End of US highway 166 |
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1927-1945
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1945-1965
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1965-present
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The west end of US 166 has been in South Haven ever since the US routes were originally commissioned in 1926:
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c. 1933, KS DoT
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These photos were taken looking west at the junction with US 81. A half-mile to the left is "downtown" South Haven, and the north terminus of US 177:
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Prusia, Jan. 2002
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Nitzman, Oct. 2016
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These photos show the beginning of US 166 as seen from northbound and southbound US 81 (respectively), as well as the first eastbound confirming marker:
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Nitzman, Oct. 2016
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Nitzman, Oct. 2016
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Nitzman, Oct. 2016
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The original east end of US 166 was at its junction with its "parent" route (US 66) in Baxter Springs:
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c. 1933, KS DoT
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This photo was looking east on 12th Street. The sign at far right indicates that the crossroad (Military Avenue) was formerly US 66 (the Kansas segment of which passed through only the far southeastern corner):
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Morrison, Jan. 2006
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(detail)
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Another such sign is visible in this photo, which was looking the opposite direction -- historically US 166 began straight ahead:
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Morrison, Jan. 2006
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In 1945, the US 166 designation was extended further east. Traffic was directed right through downtown Joplin, on 7th Street, and then continued into Springfield. But after I-44 was built, US 166 was routed onto a new road that connected with the interstate, a bit southwest of Joplin. The 1966 DOT map indicates that as soon as I-44 was open between Joplin and Springfield, the US 166 designation was cut back to this interchange west of Joplin, and that has been the east end of US 166 ever since.
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Research and/or photo credits: Jeff Morrison; Alex Nitzman; Ben Prusia; Dale Sanderson
Page originally created 2000;
last updated Nov. 1, 2016.
last updated Nov. 1, 2016.
