HIGHWAY NUMBERING PATTERN IN USA

The system of United States numbered highways (often called U.S. Routes or U.S.
Highways) is an integrated system ofroads and highways in the United
States numbered within a nationwide grid. As these highways were coordinated among
the states, they are infrequently referred to as Federal Highways, but they have always
been maintained by state or local governments since their initial designation in 1926.
The numbers and locations are coordinated by the American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). The only federal involvement in the
AASHTO is a non-voting seat for theUnited States Department of Transportation. North
to south highways are odd-numbered, with lowest numbers in the east and highest
numbers in the west. Similarly, west to east highways are even-numbered, with the
lowest numbers in the north and highest numbers in the south. Major north-south routes
have numbers ending in "1" while major east-west routes have numbers ending in "0".
Three-digit numbered highways are spur routes of each parent highway but are not
necessarily connected to their parent route. Divided routes exist to provide two
alignments to one route, even though many have been eliminated, while special routes,
usually posted with a banner, can provide various routes, such as an alternate or
bypass route, for a U.S. Highway. TheInterstate Highway System has largely replaced
the U.S. Highways for through traffic, though many important regional connections are
still made by U.S. Highways, and new routes are still being added.

Prior to the U.S. Highways, auto trails were predominant in marking roads through the
United States. In 1925, the Joint Board on Interstate Highways, recommended
by American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO), worked to form a national
numbering system for roads. After several meetings, a final report was approved by
the Department of Agriculturein November 1925. After numerous complaints from
across the country about the assignment of routes, several modifications were made
and the U.S. Highway System was approved in November 1926. As a result of
compromises made to get the U.S. Highway System approved, many routes divided into
two alignments to serve different towns. In subsequent years, the AASHTO called for
splits in U.S. Highways to be eliminated. Expansion of the system continued until 1956
when the Interstate Highway System was formed and many U.S. Highways were
replaced by Interstate Highways.
NUMBERING
The two-digit U.S. Routes follow a simple grid, in which odd-numbered routes run
generally north to south and even-numbered routes run generally west to east. (U.S.
Route 101 is considered a two-digit route, its first "digit" being ten.) Numbers generally
increase from 1 in the east to 101 in the west and 2 in the north to 98 in the south.
Numbers ending in zero or one (and U.S. Route 2), and to a lesser extent in five, were
considered main routes in the early numbering, but extensions and truncations have
made this distinction largely meaningless; for instance, U.S. Route 6 was until 1964 the
longest route (that distinction now belongs to U.S. Route 20). The Interstate System
grid, which increases from west to east and south to north, is intentionally opposite from
the U.S. grid, to keep identically numbered routes apart and keeping them from being
confused.

Three-digit numbers are assigned to spurs of two-digit routes. For instance, U.S. Route
201 splits from U.S. Route 1 at Brunswick, Maine and runs north to Canada. Not all
spurs travel in the same direction as their "parents"; some are only connected to their
"parents" by other spurs, or not at all, instead only traveling near their "parents". As
originally assigned, the first digit of the spurs increased from north to south and east to
west along the "parent"; for example, U.S. Route 60 junctioned, from east to west, U.S.
Route 160 in Missouri, U.S. Route 260 inOklahoma, U.S. Route 360 in Texas, and U.S.
Route 460 and U.S. Route 560 in New Mexico. As with the two-digit routes, three-digit
routes have been added, removed, extended and shortened; the "parent-child"
relationship is not always present. Several spurs of the decommissioned U.S. Route
66 still exist, and U.S. Route 191 travels from border to border, while U.S. Route 91 has
been largely replaced by Interstate 15.

Several routes approved since 1980 do not follow the pattern:

 U.S. Route 400, approved in 1994, has no "parent" as there is no U.S. Route 0 or
U.S. Route 100.
 U.S. Route 412, approved ca. 1982, is nowhere near U.S. Route 12.
 U.S. Route 425, approved in 1989, is nowhere near U.S. Route 25.
In addition, U.S. Route 163, designated in 1970, is nowhere near U.S. Route 63. The
short U.S. Route 57, approved ca. 1970, connects to Federal Highway 57 in Mexico,
and lies west of former U.S. Route 81.
While AASHTO guidelines specifically prohibit Interstate Highways and U.S. Highways
from sharing a number within the same state (which is why there are no Interstates 50
or 60), the initial Interstate numbering approved in 1958 violated this with Interstate
24 and U.S. Route 24 in Illinois and Interstate 40, Interstate 80, U.S. Route 40 and U.S.
Route 80 in California (US 40 and US 80 were removed from California in its 1964
renumbering). Some recent and proposed Interstates, some of them out-of-place in the
grid, also violate this: Interstate 41 and U.S. Route 41 in Wisconsin (which will
run concurrently), Interstate 49 and U.S. Route 49 in Arkansas, Interstate 69 and U.S.
Route 69 in Texas, and Interstate 74 and U.S. Route 74 in North Carolina (which run
concurrently).

For reasons unknown to even the department of transportation, there are never any
U.S. routes numbered 39, 47, 86 and 88.
Following are the various highways in USA:-
US 1 – US 19

Length
Number South or west terminus North or east terminus
(km)

US 1 Key West, FL Canada (Fort Kent, ME) 3825

US 201 Brunswick, ME (US 1) Canada 253

Southwest of Wilmington, DE (I-295, US

US 301 Sarasota, FL (US 41) 13, US 40) 1788
Formerly Baltimore, MD

US 401 Sumter, SC (US 76, US 521) North of Norlina, NC (I-85,US 1) 414

Buena Vista, VA (US 60)

US 501 Myrtle Beach, SC (US 17 Bus.) 571
Formerly Burkeville, VA

South of Furman, SC (US 321)

US 601 Mount Airy, NC (US 52) 513
Formerly Florence, SC, thenHardeeville, SC

Georgetown, SC (US 17)

US 701 Southwest of Smithfield, NC (I-95, US 301) 277
Formerly Charleston, SC

St. Ignace, MI (I-75)

Everett, WA (I-5)
US 2 Formerly Canada (Sault Ste. Marie, MI) 4152
Canada (Rouses Point, NY)
Canada (Houlton, ME)

Northwest of New Castle, DE(US 13, US

US 202 Bangor, ME (US 1 Alt., I-395) 1009
40, US 301)

US 302 Montpelier, VT (US 2) Portland, ME (I-295, US 1) 275

US 3 Boston, MA (US 20) Canada 439

US 4 Southeast of Albany, NY (US 9, US 20) Portsmouth, NH (I-95, US 1 Byp.) 412

US 5 New Haven, CT (I-91) Canada (Derby Line, VT) 483

Bishop, CA (US 395)

US 6 Provincetown, MA 5161
Formerly Long Beach, CA

US 206 Hammonton, NJ (US 30) Milford, PA (US 6, US 209) 211

Norwalk, CT (I-95)
US 7 Canada 497
Formerly New York, NY

Forest Lake, MN (I-35)

US 8 Norway, MI (US 2) 452
Formerly Minneapolis, MN

US 9 Laurel, DE (US 13) Canada 838

Millersburg, PA
US 209 Kingston, NY (US 9W) 349
Formerly northwest of Dauphin, PA

West Fargo, ND (I-90) Manitowoc, WI (ferry)

US 10 1144
Ludington, MI (ferry) Bay City, MI (I-75, US 23)

US 310 Greybull, WY (US 14, US 16,US 20) Laurel, MT (I-90, US 212) 174

US 11 East of New Orleans, LA (US 90) Canada (Rouses Point, NY) 2647

US 211 New Market, VA (I-81) Warrenton, VA (US 15 Bus., US 29 Bus.) 98

US 311 Randleman, NC (US 220) Eden, NC 126

US 411 Leeds, AL (US 78) Greeneville, TN (US 11E,US 321) 549

US 12 Aberdeen, WA (US 101) Detroit, MI 3996

US 212 Yellowstone National Park, WY Eden Prairie, MN (US 169) 1532

US 13 Northeast of Fayetteville, NC(I-95) Morrisville, PA 847

US 113 Pocomoke City, MD (US 13) Milford, DE 117

US 14 Yellowstone National Park, WY Chicago, IL (US 41) 2250

US 15 Walterboro, SC (US 17 Alt.) West of Corning, NY (I-86) 1278

US 16 Yellowstone National Park, WY Rapid City, SD (I-90, US 14) 787

US 17 Punta Gorda, FL (US 41) Winchester, VA (US 11,US 50, US 522) 1914

US 117 Wilmington, NC West of Wilson, NC (I-95,US 264) 198

Southeast of Douglas, WY (I-25, US 20, US

US 18 Milwaukee, WI 1662
26, US 87)

US 218 Keokuk, IA (US 136) Owatonna, MN (I-35, US 14) 513

US 19 North of Bradenton, FL (US 41) Erie, PA (US 20) 2231

US 119 Pineville, KY (US 25E) South of DuBois (US 219) 941

US 219 Rich Creek, VA (US 460) Southeast of Buffalo, NY (I-90) 861

US 319 Apalachicola, FL (US 98) Wadley, GA (US 1) 512

US 20 – US 39

South or west Length

Number North or east terminus
terminus (km)

Newport, OR (US 101)

US 20 Boston, MA 5209
Yellowstone National Park, MT, WY

US 220 Rockingham, NC (US 1) Waverly, NY (I-86) 1096

US 21 East of Beaufort, SC Wytheville, VA (I-81, US 52) 632

US 121 Pound, VA (US 23) Beckley, WV (I-64, I-77) 180

Lynchburg, VA (US 29 Bus., US 460 Bus., US

US 221 Perry, FL (US 19, US 27 Alt., US 98) 1181
501 Bus.)

US 321 Hardeeville, SC (US 17) Northwest of Lenoir City, TN (I-40) 847

US 421 South of Wilmington, NC Michigan City, IN (US 20) 1514

US 521 Georgetown, SC (US 17) Charlotte, NC (I-485) 285

Cincinnati, OH (US 27, US 42, US 52, US

US 22 Newark, NJ (US 1, US 9) 1048
127)

US 222 Perryville, MD (US 40) Southwest of Allentown, PA (I-78) 175

US 322 Atlantic City, NJ 795

Cleveland, OH (US 6,US 20, US 42, US
 422)

Cleveland, OH (US 6,US 20, US 42, US

Ebensburg, PA (US 219)
US 422 322) 439
Southwest of Norristown, PA (US 202)
East ofHummelstown, PA(US 322)

US 522 Northwest ofPowhatan, VA (US 60) Selinsgrove, PA (US 11,US 15) 496

US 23 Jacksonville, FL (US 1, US 17) Mackinaw City, MI (I-75) 2324

US 123 West of Toccoa, GA(US 23) Greenville, SC (I-385) 121

US 223 Toledo, OH (I-280) South of Jackson, MI (US 12, US 127) 95

US 24 Minturn, CO (I-70, US 6) Pontiac, MI 2478

US 224 Huntington, IN (US 24) New Castle, PA (US 422) 462

US 25 Brunswick, GA (US 17) Ohio River (Covington, KY:US 42, US 127) 1207

US 26 South of Seaside, OR(US 101) Ogallala, NE (I-80) 2424

US 27 Miami, FL (I-195, US 1) Fort Wayne, IN (I-69) 2195

US 127 Chattanooga, TN (US 11, US 64, US 72) South of Grayling, MI (I-75) 1220

US 29 Pensacola, FL (US 90, US 98) West of Baltimore, MD (I-70) 1667

US 129 Chiefland, FL (US 19,US 27 Alt., US 98) Knoxville, TN (I-40) 937

US 30 Astoria, OR (US 101) Atlantic City, NJ 4946

Southwest of Penns Grove, NJ (I-

US 130 Southwest of New Brunswick, NJ (US 1) 134
295, US 40)

US 730 East of Boardman, OR (I-84, US 30) South of Wallula, WA (US 12) 68

US 31 Mobile, AL (US 43,US 45) Mackinaw City, MI (I-75) 2076

US 131 North of Middlebury, IN (I-80, I-90) Petoskey, MI (US 31) 436

US 231 Panama City, FL (US 98 Bus.) West of Crown Point, IN(US 41) 1468

US 331 East of Destin, FL(US 98) Montgomery, AL (US 80,US 82) 243

US 431 Dothan, AL (US 231) Owensboro, KY (US 60) 895

US 33 Richmond, VA Elkhart, IN (US 20) 1131

US 34 Granby, CO (US 40) Southwest of Chicago, IL 1806

US 35 West of Charleston, WV (US 60) Michigan City, IN (US 20) 682

US 36 West of Estes Park, CO (US 34) Uhrichsville, OH (US 250) 2276

US 136 North of Edison, NE(US 6, US 34) Veedersburg, IN (US 41) 1197

US 138 Sterling, CO (US 6) North of Big Springs, NE(US 30) 116

US 40 – US 59

Length
Number South or west terminus North or east terminus
(km)

US 40 North of Park City, UT (I-80, US 189) Atlantic City, NJ 3698

US 340 Northeast of Greenville, VA (US 11) Frederick, MD (US 15, US 40) 251

US 41 Miami Beach, FL East of Copper Harbor, MI 3228

US 141 North of Green Bay, WI (I-43) South of L'Anse, MI (US 41) 283

US 341 Brunswick, GA (US 17) Barnesville, GA (US 41) 364

US 441 Miami, FL (US 27) Lake City, TN (US 25W) 1506

US 641 South of Camden, TN (I-40) Marion, KY (US 60) 212

US 42 Louisville, KY (I-65, US 60) Cleveland, OH (US 6, US 20, US 322, US 422) 571

US 43 Mobile, AL (US 31, US 45, US 90) Columbia, TN (US 31) 660

US 44 Northeast of Ellenville, NY (US 209) Plymouth, MA 383

US 45 Mobile, AL (US 31, US 43, US 90) Ontonagon, MI 2087

US 46 Columbia, NJ (I-80) 121

Delaware River (Fort Lee, NJ: I-95,US 1, US
 9)

East of Weston, WV (I-79, US 33, US

US 48 North of Strasburg, VA (I-81) 238
119)

US 49 Gulfport, MS (US 90) Piggott, AR (US 62) 830

US 50 West of Sacramento, CA (I-80) Ocean City, MD 4846

US 150 South of Moline, IL (US 6) Mount Vernon, KY (US 25) 919

US 250 Sandusky, OH (US 6) Richmond, VA (I-95, US 60, US 360) 827

US 350 Trinidad, CO (I-25, US 85, US 87, US 160) La Junta, CO (US 50) 129

US 550 North of Albuquerque, NM (I-25,US 85) Montrose, CO (US 50) 486

US 51 West of New Orleans, LA (US 61) Hurley, WI (US 2) 2070

US 151 Northeast of Williamsburg, IA (I-80) Manitowoc, WI (US 10) 185

US 52 Canada (Portal, ND) Charleston, SC (US 17) 3335

US 53 La Crosse, WI (US 14, US 61) Canada (International Falls, MN) 649

US 54 Mexico (El Paso, TX) Northeast of Pittsfield, IL (I-72, US 36) 1941

US 56 Springer, NM (I-25, US 85) Kansas City, MO (US 71) 1030

US 57 Mexico (Eagle Pass, TX) Southwest of Moore, TX (I-35) 166

US 58 Cumberland Gap, TN (US 25E) Virginia Beach, VA (US 60) 819

US 158 Mocksville, NC (US 64, US 601) South of Nags Head, NC (US 64) 558

US 258 Jacksonville, NC (US 17) Hampton, VA 349

US 59 Laredo, TX (I-35, US 83) Canada 3075

US 159 Nortonville, KS (US 59) Southeast of Mound City, MO (US 59) 137

US 259 Nacogdoches, TX (US 59) South of Heavener, OK (US 59, US 270) 402
US 60 – US 79

South or west Length

Number North or east terminus
terminus (km)

US 60 East of Quartzsite, AZ (I-10) Virginia Beach, VA 4297

US 160 West of Tuba City, AZ (US 89) Southwest of Poplar Bluff, MO (US 67) 2356

US 360 Danville, VA (US 58 Bus.) East of Warsaw, VA 359

US 460 Frankfort, KY (US 60, US 421) Norfolk, VA (US 60) 1054

US 61 New Orleans, LA (US 90) Wyoming, MN (I-35) 2253

US 62 Mexico (El Paso, TX) Canada (Niagara Falls, NY) 3618

US 63 Ruston, LA (I-20, US 167) Southwest of Ashland, WI (US 2) 1909

East of Green River, UT (I-70, US 6,US 50, US

US 163 Kayenta, AZ (US 160) 323
191)

US 64 Teec Nos Pos, AZ (US 160) South of Nags Head, NC (US 158) 3743

US 264 Raleigh, NC (I-440, US 64) Southwest of Nags Head, NC (US 64) 352

US 65 Clayton, LA (US 425) Albert Lea, MN (I-35, I-90) 1559

US 165 Iowa, LA (US 90) Northeast of Little Rock, AR (US 70) 663

US 166 South Haven, KS (US 81) Southwest of Joplin, MO (I-44) 267

US 266 Henryetta, OK (US 62, US 75) Warner, OK (US 64) 68

US 67 Mexico (Presidio, TX) Sabula, IA (US 52) 2511

US 167 Abbeville, LA Ash Flat, AR (US 62, US 412) 803

US 68 Reidland, KY (US 62) Findlay, OH (I-75) 901

US 69 Port Arthur, TX Albert Lea, MN 1828

US 169 Tulsa, OK (US 64) Virginia, MN (US 53) 1569

US 70 Globe, AZ (US 60) Atlantic, NC 3838

US 270 Liberal, KS (US 54, US 83) Northwest of Pine Bluff, AR (I-530,US 65) 1035

US 71 West of Krotz Springs, LA(US 190) Canada (International Falls, MN) 2466

US 171 Lake Charles, LA (US 90) Shreveport, LA (US 79, US 80) 288

US 271 Tyler, TX Fort Smith, AR (US 71 Bus.) 481

US 371 Southwest of Coushatta, LA(I-49) De Queen, AR (US 59, US 70, US 71) 396
US 72 Memphis, TN (US 64, US 70,US 79) Chattanooga, TN (US 11, US 41, US 64, US 127) 695

US 73 West of Kansas City, KS(US 24, US 40) North of Dawson, NE (US 75) 180

US 74 Chattanooga, TN (I-24, I-75) Wrightsville Beach, NC 843

US 75 Dallas, TX (I-30, I-45, US 67) Canada (Noyes, Minnesota) 1994

US 175 Jacksonville, TX (US 69) Dallas, TX 183

US 275 West of Rock Port, MO (US 136) O'Neill, NE (US 20, US 281) 428

Chattanooga, TN (US 11, US 64, US

US 76 Wrightsville Beach, NC 880
72)

US 176 Hendersonville, NC (US 25 Bus.) Goose Creek, SC (US 52) 369

US 276 North of Waynesville, NC (I-40) Mauldin, SC (I-385) 174

US 77 Mexico (Brownsville, TX) Sioux City, IA (I-29) 1796

US 177 Madill, OK (US 70) South Haven, KS (US 81) 375

US 277 Carrizo Springs, TX (US 83) Newcastle, OK (I-44, US 62) 1019

US 377 Del Rio, TX (US 90, US 277) Madill, OK (US 70) 769

US 78 Memphis, TN (US 64, US 70,US 79) Charleston, SC (US 17) 1151

US 178 Northwest of Summerville, SC (US 78) Rosman, NC (US 64) 381

US 278 Wickes, AR (US 59, US 71) Hilton Head Island, SC 1733

US 378 Washington, GA (US 78) Conway, SC (US 701) 377

US 79 Austin, TX (I-35, US 290) Russellville, KY (US 68) 1405

US 80 – US 99

Length
Number South or west terminus North or east terminus
(km)

US 80 Dallas, TX (I-30) Tybee Island, GA 1661

US 180 Grand Canyon National Park, AZ East of Weatherford, TX (I-20) 1814

US 280 Birmingham, AL (I-20,I-59, US 31) Northwest of Savannah, GA (US 80) 631

US 380 San Antonio, NM (I-25, US 85) Greenville, TX (I-30, US 67, US 69) 1083

US 81 North of Fort Worth, TX (I-35W, US 287) Canada (Pembina, ND) 1986

US 181 Corpus Christi, TX (I-37) San Antonio, TX (I-35, US 281) 240

US 281 Brownsville, TX (Bus. US 77, TX 48) Canada 3013

US 82 Las Cruces, NM (US 70) Southwest of Brunswick, GA (I-95, US 17) 2704

US 83 Mexico (Brownsville, TX) Canada 3048

US 183 Refugio, TX (US 77) West of Presho, SD (I-90, US 83) 1666

US 283 Brady, TX (US 87, US 190, US 377) Lexington, NE (US 30) 1175

US 84 Pagosa Springs, CO(US 160) Southeast of Midway, GA (I-95) 3088

US 85 Mexico (El Paso, TX) Canada 2380

US 285 Sanderson, TX (US 90) Denver, CO (I-25, US 87) 1344

US 385 Big Bend National Park, TX Deadwood, SD (US 85) 1941

US 87 Port Lavaca, TX West of Havre, MT (US 2) 3215

Port Arthur, TX Yellowstone National Park, WY

US 287 3043
Yellowstone National Park, MT Choteau, MT (US 89)

Flagstaff, AZ (US 180) Yellowstone National Park, WY

US 89 2007
Yellowstone National Park, MT Canada

US 189 Provo, UT (I-15) Jackson, WY (US 26, US 89, US 187, US 191) 518

US 90 Van Horn, TX (I-10) Jacksonville Beach, FL 2628

US 190 West of Iraan, TX (I-10) Southeast of Slidell, LA (US 90) 1408

US 290 Southeast of Junction, TX (I-10) Northwest of Houston, TX (I-610) 444

US 91 Brigham City, UT (I-15, I-84) Southwest of Idaho Falls, ID (US 26) 262

Mexico (Douglas, AZ) Yellowstone National Park, WY

US 191 2667
Yellowstone National Park, MT Canada

US 491 Gallup, NM (I-40) Monticello, UT (US 163, US 191) 319

US 92 St. Petersburg, FL Daytona Beach, FL 285

US 192 Southeast ofClermont, FL (US 27) Indialantic, FL 121

US 93 Wickenburg, AZ (US 60) Eureka, MT – Canada (BC 93) 2166

US 95 Mexico (San Luis, AZ) Eastport, ID – Canada (BC 95) 2533

US 195 North of Lewiston, ID(US 95) Spokane, WA (I-90, US 2, US 395) 153

US 395 Southwest ofVictorville, CA (I-15) South of Christina Lake, BC,Canada (BC 395) 2100

US 96 Port Arthur, TX Tenaha, TX (US 59, US 84) 274

US 97 Weed, CA (I-5) Osoyoos, BC, Canada (BC 97) 1067

US 197 Southwest of Shaniko, OR (US 97) North of Dallesport, WA (SR 14) 103

US 98 Natchez, MS (US 61,US 84, US 425) West Palm Beach, FL (US 1) 1511

US 199 Crescent City, CA (US 101) Grants Pass, OR (I-5) 129