 U.S. Route 75 | ||||
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 US 75 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 1,239 mi[citation needed] (1,994 km) | |||
| Existed | 1926[citation needed]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   I-345 /Spur 366 atDallas, TX | |||
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| North end | Canadian border atNoyes, MN; Port of Entry closed | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| States | Texas,Oklahoma,Kansas,Nebraska,Iowa,Minnesota | |||
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U.S. Route 75 is a north–southU.S. Highway that runs 1,239 miles (1,994 km) in thecentral United States. The highway's northern terminus is located at the Canadian border nearNoyes, Minnesota, at anow-closed border crossing. From this point, the highway once continued farther north asManitoba Highway 75. Its southern terminus is located atInterstate 345 (I-345) andTexas State Highway Spur 366 (Spur 366) inDallas, Texas, where US 75 is known asNorth Central Expressway.[1]
US 75 was previously a cross-country route, fromCanada to theGulf of Mexico atGalveston, Texas, but the entire segment south of Dallas has been decommissioned in favor of I-45; a cutoff section of town-to-town surface road having becomeTexas State Highway 75.
The firstfreeway inTexas was a several-mile stretch of US 75 (nowI-45)—TheGulf Freeway—opened to Houston traffic on October 1, 1948. The stretch of US 75 betweenI-30 and theOklahoma state line has exits numbered consecutively from 1 to 75 (with occasional A and B designations), excluding 9-19. All other Texas freeways that have exit numbers are coordinated with mile markers.
US 75 andInterstate 635 cross at theHigh Five Interchange, a five level exchange in Dallas, Texas.
North ofDenison, US 75runs concurrently withUS 69.
US 75 remains concurrent to US 69 from the Texas border north toAtoka. While US 69 continues to the northeast as a multilane highway, US 75 turns north to serve several small communities between Atoka andHenryetta. Through travellers bypass this segment of US 75 via US 69 and theIndian Nation Turnpike, where the speed limit is 75 miles per hour (121 km/h).
From Henryetta throughTulsa and on throughBartlesville to the Kansas State Line, US 75 is once again a multilane highway.
In the early 1990s, some portions of US 75 in Oklahoma were slated to become part of theInterstate Highway System. The 1991Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) states that "upon the request of the Oklahoma State highway agency, the Secretary shall designate the portion of United States Route 69 from the Oklahoma–Texas State line toChecotah in the State of Oklahoma as a part of the Interstate System."[2] This would have created an Interstate route fromI-40 south to the Texas line, including the portion of US 75 co-signed with US 69 south of Atoka. The legislation was unclear whether the route would enter Texas to connect with or become an extension ofI-45. A current plan is to construct a new segment of the Oklahoma Turnpike along the US 69 corridor to bring it to corridor standards.
A major north–south artery inKansas, US 75 enters the state atCaney. It passes throughIndependence and crossesI-35 south ofOlivet at theBETO Junction. From I-35 to Melvern Lake, US 75 is aSuper-2 highway, with controlled access interchanges at Township Road,K-278, andK-31 southbound. From Melvern Lake to just north of Lyndon, US 75 and K-31 share a long concurrency. AtUS 56 nearScranton US 75 becomes a freeway. There is no direct access to theKansas Turnpike from US 75, but the highway joins withI-470 less than one mile (1.6 km) from I-470's interchange with the turnpike. US 75 and I-470 run together along the west side ofTopeka toI-70. US 75 turns east along I-70 for about three miles (4.8 km) before exiting northbound as a freeway. This freeway segment runs toElmont, then becomes an expressway toHolton. The remainder of US 75 in Kansas is two lanes. The highway exits the state north ofSabetha.
There was a US 75 Alternate in Topeka. It was on Topeka Boulevard and was the route US 75 originally took through the city.[citation needed]
US 75 entersNebraska south ofDawson. FromNebraska City northward, it closely parallels theMissouri River. A brief section that serves as a bypass for Nebraska City is an expressway called theJ. Sterling Morton Beltway. Nebraska City itself is served with Business Route US 75. US 75 andUS 34 overlap fromUnion toPlattsmouth. North of Plattsmouth, US 75 becomes the Kennedy Freeway, serving as an arterial highway throughBellevue and theSouth Omaha neighborhood ofOmaha. It followsI-480 briefly through central Omaha before branching off as theNorth Omaha Freeway. FromI-680 northward toNashville (three miles [4.8 km] south ofFort Calhoun) US 75 is an expressway. South of Nashville it becomes a two-lane road again. It is briefly concurrent withUS 30 inBlair. It joins withUS 77 atWinnebago. The two highways run together until their junction withI-129 andUS 20 atSouth Sioux City. US 75 follows I-129 and US 20 towards the Missouri River and Iowa.
US 75 is a major north–south artery in the northwestern corner ofIowa. It enters the state by a Missouri River crossing atSioux City concurrent withI-129 andUS 20. US 75 and US 20 run together on a freeway bypass around the southeast side of Sioux City before US 20 turns east at Gordon Drive. US 75 continues as a freeway to theWoodbury–Plymouth county line, where it becomes an expressway. This expressway becomes a freeway bypass ofLe Mars. North of Le Mars, US 75 exits off the freeway bypass, which continues on asIowa Highway 60, and turns north. US 75 continues as a two-lane, undivided highway passing throughSioux Center andRock Rapids before leaving the state north ofIowa Highway 9.
The segment from the Missouri River to LeMars is part of a larger expressway project that will eventually provide a direct connection between Sioux City and theTwin Cities region inMinnesota.[citation needed]
InMinnesota, US 75 stays very close to the state's western border. It passes through few large towns. US 75 enters Minnesota south ofLuverne nearAsh Creek andSteen, and passes throughPipestone,Canby, andBreckenridge. It is the main north–south route throughMoorhead. North of Moorhead, the route turns northeast to pass throughCrookston (east ofGrand Forks, North Dakota), then turns northwest towards theRed River of the North. US 75 does not cross the Red River, ending instead at the Canadian border at the unincorporated community ofNoyes. It is not legally possible to cross the border at Noyes as theNoyes–Emerson East Border Crossing closed in July 2006 (however, since there is no security, it is possible to illegally bypass the old crossing intoEmerson).[3] Border traffic is instead directed to thenearby crossing inPembina, North Dakota, (viaMN 171,ND 59 andI-29).Manitoba Highway 75 previously continued on the other side of the Noyes border crossing, but has since been rerouted to the Pembina crossing.
All 408 miles (657 km) of US 75 in Minnesota is officially designated theHistoric King of Trails, sponsored by the towns along the route. TheKing of Trails was in fact the historic Auto Trail name for this road before the trunk highway system was commissioned in 1920.
Legally, the Minnesota section of US 75 is defined as Routes 6 and 175 in Minnesota Statutes §§ 161.114(2) and 161.115(106).[4][5]
In the initial assignment of state highways in 1917,Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston were connected by a branch ofSH 2 (SH 2, theMeridian Highway), which ran viaWaco andBryan and continued on toGalveston. The more direct route followed by US 75 was not initially part of the system betweenRichland (connected to Dallas bySH 14) andHuntsville (connected to Houston bySH 19).[6][7] This Richland–Huntsville cutoff was added by 1919 asState Highway 32,[8] and US 75 was assigned to the alignment, as well asSH 6 north of Dallas, in 1926.[9] The branch of SH 2, which US 75 followed between Houston and Galveston, eventually became part of SH 6,[citation needed] and these numbers were dropped in the1939 renumbering.
Prior to the coming of theInterstate Highway System in the late 1950s, the only improvements to US 75 in Texas beyond building a two-lane paved roadway were in the Houston and Dallas areas.[citation needed] The highways in and near these cities included some of the firstfreeways in the state, however: the Gulf Freeway (Houston) and theCentral Expressway (Dallas). WhenInterstate 45 was built in the 1960s, its alignment bypassed many of the towns and built-up areas between downtown Dallas and Houston. The bypassed routes retained the US 75 designation until the designation was truncated to downtown Dallas in 1987. Many of the original alignments continue to exist under other designations.
In Dallas, the route followed what is now theGood Latimer Expressway (formerlySpur 559)[10] southeast, out of downtown, alongUS 175 and south alongSH 310.[11]
NearFerris,Trumbull,Palmer,Ennis, andCorsicana I-45 veers east to avoid the more populated areas. The old US 75 alignments through these towns, decommissioned in 1987, now carry the following designations:
ThroughStreetman,Fairfield,Buffalo,Centerville,Madisonville,Huntsville,New Waverly,Willis, andConroe, US 75 followed what is nowSH 75.[17]
In Galveston, the alignment ofSH 87 from 20th Street to the southern terminus of I-45 was also part of US 75 until its 1987 truncation.[18]
In other cases alignments were bypassed while US 75 remained in existence; they now carry the following designations:
The main line of US 75 betweenOkmulgee andTulsa, known locally as the "Okmulgee Beeline", is a modern four-lane highway. The prior route continues to exist, beginning with North Oklahoma Avenue in Okmulgee and becoming Old Highway 75 to the town ofBeggs, Oklahoma. The part of the original route from Beggs north to the city ofSapulpa, Oklahoma was re-designated, together with a connecting segment along SH 16 between new US 75 and Beggs, asAlternate US 75, also signed as US 75A or SH 75A. Historically, the old US 75 metUS 66 (nowSH 66) in Sapulpa, and the routes were co-signed into Tulsa.
Development of US 75 inNorth Omaha was the source of much contention in when it was constructed. One state agency reports, "Construction of theNorth Omaha Freeway, coupled with social unrest in the 1970s, greatly impacted the North Omaha area. One neighborhood experienced a 30 percent housing loss and major increase in crime."[23] Further, the City of Omaha refused to complete upgrades to the freeway, eliminating the possibility of achieving theI-580 designation planned for it.[citation needed]
From when the route was created in 1926 until 1984, US 75 left Nebraska in Omaha, crossing over the Missouri River intoCouncil Bluffs, Iowa over theAk-Sar-Ben Bridge before 1966, and theI-480 Bridge from 1966 until 1984. US 75 then followed an alignment that went through western Iowa between Council Bluffs andSioux City. AfterI-29 was built, US 75 was eventually moved onto I-29. In 1984, US 75 was rerouted into Nebraska to replace most ofUS 73. Previously, US 73 was concurrent with US 75 betweenDawson, Nebraska and Omaha, and occupied the current segment of US 75 between Omaha and Winnebago.
I-345 /Spur 366 inDallas; southern terminus
I-635 in Dallas, at theHigh Five Interchange
Pres. George Bush Turnpike inRichardson
Sam Rayburn Tollway inMcKinney
US 380 in McKinney
US 82 inSherman
US 69 inDenison. The highways travel concurrently toAtoka, Oklahoma.
US 70 inDurant
US 270 east ofCalvin. The highways travel concurrently toHorntown.
I-40 /US 62 northeast ofClearview. I-40/US 75 travels concurrently toHenryetta. US 62/US 75 travels concurrently toOkmulgee.
US 266 in Henryetta
I-44 inTulsa
I-244 in Tulsa. The highways travel concurrently through Tulsa.
I-244 /I-444 /US 64 in Tulsa. I-444/US 64/US 75 travels concurrently through Tulsa.
I-244 /I-444 /US 412 in Tulsa
US 60 inBartlesville. The highways travel concurrently through Bartlesville.
US 166 north ofCaney. The highways travel concurrently for approximately 2.7 miles (4.3 km).
US 160 west ofIndependence. The highways travel concurrently to Independence.
US 400 north-northeast ofSycamore. The highways travel concurrently to west-southwest ofNeodesha.
US 54 inYates Center
I-35 /US 50 south-southeast ofOlivet
US 56 south-southeast ofCarbondale
I-470 inTopeka. The highways travel concurrently through Topeka.
I-70 /I-470 /US 40 in Topeka. I-70/US 40/US 75 travels concurrently through Topeka.
US 24 in Topeka
US 36 west ofFairview
US 73 north ofDawson
US 136 inAuburn
US 34 east ofUnion. The highways travel concurrently toLa Platte.
US 275 inOmaha
I-80 /I-480 in Omaha. I-480/US 75 travels concurrently through Omaha.
US 6 in Omaha. Access Ramps on 28th and 29th Street lead to the parallel one way streets on US-6.
I-680 in Omaha
US 30 inBlair. The highways travel concurrently through Blair.
US 77 inWinnebago. The highways travel concurrently toSouth Sioux City.
I-129 /US 20 /US 77 in South Sioux City. I-129/US 75 travels concurrently toSioux City, Iowa. US 20|US 75 travels concurrently to east of Sioux City, Iowa.
US 18 west ofHull. The highways travel concurrently to west-northwest of Hull.
I-90 inLuverne
US 14 inLake Benton. The highways travel concurrently through Lake Benton.
US 212 south ofMadison
US 12 inOrtonville
I-94 /US 52 inMoorhead
US 10 in Moorhead. The highways travel concurrently through Moorhead.
US 2 north-northwest ofCrookston. The highways travel concurrently to north of Crookston.
MN 171 inSt. Vincent. Exit to Canada viaInterstate 29. The highway is a dead-end atNoyes.| Browse numbered routes | ||||
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← SH 74 | TX | → SH 75 | ||
← K-74 | KS | → K-76 | ||
← N-74 | NE | → I-76 | ||
← I-74 | IA | → Iowa 76 | ||
← MN 74 | MN | → MN 76 | ||
Routes initalics are no longer a part of the system. Highlighted routes are considered main routes of the system. |
