U.S. Route 75

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U.S. Route 75
Length:	1,239[1] mi (1,994 km)
Formed:	1926[1]
South end:	I-30 at Dallas, TX
Major junctions:	I-40 at Henryetta, OK I-44 at Tulsa, OK I-35 at Lebo, KS I-70 at Topeka, KS I-80 at Omaha, NE I-29 at Sioux City, IA I-90 at Luverne, MN I-94 at Moorhead, MN
North end:	MB 75 at Canadian border at Noyes, MN
United States Numbered Highways U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 75 is a north-south U.S. Highway. U.S. 75 was a border-to-border route, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston, Texas. However, the entire segment south of Dallas, Texas has been decommissioned in favor of Interstate 45, a cutoff section of town-to-town surface road having become State Highway 75.

[edit] Termini

As of 2006, the highway's northern terminus is in Kittson County, Minnesota at the Canadian border, where it continues as Manitoba Provincial Highway 75. However, it is not possible to cross the border at this location. Its southern terminus is at the unsigned Interstate 345 in Dallas, Texas (where it is known as North Central Expressway).^[2]

[edit] States traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

[edit] Texas

Main article: U.S. Route 75 in Texas

[edit] Former alignments in Texas

South of downtown Dallas, Texas, US 75 was truncated in 1987 in favor of Interstate Highway 45. Many old alignments exist:

• State Highway 87 from 20th Street in Galveston to the south end of IH 45, part of US 75 until its 1987 truncation^[3]
• State Highway 3 through La Marque, Dickinson, League City, South Houston and Houston, bypassed 1952^[4]
• State Highway 75 through Conroe, Willis, New Waverly, Huntsville, Madisonville, Centerville, Buffalo, Fairfield and Streetman, part of US 75 until its 1987 truncation^[5]
• Business Interstate Highway 45 through Corsicana (originally Loop 564), part of US 75 until its 1987 truncation^[6]
• Business Interstate Highway 45 through Ennis (originally U.S. Highway 287 and Spur 563), part of US 75 until its 1987 truncation^[7]
• Spur 469 north of Ennis
• Business Interstate Highway 45 through Palmer (originally Loop 562), part of US 75 until its 1987 truncation^[8]
• Loop 561 through Trumbull, part of US 75 until its 1987 truncation^[9]
• Business Interstate Highway 45 through Ferris (originally Loop 560), part of US 75 until its 1987 truncation^[10]
• State Highway 310, U.S. Highway 175 and Good Latimer Expressway (former Spur 559) through Dallas, part of US 75 until its 1987 truncation^[11][12]
• State Highway 5 from north of Dallas via Plano, McKinney, Anna and Van Alstyne to Howe, bypassed 1959-1967^[13]
• State Highway 91 from Sherman to Denison, bypassed 1984^[14]
• Spur 503 and U.S. Highway 69 around downtown Denison to near Oklahoma
  • State Highway 91 through downtown Denison, bypassed 1957^[15]

[edit] Oklahoma

Between Atoka, Oklahoma and Denison, Texas, U.S. Route 75 is colocated with U.S. Route 69. While US 69 continues to the northeast as a multilane highway, US 75 turns north to serve several small communities between Atoka and Henryetta. Through travellers bypass this segment of US 75 via US 69 and the Indian Nation Turnpike, where the speed limit is 75 mile per hour (121 km/h).

In the future, US 75 may end in Atoka. The 1991 Intermodal 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 to Checotah in the State of Oklahoma as a part of the Interstate System." ^[16] If this were to occur, then I-45 would extend along US 75 from Dallas to Atoka, which would likely result in the decommissioning of the US 75 designation along that stretch.

From Henryetta through Tulsa and on through Bartlesville to the Kansas State Line, US 75 is once again a multilane highway.

[edit] Kansas

A major north-south artery in Kansas, U.S. 75 enters the state at Caney. It passes through Independence and crosses Interstate 35 south of Olivet at BETO Junction. At U.S. Route 56 near Scranton U.S. 75 becomes a freeway. There is no direct access to the Kansas Turnpike from U.S. 75, but the highway joins with Interstate 470 less than 1 mile (2 km) from 470's interchange with the turnpike. U.S. 75 and Interstate 470 run together along the west side of Topeka to Interstate 70. U.S. 75 turns east along Interstate 70 for about 3 miles (5 km) before exiting northbound as a freeway. This freeway segment runs to Elmont, then becomes an expressway to Holton. The remainder of U.S. 75 in Kansas is two lanes. The highway exits the state north of Sabetha.

[edit] Nebraska

U.S. 75 enters Nebraska south of Dawson. It closely parallels the Missouri River for its entire path through the state. A brief section near Nebraska City is an expressway which is named for J. Sterling Morton. U.S. 75 and U.S. Route 34 are multiplexed from Union to Plattsmouth. North of Plattsmouth, U.S. 75 becomes the Kennedy Freeway, serving as an arterial highway through Bellevue and the south side of Omaha. It follows Interstate 480 briefly through central Omaha before branching off as the North Omaha Freeway. From Interstate 680 northward to Fort Calhoun U.S. 75 is an expressway. North of Fort Calhoun it becomes a two-lane road again. It is briefly multiplexed with U.S. Route 30 in Blair. It joins with U.S. Route 77 at Winnebago. The two highways run together until their junction with Interstate 129 and U.S. Route 20 at Dakota City. U.S. 75 follows I-129 and U.S. 20 towards the Missouri River and Iowa.

Until 1984, U.S. Route 75 used to leave Nebraska in Omaha, crossing over the Missouri River over the Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge before 1966, and the I-480 Bridge from 1966 until 1984.

[edit] Controversy in Nebraska

Development of U.S. 75 in North Omaha, Nebraska was the source of much contention in when it was constructed. One state agency reports, "Construction of the North 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."^[17] Further, the City of Omaha refused to complete upgrades to the freeway, eliminating the possibility of achieving the Interstate 580 designation planned for it.

[edit] Iowa

U.S. 75 is a major north-south artery in the northwestern corner of Iowa. It enters the state by a Missouri River crossing at Sioux City concurrent with Interstate 129 and U.S. Route 20. U.S. 75 and U.S. 20 run together on a freeway bypass around the southeast side of Sioux City before U.S. 20 turns east at Gordon Drive. U.S. 75 continues as a freeway to the Woodbury County/Plymouth County line, where it becomes an expressway. This expressway becomes a freeway bypass of Le Mars. North of Le Mars, U.S. 75 exits off the freeway bypass, which continues on as Iowa Highway 60, and turns north. U.S. 75 continues as a two-lane, undivided highway passing through Sioux Center and Rock Rapids before leaving the state north of Iowa Highway 9.

Before Interstate 29 was built, U.S. 75 followed an alignment that entered Iowa in Council Bluffs and went through western Iowa between Council Bluffs and Sioux City. It was eventually moved onto I-29 and then, in 1984, routed into Nebraska to replace most of U.S. 73.

The segment from the Missouri River to LeMars is part of a larger expressway project which will eventually provide a direct connection between Sioux City and the Twin Cities region in Minnesota.

[edit] Minnesota

In Minnesota, U.S. 75 stays very close to the state's western border. It passes through few large towns. U.S. 75 enters Minnesota south of Luverne and passes though Canby and Breckenridge. It is the main north-soute route through Moorhead. North of Moorhead, the route turns northeast to pass through Crookston, then turns northwest towards the Red River of the North. U.S. 75 does not cross the Red River, ending instead at the Canadian border north of the unincorporated community of Noyes. It is not possible to cross the border at this point, however; the port of entry closed in July 2006. [1] Border traffic is instead directed to the nearby crossing in Pembina, North Dakota (via Interstate 29).

All 408 miles of U.S. 75 in Minnesota is officially designated the Historic King of Trails, sponsored by the towns along the route. The King of Trails was in fact the historic Auto Trail name for this road before the trunk highway system was comissioned in 1920.

Legal Definition

The Minnesota section of U.S. 75 is defined as Routes 6 and 175 in Minnesota Statutes §§ 161.114(2) and 161.115(106).[2],[3]

[edit] Alternate routes

As of 2004, Alternate US 75 in Oklahoma has a northern terminus in Sapulpa, at an intersection with State Highway 66 and State Highway 97 (but does not meet the main line of US 75). It southern terminus is at US 75 just east of Beggs. It is occasionally signed as State Highway 75A. The main line of US 75, known locally as the "Okmulgee Beeline", is a modern four-lane highway. Its original route, 3 miles (5 km) to the west through Kiefer, was designated as Alternate US 75. Historically, US 75 met Route 66 in Sapulpa, and the routes were co-signed into Tulsa. Also, there is an US-75 Alt in Topeka, Kansas...it is on Sw/Nw Topeka Blvd It is the route US-75 originally took through Topeka, Kansas.

[edit] U.S. Route 75 Business

• Henryetta, Oklahoma

[edit] Major intersections notable to US 75

• U.S. Highway 2 in Crookston, MN
• U.S. Highway 10 and Interstate 94 in Moorhead, MN
• U.S. Highway 52 in Moorhead, MN
• U.S. Highway 12 in Ortonville, MN
• U.S. Highway 14 in Lake Benton, MN
• Interstate 90 in Luverne, MN
• U.S. Highway 18 near Hull, IA
• U.S. Highway 20 in Sioux City, IA
• Interstate 29 in Sioux City, IA
• U.S. Highway 77 in Sioux City, IA
• Interstate 635 in Dallas, TX (the High Five Interchange)

[edit] Trivia

• The stretch of US 75 between Interstate 345 and the Oklahoma state line has exits numbered consecutively from 1 to 73 (with occasional A and B designations), excluding 9-19. Coit Rd. is labeled as Exit 8B, and the frontage road exit just south of Interstate 635 northbound is labeled as Exit 20B. All other Texas freeways have exit numbers coordinated with mile markers.

[edit] Related US Routes

• U.S. Route 175
• U.S. Route 275

[edit] References

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