Re: Help me out: Paducah, KY to Iola, KS


"Larry Harvilla" <roads@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> How fast and/or truck-friendly is US 60 from Paducah to Springfield, MO?
> This is the segment that particularly concerns me if I choose to go that
> way; from Springfield, I think I'd be looking at US 160 west to US 69
> north to US 54 west into Iola, and none of that looks too bad on a map.
>

US 60 is *mostly* 4lane from around Charleston, IL to Springfield, MO.
There are a couple segments west of Poplar Bluff that are still 2lanes.

US 160 has some twists and turns west of Springfield and lots of small
communities. Last time I was through the area, there was major road
construction on US 160 between the MO State Line and Pittsburg. The detour
wasn't well marked.

You may wish to consider when you get to Springfield to stay on 60 until it
turns into MO 360, then following 360 to I-44. Then west on 44 to US 71 .
>From there, you could take 71 north to Nevada then US 54 to Iola. That's
just my opinion of course ;)


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