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U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is an east–west United States Highway that runs northeast–southwest for from El Paso, Texas, to Griggsville, Illinois. The Union Pacific Railroad's Tucumcari Line (former Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Rock Island Lines "Golden State Route") runs parallel to US 54 from El Paso to Pratt, Kansas, which comprises about two-thirds of the route.
The highway's western (and southern) terminus is in the city of El Paso, near the United States-Mexico border, Mexican border and the eastern terminus is at Interstate 72 (I-72) in Griggsville.
US 54 enters the state from Oklahoma in Seward County, Kansas, Seward County, and travels through the cities of Liberal, Kansas, Liberal and Plains, Kansas, Plains, where it runs concurrently with U.S. Route 160 in Kansas, US 160 in Meade County, Kansas, Meade County. Just east of the city of Meade, Kansas, Meade, US 54 splits from US 160 and continues in a northeasterly direction through Meade and Ford County, Kansas, Ford counties before beginning a long concurrency with U.S. Route 400 in Kansas, US 400 in Mullinville, Kansas, Mullinville in Kiowa County, Kansas, Kiowa County.
The highway then travels through the town of Greensburg, Kansas, Greensburg and continues as a two-lane road through Pratt, Kansas, Pratt, Cunningham, Kansas, Cunningham, and Kingman, Kansas, Kingman. At Pratt, the Union Pacific railroad tracks which paralleled the highway for over from El Paso turn to the northeast (towards Topeka) and leave US 54. The road becomes a divided highway in eastern Kingman County, Kansas, Kingman County. From Kingman to Garden Plain in Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County it is a freeway but becomes an at-grade expressway as it passes through Goddard and approaches Wichita.
The freeway resumes as the road crosses the city limits of Wichita near Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport. In Wichita, US 54/US 400 is known as Kellogg Avenue, and has junctions with Interstate 235 (Kansas), I-235, Interstate 135 (Kansas), I-135 and Interstate 35 in Kansas, I-35, the Kansas Turnpike, before a junction with K-96 (Kansas highway), K-96. The Kellogg Avenue freeway has six lanes and extends from 111th Street on the west side of Wichita to Zelta just after the I-35/Kansas Turnpike interchange on the east side. Upgrading of Kellogg Avenue from a surface arterial to a freeway has been underway since the mid-1980s, with the latest interchange project opening in late 2019. The road gets its name from Milo Bailey Kellogg, a shopkeeper and Civil War veteran who was the city's first civilian postmaster in 1870.
The concurrency of US 54 and US 400 continues through Augusta, Kansas, Augusta in Butler County, Kansas, Butler County before US 400 heads east toward the Missouri state line, while US 54 forms a brief concurrency with U.S. Route 77 in Kansas, US 77 through El Dorado, Kansas, El Dorado. At El Dorado, US 54 continues its easterly course through rural areas in Greenwood County, Kansas, Greenwood and Woodson County, Kansas, Woodson counties before passing through the cities of Iola, Kansas, Iola and Fort Scott, Kansas, Fort Scott; US 77 heads north to Junction City, Kansas, Junction City. US 54 exits Kansas in Bourbon County, Kansas, Bourbon County before reaching Nevada, Missouri.
Endpoints of U.S. Highway 54
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US 54 begins in El Paso, Texas, El Paso at Texas State Highway Loop 375, Loop 375 downtown. (US 54/Patriot Freeway) The highway serves as a major freeway for the Metro area's network, running north–south along the city's eastern slope of the Franklin Mountains (Texas), Franklin Mountains range. The highway runs through the city for approximately before reaching the New Mexico state line. Within the network, it is a military connector for Fort Bliss and Holloman Air Force Base.New Mexico
US 54 enters New Mexico in Chaparral, New Mexico, Chaparral as part of the El Paso, Texas Metro area network. It also serves as a military highway to connect Fort Bliss in El Paso to Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico (via U.S. Route 70 (New Mexico), U.S. Route 70). The speed limit is 75 mph on the divided highway section upon entering the state to approximately south of Alamogordo, with a 35 mph zone in Orogrande, New Mexico, Orogrande. Upon entering Alamogordo, US 54 becomes concurrent with U.S. Route 70 (New Mexico), U.S. Route 70. US 54/US 70 then intersects the beginning of U.S. Route 82 (New Mexico), U.S. Route 82 at the north end of Alamogordo (near La Luz, New Mexico, La Luz). The limit is 60 mph from Alamogordo to Tularosa, New Mexico, Tularosa and 55 mph north of Tularosa, where the concurrency with US 70 ends, and the highway reverts to being two lanes wide and not divided. The highway runs north through the central portion of the state, passing through Carrizozo, New Mexico, Carrizozo and intersecting U.S. Route 380 (New Mexico), U.S. Route 380. The route then turns northeast before passing through Vaughn, New Mexico, Vaughn. Upon entering Vaughn, the route is briefly concurrent with U.S. Route 60 in New Mexico, U.S. Route 60 and U.S. Route 285 (New Mexico), U.S. Route 285. In Vaughn, US 285 splits off to the south. Exiting Vaughn, US 60 splits off to the southeast, and the route continues northeast to Santa Rosa, New Mexico, Santa Rosa where it becomes concurrent with Interstate 40 (New Mexico), Interstate 40. The I-40 concurrency lasts for to Tucumcari, New Mexico, Tucumcari. The highway then exits the state back into Texas at Nara Visa, New Mexico, Nara Visa. The highway runs for in New Mexico, and is signed as a north–south route through the state.Texas (Panhandle)
The highway re-enters the Texas Panhandle just beyond Nara Visa, New Mexico, and continues northeast for to the Oklahoma border. Major Texas cities along US 54 in the panhandle are Dalhart, Texas, Dalhart and Stratford, Texas, Stratford.Oklahoma
US-54 runs through the Oklahoma Panhandle from southwest to northeast. It enters at Texhoma, Oklahoma, Texhoma, then continues northeast through Goodwell, Oklahoma, Goodwell before entering Guymon, Oklahoma, Guymon. In Guymon, it intersects U.S. Highway 412 (Oklahoma), US-412 and begins a concurrency with U.S. Highway 64 (Oklahoma), US-64. It goes northeast through Optima, Oklahoma, Optima and Hooker, Oklahoma, Hooker, where US-64 turns east. After going northeast through Tyrone, Oklahoma, Tyrone, it enters Kansas just before entering Liberal, Kansas.Kansas
US 54 enters the state from Oklahoma in Seward County, Kansas, Seward County, and travels through the cities of Liberal, Kansas, Liberal and Plains, Kansas, Plains, where it runs concurrently with U.S. Route 160 in Kansas, US 160 in Meade County, Kansas, Meade County. Just east of the city of Meade, Kansas, Meade, US 54 splits from US 160 and continues in a northeasterly direction through Meade and Ford County, Kansas, Ford counties before beginning a long concurrency with U.S. Route 400 in Kansas, US 400 in Mullinville, Kansas, Mullinville in Kiowa County, Kansas, Kiowa County.
The highway then travels through the town of Greensburg, Kansas, Greensburg and continues as a two-lane road through Pratt, Kansas, Pratt, Cunningham, Kansas, Cunningham, and Kingman, Kansas, Kingman. At Pratt, the Union Pacific railroad tracks which paralleled the highway for over from El Paso turn to the northeast (towards Topeka) and leave US 54. The road becomes a divided highway in eastern Kingman County, Kansas, Kingman County. From Kingman to Garden Plain in Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County it is a freeway but becomes an at-grade expressway as it passes through Goddard and approaches Wichita.
The freeway resumes as the road crosses the city limits of Wichita near Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport. In Wichita, US 54/US 400 is known as Kellogg Avenue, and has junctions with Interstate 235 (Kansas), I-235, Interstate 135 (Kansas), I-135 and Interstate 35 in Kansas, I-35, the Kansas Turnpike, before a junction with K-96 (Kansas highway), K-96. The Kellogg Avenue freeway has six lanes and extends from 111th Street on the west side of Wichita to Zelta just after the I-35/Kansas Turnpike interchange on the east side. Upgrading of Kellogg Avenue from a surface arterial to a freeway has been underway since the mid-1980s, with the latest interchange project opening in late 2019. The road gets its name from Milo Bailey Kellogg, a shopkeeper and Civil War veteran who was the city's first civilian postmaster in 1870.
The concurrency of US 54 and US 400 continues through Augusta, Kansas, Augusta in Butler County, Kansas, Butler County before US 400 heads east toward the Missouri state line, while US 54 forms a brief concurrency with U.S. Route 77 in Kansas, US 77 through El Dorado, Kansas, El Dorado. At El Dorado, US 54 continues its easterly course through rural areas in Greenwood County, Kansas, Greenwood and Woodson County, Kansas, Woodson counties before passing through the cities of Iola, Kansas, Iola and Fort Scott, Kansas, Fort Scott; US 77 heads north to Junction City, Kansas, Junction City. US 54 exits Kansas in Bourbon County, Kansas, Bourbon County before reaching Nevada, Missouri.
Missouri
In Missouri, US 54 runs from the southwest portion of the state to the northeast. It is a major conduit through the Ozarks and is the primary access road to Pomme de Terre Lake and Lake of the Ozarks. After entering the state it passes through Nevada, Missouri, Nevada, El Dorado Springs, Missouri, El Dorado Springs, Hermitage, Missouri, Hermitage, crossing Lake of the Ozarks the first time just north of Ha Ha Tonka State Park. It passes through Camdenton, Missouri, Camdenton and crosses the lake a second time on the Grand Glaize Bridge at Osage Beach, Missouri, Osage Beach before bypassing Eldon, Missouri, Eldon and going through Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City, where it crosses the Missouri River via the Jefferson City Bridge and briefly overlaps U.S. Route 63 (Missouri), U.S. Route 63. Just north of the bridge, it splits passing through Fulton, Missouri, Fulton, crossing Interstate 70 (Missouri), Interstate 70 at Kingdom City, Missouri, Kingdom City, bypassing Mexico, Missouri, Mexico, sharing a concurrency with Missouri Route 19, Highway 19 through Laddonia, Missouri, Laddonia, passing just north of Vandalia, Missouri, Vandalia, and ultimately crossing the Mississippi River via the Champ Clark Bridge (2019), Champ Clark Bridge into Illinois at Louisiana, Missouri, Louisiana.Illinois
In the state of Illinois, U.S. 54 runs from the Champ Clark Bridge over the Mississippi River to its terminus at Interstate 72 northeast near Griggsville, Illinois, Griggsville. Before the eastern terminus was cut back to I-72, U.S. 54 continued northeast via several existing roads, including the current Illinois Route 54, Illinois Route 50, and Governors' Highway, into downtown Chicago, where it ended at Michigan Avenue and Lake Shore Drive. It is a rural, two-lane surface street for its entire length in Illinois. In the state of Illinois, U.S. 54 is long.History
Illinois
Initially, US 54 ended at the junction of present-day IL 106 (former portion of US 36). In 1935, it replaced a portion of IL 107 between Louisiana, Missouri and New Hartford, Illinois. From 1942 to 1971, US 54 reached downtown Chicago. It then got truncated back to its previous northern terminus. This was in favor of portions of US 36, Illinois Route 54, U.S. Route 45 in Illinois, US 45, Illinois Route 50, Governors Highway, Wood Street, 127th Street, Halsted Street, Vincennes Avenue, State Street, and Michigan Avenue. The four-lane section of U.S. 36 northeast of Pittsfield now also carries Interstate 72 east to Springfield. As of 1992, US 54 was extended northeast to US 36 and present-day I-72 (exit 35). That same year, the section of road that once carried Illinois Route 54 through Springfield is no longer designated as a numbered highway. Now Illinois Route 54 starts at the Interstate 55 exit and goes northeast to Onarga, where it ends at U.S. Route 45. US 54 once joined with US 45 to Kankakee, but that highway is now designated as US 45 alone to Gilman, then US 45 and US 24 through Gilman, then US 45 alone again until a four-way intersection with U.S. Route 52 and Illinois Route 49, and US 45 and US 52 through Kankakee. Between Kankakee and Monee, the section that once carried US 54 is now marked as Illinois Route 50.Major intersections
Texas
: in El Paso, Texas, El Paso : in El Paso : in El Paso : in El PasoNew Mexico
: in Alamogordo, New Mexico, Alamogordo. The highways travel concurrently to Tularosa, New Mexico, Tularosa. : in Alamogordo : in Carrizozo, New Mexico, Carrizozo : southwest of Vaughn, New Mexico, Vaughn. The highways travel concurrently to southeast of Vaughn. : in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, Santa Rosa. The highways travel concurrently through the city. : in Santa Rosa. I-40/US 54 travels concurrently to Tucumcari, New Mexico, Tucumcari. : in Santa RosaTexas
: in Dalhart, Texas, Dalhart : in Stratford, Texas, StratfordOklahoma
: in Guymon, Oklahoma, Guymon. The highways travel concurrently through the city. : in Guymon. The highways travel concurrently to Hooker, Oklahoma, Hooker.Kansas
: in Liberal, Kansas, Liberal : east of Plains, Kansas, Plains. The highways travel concurrently to east of Meade, Kansas, Meade. : in Minneola, Kansas, Minneola : east of Mullinville, Kansas, Mullinville. The highways travel concurrently to Pickrell Corner, Kansas, Pickrell Corner. : west of Greensburg, Kansas, Greensburg : in Pratt, Kansas, Pratt : in Wichita, Kansas, Wichita : in Wichita : in Wichita : in Augusta, Kansas, Augusta. The highways travel concurrently to El Dorado, Kansas, El Dorado. : in Yates Center, Kansas, Yates Center : east of Iola, Kansas, Iola : in Moran, Kansas, Moran : north of Fort Scott, Kansas, Fort Scott. The highways travel concurrently to Fort Scott.Missouri
: in Nevada, Missouri, Nevada : in Preston, Missouri, Preston : in Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City. US 54/US 63 travels concurrently through the city. : in Kingdom City, Missouri, Kingdom City : north of Bowling Green, Missouri, Bowling GreenIllinois
: in Griggsville Township, Pike County, Illinois, Griggsville TownshipRelated route
* U.S. Highway 154See also
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Endpoints of U.S. Highway 54
* Kansas Highway Maps
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