US Highway 40
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| Overall length: | 2285.74 mi / 3678.54 km |
| Opening: | 1926 |
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Utah Colorado Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware New Jersey |
| Starting point: |
 Silver Creek Junction near Park City, UT
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| End point: |
 in Atlantic City, NJ
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Denver , CO Kansas City, MO St. Louis , MO Indianapolis , IN Columbus, OH Baltimore , MD |
The US Highway 40 is an east-west connection in the United States . Like most highways that numbered zero, Highway 40 was once a coast-to-coast connection. In the 1920s, the western endpoint was originally in San Francisco , California and the eastern endpoint was in Atlantic City . The western end point has been relocated several times and is now at the junction with Interstate Highway 80 near Park City not far from Salt Lake City in the state of Utah .
Starting at its western endpoint, Highway 40 runs through twelve states: Utah , Colorado , Kansas , Missouri , Illinois , Indiana , Ohio , West Virginia , Pennsylvania , Maryland , Delaware, and New Jersey . For most of its route, Interstate Highways now run parallel to Highway 40.
Highway 40 was built on the route of older country roads, the best known of which are the National Road and the Victory Highway . The National Road was built in 1806 following a Congressional resolution and was the first nationwide road construction project. When the road was completed, it ran from Cumberland , Maryland, to Vandalia , Illinois. The Victory Highway was named in honor of veterans of the First World War, named and led from Kansas City , Missouri, to San Francisco.
In addition, other major highways became part of today's Highway 40 such as Zane's Trace in Ohio, Braddock Road in Maryland and Pennsylvania, part of the Oregon Trail and the Lincoln Highway (the first coast-to-coast connection) in California.
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| State | miles | kilometre |
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| Utah | 174.54 | 280.89 |
| Colorado | 496.44 | 798.94 |
| Kansas | 423.67 | 681.83 |
| Missouri | 255.05 | 410.46 |
| Illinois | 159.99 | 257.48 |
| Indiana | 143.95 | 231.67 |
| Ohio | 228.37 | 367.53 |
| West Virginia | 15.87 | 25.54 |
| Pennsylvania | 82.46 | 132.71 |
| Maryland | 220.88 | 355.47 |
| Delaware | 17.18 | 27.65 |
| New Jersey | 64.28 | 103.45 |
Utah
The western end point of Highway 40 is the junction called Silver Creek Junction with Interstate 80 a few kilometers north of Park City . The first 13 miles long section to the confluence of Utah State Route 32 south of Park City is motorway-like. Further south, Heber City is reached, where the road bends in a south-easterly direction. After crossing the Uinta National Forest , Duchesne is reached, from where Highway 40 continues together with US Highway 191 in an easterly and partly northeastern direction. In Vernal , Highway 191 turns north and Highway 40 is heading east toward the border between the states of Utah and Colorado .
Colorado
Shortly after the state border, Highway 40 comes to Dinosaur National Monument , a protected area on the southeastern slope of the Uinta Mountains near the village of Dinosaur . The street leads through the village over Brontosaurus Boulevard . The route now heads east through a number of smaller towns in Moffat County and Routt County . The road follows the course of the Yampa River and reaches Steamboat Springs .
Highway 40 crosses the continental divide three times near Winter Park via Rabbit Ears Pass , Muddy Pass and Berthoud Pass and reaches the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains . In Empire , Highway 40 joins Interstate 70 and US Highway 6, which runs along with it . Highway 40 now runs partly parallel and partly together with Interstate 70 in an easterly direction via Idaho Springs to Denver .
Highway 40 runs through the city on Colfax Avenue , Denver's main east-west axis. In the city, Interstate 25 intersects . The road passes various health clinics and the United States Mint branch . Highway 40 leaves the Denver area in an easterly direction via the Aurora west of Denver and the subsequent confluence with Interstate 70.
In Limon crossing US Highway 24 . Highway 40 leaves Interstate 70 here and heads southeast. At Kit Carson , US Highway 287 , which has been on the same route since Denver, leaves Highway 40 south. Highway 40 continues east. US Highway 385 crosses in Cheyenne Wells and Highway 40 reaches the border between the states of Colorado and Kansas after a further 28 km in an easterly direction .
Kansas
Highway 40 crosses the Great Plains on its way through eastern Colorado and all of Kansas . A few kilometers east of the border of Colorado is in Coming Sharon Springs the Kansas Highway 27 crossed. After the junction with Kansas Highway 25 , Highway 40 reaches the city of Oakley at the intersection of US Highway 83 . Then Highway 40 joins Interstate 70 again and runs with it in an easterly direction. In Salina , the interstate 135 and US Highway 81 cross .
Further east, Interstate 70 and Highway 40 jointly reach Topeka , the capital of the state of Kansas. This is where Interstate 335 , US Highway 75 and Kansas Highway 4 intersect . Highway 40 runs through Topeka on the Oregon Trail route . East of Topeka, Highway 40 runs again alone in an easterly direction.
US Highway 59 crosses in Lawrence . Here the Kansas River is crossed. North of the city, Highway 40 meets US Highway 24 and runs together with it in a northeasterly direction. From Tonganoxie the route bends to the east. After crossing with US Highway 73 and crossing under Interstate 435 , Highway 40 joins Interstate 70 again and, after crossing Interstate 635, reaches the metropolitan area of Kansas City , Kansas. Not far from the confluence of the Kansas River with the Missouri River , the sister cities of Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City , Missouri border each other on the state border in the city center .
Missouri
Through Missouri, Highway 40 runs most of its route from Kansas City to St. Louis on the same route as Interstate 70 or parallel to it.
Highway 40 takes its own route from Kansas City until it joins Interstate 70 again after Blue Springs . The Old US-40, which is still passable, runs next to it . After the junction with US Highway 65 , Highway 40 leaves Interstate 70 to run through Boonville and over the Missouri River. After that, the Highway 40 reunited with Interstate 70 and crosses at Columbia to US Highway 63 . After the junction with US Highway 54 , Highway 40 leaves Interstate 70 at Wentzville to join US Highway 61 in a south-easterly direction to St. Louis. A little later, the motorway-like expanded road was also given the designation Interstate 64 and crossed the Missouri again at Chesterfield over the Daniel Boone Bridge .
Then Interstate 270 and then US Highway 67 are crossed. Then the urban area of St. Louis is reached via Ladue . Interstate 70 is reached again in downtown St. Louis. Together with this , the State of Missouri is left and Illinois is reached via the Popular Street Bridge , which spans the Mississippi .
Illinois
The next 257.48 km of Highway 40 runs through Illinois.
Over the Popular Street Bridge , Highway 40 runs together with Interstates 55 , 64 and 70 from St. Louis through the city of East St. Louis . This is where Interstate 64 leaves the joint route heading east. Thereafter, the route continues along with Interstates 70 and 55 in a north-easterly direction.
At Troy , Highway 40 leaves the common route and heads east. After Highland , Highway 40 joins Interstate 70 again. Both roads now lead together to the northeast. At Greenville , Highway 40 leaves the Interstate for a few kilometers, only to rejoin it afterwards.
Through Vandalia , the former capital of the state of Illinois, Highway 40 runs over Veterans Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard and intersects US Highway 51 in the city center . The Old State House once marked the western terminus of the National Road , one of the former highways that now form Highway 40.
Then Highway 40 continues in a north-easterly direction about 1.5 km away parallel to Interstate 70. A few kilometers before the city of Effingham intersects Interstate 57 , in the center of the city the US Highway 45 . The road continues parallel to Interstate 70 in a northeasterly direction and reaches the border between the states of Illinois and Indiana after Marshall .
Indiana
A few kilometers after the border on Highway 40, you cross the Wabash River into the city of Terre Haute . This is where US Highways 41 and 150 cross . Highway 40 runs right through downtown and past Indiana State University . After crossing the city, the route continues in a north-easterly direction. Via Brazil and the junction with US Highway 231 south of Greencastle , Highway 40 reaches Indianapolis, the capital and largest city of the state of Indiana.
Highway 40 now passes Indianapolis Airport and joins the southern bypass ( Interstate 465 ). Interstate 74 and US Highways 36 and 52 run on this together with Highway 40 . Highway 40 used to run in a straight line through Indianapolis over Washington Street and in the opposite direction through Maryland Street . The road passed White River State Park , the Indianapolis Zoo, the Eiteljorg Museum , Victory Field , Lucas Oil Stadium, and the Indiana Statehouse . To the east, Highway 40 leads out of the city via East Washington Street and runs parallel to Interstate 70 about six kilometers away . Highway 40 runs further east via Greenfield and a few smaller towns.
With Richmond , Highway 40 comes to the last city in Indiana where US Highway 27 crosses in the city center . Richmond leads the road past a statue called the Madonna of the Trail . It is part of a series of twelve statues across the United States to commemorate the United States' expansion to the west. In 1968 part of the city's main street was destroyed by a large gas explosion. The main street on which Highway 40 ran was closed and one-way streets were routed north and south around the city center. This traffic routing still exists today.
East of Richmond at the junction with Interstate 70 and US Highway 35 , which runs together with this , the border between the states of Indiana and Ohio is reached.
Ohio
The state of Ohio is reached south of New Paris . For most of its section through Ohio, Highway 40 is called the National Road . Parallel to Interstate 70, Highway 40 runs north past Dayton and forms the entrance to Dayton International Airport at Vandalia . After the junction of Interstate 75 , Highway 40 heads northeast to Springfield . This is where US Highway 68 crosses and Highway 40 changes direction to exactly east. Highway 40 runs through the center of Springfield via one-way streets through the city center. Interstate 70 crosses again east of the city. Further east, the road passes the northern edge of London , where US Highway 42 crosses. Highway 40 continues east.
After crossing Interstate 270 , you will reach the metropolitan area of Columbus , the capital of the state of Ohio. Highway 40 runs right through the city and its center. Right on the street are the Ohio Statehouse , the Columbus Museum of Art and the LeVeque Tower , the city's oldest skyscraper. Highway 40 leaves the city of Columbus via Bexley and Reynoldsburg in an easterly direction.
Highway 40 leads east through several smaller towns to Zanesville , where US Highway 22 joins and from now on runs eastwards together with Highway 40. In Cambridge , Highway 22 leaves the joint route in a northeastern direction, while Highway 40 continues eastwards and joins Interstate 70 again after the intersection with Interstate 77 . After the Egypt Valley Wildlife Area , Highway 40 branches off from Interstate 70 and runs parallel to it. In Bridgeport , Highway 40 meets the Ohio , which forms the border between the states of Ohio and West Virginia . Highway 40 leaves the state of Ohio over the Fort Henry Bridge .
West Virginia
At 25 km, the shortest section on Highway 40 leads through the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia called northern tip of the state. Coming from the state of Ohio over the river of the same name, Highway 40 leads through the city of Wheeling , the largest city in the region. Highway 40 leaves the city in a northeast direction and gradually changes its course to the southeast. Near Interstate 70, Highway 40 turns northeast and, after passing through several smaller towns, reaches the border between West Virginia and Pennsylvania .
Pennsylvania
The first town in Pennsylvania on Highway 40 is Washington , south of Pittsburgh . In addition to Highway 40 and Interstate 70, Interstate 79 and US Highway 19 meet here. Here Highway 40 passes the famous Washington & Jefferson College . After leaving town, I intersect Interstate 79. Highway 40 now runs southeast to Brownsville . There the Monongahela River , one of the two source rivers of the Ohio , is crossed. Further southeast is Uniontown , where US Highway 119 crosses.
Southeast of Uniontown, Highway 40 passes the historic Fort Necessity battlefield from the French and Indian Wars. To the southeast of the Highway 40 via a bridge over the the Youghiogheny River Lake pent Youghiogheny River , leaving behind just the state of Pennsylvania toward Maryland .
Maryland
At Grantsville , Highway 40 reaches Interstate 68 and runs parallel to it from now on. Highway 40 is also known as the National Pike on its route through northwest Maryland with the cities of Frostburg and Cumberland .
East of Cumberland, Highway 40 leads through Sideling Hill , a 104 m deep gorge. A museum about the geology of western Maryland and this gorge is located in Hancock , about half a mile south of Highway 40, in the center of town. Originally located directly in the gorge, the visitor center was closed in 2009 and the exhibition was moved to the Hancock Museum.
At Hancock on the Potomac , the state of Maryland is only three kilometers wide. The route now runs parallel to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Potomac River to Hagerstown . There, Highway 40 meets Interstate 81 and US Highway 11 . After the city crosses Interstate 70 again, which now runs parallel to Highway 40 again. At Turner's Gap , Highway 40 runs over South Mountain , part of the Blue Ridge Mountains . US Highway 15 crosses in Frederick .
Further east, Highway 40 reaches the city of Baltimore via the Baltimore National Pike . Highway 40 meets Interstate 83 , Interstate 95 and US Highway 1 here . The highway splits in the center of the city into Highway 40 and Truck US 40 for heavy traffic. Highway 40 passes Mount Vernon with the Washington Monument . The road runs right through downtown Baltimore, on the western edge of which is not far from Highway 40, the famous Johns Hopkins Hospital . Highway 40 leaves the city on the Pulaski Highway in an easterly direction.
Highway 40 now runs in a northeasterly direction parallel to Interstate 95. Highway 40 leads past the Aberdeen Proving Ground over the Susquehanna River immediately before its mouth in Chesapeake Bay and reaches the border between the states of Maryland and Delaware at Elkton .
Delaware
Highway 40 crosses the state of Delaware for a distance of 28 km.
The first city in Delaware is Glasgow , where US Highway 301 joins. After passing through Bear, the highway-like Delaware State Route 1 crosses . Before Highway 40 reaches New Castle Airport south of Wilmington Manor (a suburb of Wilmington ), US Highway 13 joins . A few kilometers later, Highway 40 reaches Interstate 295 and heads east together with it. A little later there is a toll bridge over the Delaware River . The east bank of the river forms the border between the states of Delaware and New Jersey .
New Jersey
At Deepwater , Highway 40 reaches New Jersey after crossing the bridge over the Delaware River and leaves the shared route with Interstate 295 again. First, Highway 40 runs east parallel to the New Jersey Turnpike , a toll road through southern New Jersey. At the confluence of New Jersey State Route 48, Highway 40 bends southeast and reaches Woodstown .
Buena is finally reached via Elmer and the intersection with the four-lane New Jersey State Route 55 near Malaga . Then Highway 40 leads in a straight line southeast to Mays Landing . East of the city, Highway 40 joins US Highway 322 and runs together with this to the southeast.
Both highways come together to Atlantic City via Pleasantville . Via Albany Boulevard , Highway 40 reaches its eastern end at the confluence with Ventnor Avenue .
history
Early roads
The history of Highway 40 can be traced back for centuries. Old Indian trails in Maryland and Pennsylvania ran similar to today's highway.
The roads laid by early American colonists mostly followed these already existing paths. The state of Maryland early established a network of toll highways, some of which are now part of Highway 40. Colonel Ebenezar Zane , after whom the city of Zanesville is named, built one of the first roads through the Ohio wilderness in the late 18th century, named after him Zane's Trace , and which is now largely part of Highway 40.
Between Lawrence and Topeka in Kansas , Highway 40 follows the old Oregon Trail , which was the most important emigration route to the Pacific Northwest in the 19th century .
To the west, Highway 40 largely coincides with the Victory Highway , which connected Kansas City with San Francisco. The highway was named in honor of the veterans of the First World War.
National Road
In 1806 Thomas Jefferson signed a Congressional resolution that provided for the establishment of a trunk road that would connect the Atlantic coast with the Ohio . This route also used toll sections in Maryland . So a new road was built from Cumberland in Maryland to Wheeling in West Virginia . This was later extended to all of Ohio , Indiana and Illinois . A further extension to Missouri was not yet realized, so that the road in Vandalia in Illinois had its western end point.
In the early 20th century, the National Road merged into a network of highways that now stretched across the country from coast to coast. During the planning phase for the US Federal Highway System , the National Road was to be added to the network as US 1. That would have blown the planned numbering system and so the National Road became Highway 40. Even today, many sections of US 40 are called "National Road" , although today's Highway 40 runs further away. Large parts of the route now run on Interstates 68 and 70 or parallel to them.
Development of Highway 40
Highway 40 is one of the trunk roads that have been part of the trunk road system that is still in effect today.
According to its numbering with a zero, the route was a continuous east-west connection. In 1926 the highway was 5,195 km long. The eastern endpoint was planned in Delaware . In 1927, Highway 40 was extended to Atlantic City in New Jersey . The western end point was in San Francisco.
Originally there were ferry passages near both endpoints. San Francisco was reached by ferry from Berkeley across San Francisco Bay . Highway 40 has been running over the newly built Bay Bridge since 1936 . At the east end, ferries ran first from Wilmington (1927-1929) and later from New Castle (1929-1951) across the Delaware River . With the opening of the Delaware Memorial Bridge in 1951, Highway 40 was passable without any ferry passages.
From 1926 to 1935, Highway 40 in Kansas and Colorado was divided into a northern (US 40N) and a southern (US 40S). In 1935 the numbering was changed back to a single route.
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In 1948 the route was changed in Maryland. In 1950 changes were made in Utah. The California section was abolished in 1964. In 1966, Reno in Nevada was the western terminus. In 1975, the route was shortened again and today's western end point was set near Park City , Utah .
Feeder roads
- US Highway 140 (abolished 1980)
- US Highway 240 (abolished 1971)
- US Highway 340
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Highways ( Memento of the original of May 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Illinois Department of Transportation ( Memento August 17, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ New Jersey Department of Transportation
- ↑ US 40 in Colorado
- ^ National Geographic - Colfax Avenue
- ↑ US 40 in Kansas
- ↑ The new I-64
- ^ Illinois Department of Transportation ( Memento August 17, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Illinois Highways
- ↑ www.byways.org
- ↑ www.visitrichmond.org/history ( Memento of the original dated May 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.byways.org
- ↑ Google Maps
- ^ Pennsylvania Highways
- ↑ Information about the Sideling Hill Gorge and the Sideling Hill Exhibit Center
- ↑ Historic Jeffco: Mount Vernon Canyon - A Brief History of Mount Vernon Canyon
- ^ Architecture of Mount Vernon
- ↑ Google Maps
- ^ Delaware Highways
- ↑ www.alpsroads.net
- ↑ US highway endpoints in Atlantic City, NJ. US Ends.com, April 6, 2016, accessed December 27, 2017 .
- ↑ www.route40.net Indian Trails ( Memento from October 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ www.ohiohistorycentral.org
- ↑ www.fhwa.dot.gov
- ↑ www.us-highways.com ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.us-highways.com ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.us-highways.com ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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