U.S. Route 64

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U.S. Route 64
Length: 2,326[1] mi (3,743 km)
Formed: 1926[1]
West end: US 160 at Teec Nos Pos, AZ
Major
junctions:		 I-25 near Raton, NM
I-35 at Perry, OK
I-40 at Conway, AR
I-55/I-40 at Memphis, TN
I-65 at Pulaski, TN
I-24 at Chattanooga, TN
I-26 at Hendersonville, NC
I-85 at Lexington, NC
I-40 at Raleigh, NC
I-95 at Rocky Mount, NC
East end: US 158/US 264/NC 12 at Nags Head, NC
United States Numbered Highways
List - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 64 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,326 miles (3,743 km) from eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 160 in Teec Nos Pos, Arizona. The highway's eastern terminus is at NC 12 and U.S. Route 158 in Nags Head, North Carolina.

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[edit] Route description

US 64 west near Siler City, NC.
US 64 west near Siler City, NC.
US64/US70/US79 overlap in Memphis, Tennessee. (2008)
US64/US70/US79 overlap in Memphis, Tennessee. (2008)
Major cities

[edit] Arizona

U.S. 64's western terminus is Teec Nos Pos, Arizona, at U.S. Route 160. It goes southeast from Teec Nos Pos and enters New Mexico.

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[edit] New Mexico

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[edit] Oklahoma

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[edit] Arkansas

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[edit] Tennessee

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[edit] North Carolina

US 64 enters North Carolina in Cherokee County, west of Murphy. The highway serves the cities of Franklin, Highlands, Hendersonville, Morganton, Statesville, Lexington, Asheboro, Siler City, Cary, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Williamston, and Manteo. The segment from Franklin to Highlands is a mountainous 2-lane road limited to moderate size trucks. Large trucks are routed via Truck US64 to Sylva, and Asheville. Its eastern terminus is at Nags Head, North Carolina, also the eastern terminus of US Highway 158. US 64 is a major route to the Outer Banks being at least 4 lanes from NC 49 in Asheboro to NC 94 in Columbia. Some sections in Rocky Mount and in Nashville are signed as Bypass US 64. In 2006 a major bypass known as the Knightdale Bypass or the 64 Bypass opened to ease traffic in Raleigh from points eastward. After it was completed, US 64 is a freeway from Raleigh to Williamston, extended the already built freeway that was originally opened in 1963 between Raleigh and Nashville. [1]

[edit] History

U.S. Route 485 was commissioned in 1926, looping west of US 85 between Santa Fe and Raton, New Mexico. In 1931, it became an extension of US 64. The portion south of Taos was removed in 1974, when US 64 was realigned and extended to Farmington, and became NM 68.

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[edit] Bannered routes

[edit] Business loops and spurs

There are several sections of Business US 64 serving more as alternate routes of the main highway. While they go through towns and cities, they often run numerous miles through rural areas and often pass through more than one city.

[edit] See also

[edit] Related routes

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 02:55, 4 July 2006 (UTC).


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