-69 Alt. overlap
		​			K-66 east – GalenaModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	roundabout
		​			US 69 Alt. south – Baxter Springs	east end of US-69 Alt. overlap
		​			US-166 west – Baxter Springs	west end of US-166 overlap
		​			K-26 north – Galena
Missouri	Newton	​			I-44 – Springfield, Tulsa	I-44 exit 1; east end of US 166 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• U.S. Route 412
• U.S. Route 425

External links

• Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
• US-400 endpoint photos

Browse numbered routes
← SH 394	CO	→ SH 402
← K-383	KS	→ I-435
← Route 376	MO	→ US 412