U.S. Route 60 in Missouri

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 60 in Missouri. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 60.

U.S. Route 60
US 60 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length	341.248 mi (549.185 km)
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
West end	US 60 at Oklahoma state line in Seneca
Major intersections	I-49 / US 71 in Neosho US 160 in Springfield US 65 in Springfield US 63 in Cabool US 67 in Poplar Bluff Future I-57 / US 67 in Poplar Bluff I-55 / I-57 in Sikeston US 62 in Charleston
East end	US 60 / US 62 at Illinois state line east of Charleston
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Counties	Newton, Barry, Lawrence, Christian, Greene, Webster, Wright, Texas, Howell, Shannon, Carter, Butler, Stoddard, New Madrid, Scott, Mississippi
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Missouri State Highway System Interstate US State Supplemental
← Route 59 → US 61

U.S. Route 60 (US 60) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Brenda, Arizona, east to Virginia Beach, Virginia. In the state of Missouri, US 60 is a main east–west highway that runs through the southern part of the state, from the Oklahoma border to the Illinois border.

Route description

US 60 enters Missouri from Oklahoma south of Seneca and south of I-44. It is a two-lane highway. It intersects Route 43 at a roundabout south of Seneca. Next, US 60 intersects I-49 and US 71 at exit 24 before entering Neosho. I-49 has a concurrency with US 71. In Nesho, US 60 picks up a concurrency with Route 59. Route 86 has a brief concurrency with US 60 and Route 59. US 60 will turn east and leave Route 59 while Route 59 continues north at an interchange before passing through Granby. In Monett, US 60 intersects Route 37. After leaving Monett, US 60 from there to Republic has alternate passing lanes. US 60 bypasses Aurora to the south. Then, it passes through Marionville and enters the Springfield metropolitan area and picks up a concurrency with Route 413 before entering Billings. In Republic, US 60 becomes a four-lane divided highway and remains a four lane highway for the next 240 miles (390 km) until it reaches Charleston. US 60 enters Springfield and the concurrency with Route 413 ends. US 60 merges onto the James River Freeway where it has a brief concurrency with US 160 and Route 13. US 60 intersects US 65 known as the "Schoolcraft Freeway" before leaving Springfield and is also where the James River Freeway ends.

Between Springfield and Willow Springs, US 60 passes through various communities, most of them are mainly accessible by exits. US 60 also parallels the BNSF Railway tracks. US 60 intersects Route 125 at a stoplight. It passes through Rogersville and Fordland before leaving Springfield metropolitan area. Afterwards, US 60 passes through Seymour. US 60 has a brief concurrency with Route 5 in Mansfield. US 60 passes through Mountain Grove. US 60 passes through Norwood and Cabool. Then, US 60 picks up a concurrency with US 63 east of Cabool. US 60 passes through Willow Springs where US 63 departs from US 60 at a freeway-to-freeway interchange east of Willow Springs. US 63 heads down southward to West Plains. At this point, US 60 no longer parallels the BNSF railway tracks as it heads down to West Plains as well.

US 60 passes through Mountain View where the divided highway briefly ends, While passing through Mountain View, US 60 has left turn lanes and has a concurrency with Route 17. After leaving Mountain View, US 60 goes back to a divided highway. US 60 passes through Birch Tree where it intersects Route 99. Then it passes through Winona where it has a concurrency with Route 19. US 60 passes through Chicopee, Van Buren and Ellsinore. Next, US 60 has a concurrency with US 67 until it enters Poplar Bluff as it leaves the Ozark Plateau.

In Poplar Bluff, US 60 will separate from US 67 at a cloverleaf interchange. After leaving Poplar Bluff, US 60 intersects Route 51 north of Fisk. Next, US 60 passes through Dexter then intersects Route 114 east of Morehouse. US 60 bypasses Morehouse US 60 then enters Sikeston where it intersects US 61 before intersecting I-55 exit 66 and I-57 exit 1 at a cloverleaf interchange. I-57 begins here, and US 60 picks up a concurrency with I-57. In Charleston, US 60 will leave I-57 at exit 12 and has a concurrency with US 62 and Route 77. At this point, US 60 becomes a two-lane highway. US 60 and 62 passes through Wilson City where Route 77 departs from US 60 and US 62. US 60 will leave Missouri crossing after the Cairo Mississippi River Bridge along with US 62 into Illinois.

History

Before the U.S. Highway system was created, US 60 was Route 16.

On May 17, 1946, William Jefferson Blythe, Jr., the biological father of Bill Clinton, died on US 60 in a car accident after he was tossed out of his vehicle and drowned in a ditch.

Part of the freeway section of US 60 near Mountain Grove

There have been several improvements on US 60. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) completed the process of upgrading 59 miles (95 km) of US 60 from Willow Springs to Van Buren to a four-lane highway (two lanes in each direction) on July 9, 2010, marking the completion of a continuous four-lane highway from Republic to Charleston, a total of approximately 240 miles (390 km). Other improvement over the years involved replacing intersections with interchanges, adding frontage roads (outer roads), and many realignments of many parts of US 60.

East of US 60 and US 65 interchange in Springfield, there used to be railroad crossings over the BNSF Railway tracks that have been replaced with overpasses over the railroad tracks. That project included redesigning the US 60 and US 65 interchange. It was completed in 2012.

In 2016, US 60 through Rogersville was converted into a freeway. Spot improvements between Springfield and Rogersville was done.

Future

US 60 from Poplar Bluff to Sikeston is planned to be upgraded to I-57. I-57 currently ends at I-55 in Sikeston. I-57 will then continue south following US 67 down to Arkansas.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Newton	Seneca	0.000	0.000		US 60 west – Wyandotte	Continuation into Oklahoma
		0.438	0.705		US 60 Bus. west / Route 43 – Seneca, Tiff City	Roundabout
	Neosho	11.4	18.3		I-49 / US 71 – Joplin, Fort Smith	I-49 exit 24
		12.6	20.3		I-49 BL south / US 60 Bus. east / Route 59 (S. Neosho Boulevard)	Western end of Route 59 overlap
	Neosho–Granby township line	17.568	28.273		Route 86 west – Neosho	Western end of Route 86 overlap
		17.818	28.675		Route 86 east – Cassville	Eastern end of Route 86 overlap
		19.863	31.966		US 60 Bus. / Route 59 – Neosho, Diamond	Eastern end of Route 59 overlap
Barry	Yonkerville	37.285	60.004		Route 97 – Pierce City, Pulaskifield
	Monett	41.712	67.129		Route 37 – Monett
		42.551	68.479		US 60 Bus. east / Route H (Kyler Street)
Lawrence	Spring River Township	47.076	75.761		US 60 Bus. west – Monett
	Verona	49.395	79.494		US 60 Bus. east – Verona
	Aurora	54.138	87.127		Route 265 north / Route 39 to Route 248 – Aurora	Western end of Route 265 overlap
		56.356	90.696		US 60 Bus. west – Aurora
	Marionville	60.176	96.844		Route 265 south – Crane	Eastern end of Route 265 overlap
		60.456	97.295		Route 14 east
Christian	West Polk–East Polk township line	65.192	104.916		Route 413 south – Crane	Western end of Route 413 overlap
	Billings	66.153	106.463		Route 14 west (Mt. Vernon Road) – McKinley	Western end of Route 14 overlap
		66.747	107.419		Route 14 east (Jefferson Avenue)	Eastern end of Route 14 overlap
Greene	Republic	73.347	118.041		Route 174 west – Chesapeake
	Springfield	77.657	124.977	77	Route 413 north (W. Sunshine Street) / Route 360 west (James River Freeway) to I-44 – Springfield	Eastern end of Route 413 overlap
		79.749	128.344	79	US 160 west / Route FF – Battlefield	Western end of US 160 overlap. Access to Springfield-Branson National Airport
		82.531	132.821	82	Route 13 north (Kansas Expressway)	Diverging diamond interchange; western end of Route 13 overlap
		83.696	134.696	83	US 160 east / Route 13 south / Campbell Avenue – Nixa	Eastern end of US 160 and Route 13 overlaps. Access to Downtown Springfield and Bass Pro Shops
		84.905	136.641	85	National Avenue	Access to Missouri State University, Ozarks Technical Community College, Drury University, Cox South Hospital, and Mercy Hospital
		86.248– 86.321	138.803– 138.920	86	US 65 Bus. (Glenstone Avenue) / Republic Road	Western end of US 65 Business overlap. Access to Evangel University and Springfield Nature Center
		87.809– 87.839	141.315– 141.363	87	US 65 / US 65 Bus. ends – Branson, Sedalia	Eastern end of US 65 Business overlap
	Clay Township	90.337	145.383	90	Route J / Route NN – Turners, Ozark
	Washington Township	94.146	151.513	94	Route 125 – Linden, Strafford	To be converted into an interchange by 2025
	Rogersville	95.929	154.383	96A	Farm Road 247	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
		95.985– 96.770	154.473– 155.736	96B	US 60 Bus. east / Route B / Farm Road 253
Webster		97.723	157.270	97	Route VV (Mill Street)
		99.634	160.345	99	US 60 Bus. west – Rogersville
	Fordland	105.682– 106.336	170.079– 171.131	106	Route PP – Fordland	No westbound entrance
Wright	Mansfield	126.050	202.858	126	US 60 Bus. east / Route 5 south / Route EE – Mansfield, Ava	Western end of Route 5 overlap
		127.307	204.881	127	US 60 Bus. west / Route 5 north – Mansfield, Hartville	Eastern end of Route 5 overlap
	Clark Township	132.709	213.574	132	Route K / Route Y – Macomb
	Norwood	136.223	219.230	136	Route C / Route E – Norwood
	Mountain Grove Township	142.908	229.988	143	US 60 Bus. east – Mountain Grove
	Mountain Grove	145.363	233.939	145	Route 95 – Mountain Grove
Texas	Clinton Township	149.284	240.249	149	US 60 Bus. west / Route MM – Mountain Grove
		152.278	245.068	152	US 60 Bus. east – Cabool	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
	Cabool	154.762	249.065	154	Route 181 – Cabool
		155.984	251.032	156	US 63 north / US 60 Bus. – Houston, Rolla	Western end of US 63 overlap
Howell	Willow Springs	164.815	265.244	164	US 60 Bus. east / US 63 Bus. south – Willow Springs
		167.060	268.857	167	Route 76 west / Route 137 north – Willow Springs
		169.140	272.204	169A	US 60 Bus. west / US 63 Bus. north – Willow Springs
	Willow Springs Township	169.895	273.419	169B	US 63 south – West Plains, Thayer	Eastern end of US 63 overlap
	Mountain View	183.363	295.094		Route 17 south – West Plains	Western end of Route 17 overlap
		184.902	297.571		Route 17 north	Eastern end of Route 17 overlap
Shannon	Birch Tree	195.302	314.308		Route 99 south / Route FF – Birch Tree
	Winona	203.789	327.967		Route 19 south – Alton	Western end of Route 19 overlap
		204.594	329.262		Route 19 north – Eminence	Eastern end of Route 19 overlap
Carter	Chicopee	224.722	361.655		Route 103 south – Big Spring
	Van Buren	225.222	362.460		US 60 Bus. east
	Carter Township	226.725	364.879		US 60 Bus. west to Route D / Route W
		231.261	372.179		Route 21 north / Route 34 – Ellington	Western end of Route 21 overlap
	Johnson Township	241.196	388.167		Route 21 south – Hunter, Grandin, Doniphan	Eastern end of Route 21 overlap
Butler	Black River Township	260.535	419.290	—	US 67 north – St. Louis	Western end of US 67 overlap
	Poplar Bluff	265.007– 265.738	426.487– 427.664	—	Future I-57 south / US 67 south / US 60 Bus. east / US 67 Bus. south – Poplar Bluff, Corning AR	Cloverleaf interchange; Western end of Future I-57 and eastern end of US 67 overlap
	Poplar Bluff Township	270.884	435.946	—	US 60 Bus. – Poplar Bluff	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		271.506	436.947	—	Route T / Route AA – Lake Wappapello
Stoddard	Duck Creek Township	279.397	449.646	—	Route 51 – Fisk, Puxico
		285.153	458.909	—	Route TT / Route WW – Dudley
	Dexter	290.567	467.622	—	US 60 Bus. east / Route AD – Dexter
		292.101	470.091	—	One Mile Road – Dexter
	Liberty Township	293.732	472.716	—	US 60 Bus. west / Route 25 – Dexter, Bloomfield
	Richland Township	301.238	484.796		Route 153 south / Route N – Circle City, Parma
		306.429	493.150		Route 114 – Morehouse
New Madrid	Big Prairie Township	311.034	500.561		US 60 Bus. east / Route FF to Route 114
	Sikeston	313.917	505.200	—	US 61 east / US 62 / US 60 Bus. – Sikeston, New Madrid
Scott		316.675	509.639	1	I-55 – St. Louis, Memphis I-57 begins	Cloverleaf interchange; Western end of I-57 overlap; signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (north)
Mississippi	Long Prairie Township	321.591	517.551	4	Route B – Bertrand
	Charleston	327.420	526.931	10	I-57 BL north / Route 105 – Charleston, East Prairie
		329.752	530.684	12	I-57 north / I-57 BL south / US 62 west / Route 77 north – Charleston, Wyatt	Eastern end of I-57 overlap; western end of US 62 and Route 77 overlaps
	Wilson City	334.873	538.926		Route 77 south / Route Y – Wyatt, Alfalfa Center	Eastern end of Route 77 overlap
Mississippi River		341.248	549.185	Cairo Mississippi River Bridge; Missouri–Illinois state line
					US 60 east / US 62 east – Cairo	Continuation into Illinois
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access