U.S. Route 70 in California
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 2,385 mi (3,838 km) |
| Existed: | 1926 – present |
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| West end: |
  US 60 / SR 77 at Globe, AZ
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 I-10 at Lordsburg, NM  I-25 / US 85 at Las Cruces, NM I‑35 at Ardmore, OK I-30 at Little Rock, AR,  I-40 / I-55 at Memphis, TN I-40 / I-65 at Nashville, TN I-75 at Lenoir City, TNI-40 at Knoxville, TN I‑85 at Durham, NCI‑40 at Raleigh, NC I‑95 at Selma, NC
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| East end: | Seashore Drive in Atlantic, NC |
| Location | |
| States: | Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina |
| Highway system | |
U.S. Route 70 (US 70) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. As can be derived from its number, it is a major east–west highway of the Southern and Southwestern United States. It formerly ran from coast to coast, with the current Eastern terminus near the Atlantic Ocean in North Carolina, and the former Western terminus near the Pacific Ocean in California. 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.
U.S. 70 begins in Globe at a junction with U.S. Route 60, concurrent with State Route 77. SR 77 splits off east of town. U.S. 70 then enters the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation and runs southeast for 17 miles (27 km) to Peridot, where it crosses Indian Route 9. It has no other highway junctions until Safford, where it begins a ten-mile (16 km) overlap with U.S. 191. U.S. 70 then runs an additional 37 mi (60 km). (59 km) before crossing into New Mexico east of Franklin.
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