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U.S. Route 40 or U.S. Highway 40 (US 40), also known as the Main Street of America (a nickname shared with U.S. Route 66), [3] [4] is a major east–west United States Highway traveling across the United States from the Mountain States to the Mid-Atlantic States. As with most routes whose numbers end in a zero, US 40 once traversed the entire ...
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west transcontinental Interstate Highway in the southeastern and southwestern portions of the United States. At a length of 2,556.61 miles (4,114.46 km), it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80 .
In 1948, the two alignments were swapped, with the old highway becoming US 40 Alternate, [14] and with the construction of a new freeway to Lisbon, both old alignments became part of MD 144. [15] By 1948, a new alignment had also been built from Frederick to Hagerstown, and the old alignment became the current US 40 Alternate.
The highway passes through the tiny community of Peoria, where there is an interchange with I-70/US 40/US 287 (exit 322), before passing by the Richmil Ranch Open Space park. SH 40 then enters the town of Deer Trail , passing along the western edge of town as 1st Avenue as it has an intersection with I-70 BS (Cedar Street).
At Grain Valley, US 40 rejoins I-70. [1] [2] For 77 miles (124 km), US 40 runs along I-70 through rural areas, meeting US 65 at Marshall Junction as well as multiple state highways in different locations. US 40 eventually leaves the freeway to serve downtown Boonville, running concurrently with I-70 Bus. and Route 5 in the process. As the road ...
U.S. Route 40 begins at I-80 at Silver Creek Junction in Silver Summit, traveling south-southeast as a full freeway in a broad valley northeast of Park City.At the south end of the valley, Jordanelle Reservoir comes into view and US-40 continues south high on the slope above its western shore while Utah State Route 248 climbs away to the east on the slope overlooking the northern shore.
Old National Pike or Old National Road, and sometimes Old Cumberland Road, Old Route 40, Old U.S. 40 are terms both colloquially and officially applied to bypassed parts of the United States' first federally funded highway (1811), the National Pike—which are essentially the parts of U.S. Route 40 (1920s) west of Baltimore and east of Missouri.
Eastbound US 40 Scenic exits the freeway on a sweeping curve ramp that ends at the southern end of Mountain Road. [2] Mountain Road is a two-lane road that heads north as a state highway, signed as US 40 Scenic west and unsigned as 0.91-mile (1.46 km) long MD 903. MD 903's northern terminus is at US 40 Scenic's ramp onto westbound I-68. [1] [3]