U.S. Route 60

U.S. Route 60
Route information
Length:	2,670 mi (4,297 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I‑10 southwest of Brenda, AZ
	I‑10 / I‑17 in Phoenix, AZ I‑25 / US 85 in Socorro, NM I‑27 / I‑40 / US 87 / US 287 in Amarillo, TX I‑44 in Vinita, OK I‑55 / I‑57 in Sikeston, MO I‑64 in Louisville, KY I‑75 in Lexington, KY I‑64 / I‑77 in Charleston, WV I‑81 southeast of Lexington, VA I‑64 in Hampton and Norfolk, VA
East end:	5th St./Winston-Salem Ave. in Virginia Beach, VA
Location
States:	Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Replaced

U.S. Route 60 (US 60) is an east–west United States highway, traveling 2,670 mi (4,300 km) from southwestern Arizona to the Atlantic coast in Virginia. Despite the final "0" in its number, indicating a transcontinental designation, the 1926 route formerly ended in Springfield, Missouri, at its intersection with the major US 66. In fact, US 66 was almost given the US 60 number.

The highway's eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where it is known as Pacific Avenue, in the city's Oceanfront resort district at the intersection of 5th Street and Winston-Salem Avenue. Its original western terminus was in Los Angeles, California, but that was moved to southwest of Brenda, Arizona to an interchange with Interstate 10 (I-10) after the highway designation was removed from California in 1964. Some US 60 signs can be seen at this interchange about 5 mi (8.0 km) southwest of Brenda. I-10 replaced US 60 from Beaumont, California to Arizona, and California State Route 60 (SR 60) replaced US 60 from Los Angeles to Beaumont.

U.S. Route 60 has been fully decommissioned in California since 1972, when Interstate 10 was completed in California. It had a clear east-west orientation and was so signed.

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