1926 Missouri highway renumbering
In 1926 and 1927, Missouri implemented a major renumbering of its state highways because of the implementation of the US Highway System. Routes 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, and 23 were entirely replaced by U.S. Routes. Routes 36, 40, 50, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, and 69 conflicted with new designations (note that Route 71, another conflicting number, had already been replaced by Route 3 by then because the portion of Route 3 here was not built), so the routes with these numbers had been renumbered. Note that a route number wasn't decided for renumbering State Route 65 (which was just removed from the state highway system temporarily) until 1927.[1][2]
| Old | New | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route 1 | U.S. Route 71 | Arkansas | St. Joseph |
| Route 1 | Route 1 | St. Joseph | Iowa |
| Route 1F | U.S. Route 60 | Kansas | Joplin |
| Route 2 | U.S. Route 40 | Kansas City | St. Louis |
| Route 3 | U.S. Route 65 | Arkansas | Iowa |
| Route 4 | Route 4 | St. Joseph | Wayland |
| Route 4 | U.S. Route 61 | Wayland | Iowa |
| Route 7 | U.S. Route 63 | Arkansas | Iowa |
| Route 8 | U.S. Route 36 | St. Joseph | Hannibal |
| Route 9 | U.S. Route 61 | Arkansas | Wayland |
| Route 9 | Route 4B | Kahoka (Route 9 overlapped Route 4 from Wayland) | Iowa |
| Route 11 | U.S. Route 69 | Excelsior Springs (US 69 overlapped Route 10 from Kansas City) | Iowa |
| Route 12 | U.S. Route 50 | Kansas City | East of Union (US 50 overlapped US 60 to St. Louis) |
| Route 13 | Route 66 | Buffalo | Bolivar |
| Route 13 | Route 13 | Bolivar | Gallatin |
| Route 14 | U.S. Route 60 | Carthage (US 60 overlapped US 71 from Joplin) | St. Louis |
| Route 16 | Route 16 | Kansas | Springfield |
| Route 16 | U.S. Route 62 | Springfield | Illinois |
| N/A? | U.S. Route 71 | Maryville | Iowa |
| Route 23 | U.S. Route 67 | Arkansas | Fredericktown |
| Route 27 | U.S. Route 71 | Savannah (US 71 overlapped Route 1 from St. Joseph) | Maryville |
| Route 27 | Route 27 | Maryville | Iowa |
| Route 33 | Route 1 | Nashua | West of Plattsburg |
| Route 33 | Route 33 | West of Plattsburg | West of Cameron |
| Route 36 | Route 12 | Kansas | Springfield |
| Route 40 | Route 14 | Billings | Roosevelt |
| Route 50 | Route 1 | West of Plattsburg | St. Joseph |
| Route 60 | Route 2 | West of Leeton | Windsor |
| Route 61 | Route 9 | Tarkio | Iowa |
| Route 62 | Route 8 | Steelville | Potosi |
| Route 63 | Route 7 | Harrisonville | East of Lee's Summit |
| Route 65 | N/A | St. James | Vichy |
| Route 66 | Route 66 | El Dorado Springs | Fair Play (overlapped Route 13 to Bolivar after 1926) |
| Route 67 | Route 3 | Rocheport | Fayette |
| Route 69 | Route 13 | Springfield | Bolivar (Route 13 overlapped Route 66 to Fair Play) |
| This article is part of the highway renumbering series. | |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 1957 |
| Arkansas | 1926 |
| California | 1964 |
| Colorado | 1923, 1968 |
| Connecticut | 1932, 1963 |
| Florida | 1945 |
| Indiana | 1926 |
| Iowa | 1926, 1969 |
| Louisiana | 1955 |
| Maine | 1933 |
| Massachusetts | 1933 |
| Minnesota | 1934 |
| Missouri | 1926 |
| Montana | 1932 |
| Nebraska | 1926 |
| Nevada | 1976 |
| New Jersey | 1927, 1953 |
| New Mexico | 1988 |
| New York | 1921, 1927, 1930 |
| North Carolina | 1934, 1937, 1940, 1961 |
| Ohio | 1923, 1927, 1962 |
| Pennsylvania | 1928, 1961 |
| Puerto Rico | 1953 |
| South Carolina | 1928, 1937 |
| South Dakota | 1927, 1976 |
| Texas | 1939 |
| Utah | 1962, 1977 |
| Virginia | 1923, 1928, 1933, 1940, 1958 |
| Washington | 1964 |
| Wisconsin | 1926 |
| Wyoming | 1927 |
In 1927, additional renumberings took place, as what was planned as US 62 became US 60, what was planned as US 60 became US 66, and US 54, which was mistakenly omitted from the list, was added, and extended further east from its originally planned east end; new State Routes 26 and 62 was created, State Routes 26 and 54 were renumbered, State Route 66 (another conflictive number) was replaced by US 54, and a route number was decided for renumbering the road that was Route 65 before 1926, eliminating the old route with that number and consolidating it with another route:[3]
| Old | New | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Route 60 | U.S. Route 66 | Kansas | Illinois |
| U.S. Route 62 | U.S. Route 60 | Springfield | Kentucky |
| Route 15 | U.S. Route 54 | Buffalo | Mexico |
| Route 15 | Route 15 | Mexico | Iowa |
| Route 22 | Route 22 | Clark | Mexico |
| Route 22 | U.S. Route 54 | Mexico | Illinois |
| Route 26 | U.S. Route 54 | Kansas | Eldorado Springs |
| Route 26 | Route 62 | Eldorado Springs | Osceola |
| Route 32 | Route 32 | Licking | Flat River (32 overlaps US 61 to Farmington) |
| Route 54 | Route 26 | Paris | New London |
| Route 66 | U.S. Route 54 | Eldorado Springs | Buffalo |
| Route 68 | Route 32 | Farmington (32 overlaps US 61 to Flat River) | Sainte Genevieve |
| N/A (this was 65 before 1926) | Route 68 | St. James | Vichy |
References
- "1922 Missouri Highway Commission Map".
- "Map of Missouri showing state road system route numbers, road conditions & points of interest issued by Missouri State Highway Commission" (PDF). 1926. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- "Map of Missouri showing state road system route numbers, road conditions & points of interest issued by Missouri State Highway Commission" (PDF). January 1, 1927. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2018.