User:HighwayMaster/Interstate 50
NHS | Entire route |
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Major junctions | |
West end | I-17 near Tuba City, AZ |
I-25 near Raton, NM I-35 near Perry, OK I-44 in Tulsa, OK I-49 in Springdale, AR I-55 in Hayti, MO I-69 in Dyersburg, TN | |
East end | I-40 in Jackson, TN |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Highway system | |
Interstate 50 is an east-west Interstate highway in the United States. It follows U.S. Routes 160, 64, and 412 over its length.
Route description
[edit]Arizona
[edit]Interstate 50 begins at an interchange with I-17 just outside of Tuba City. From there, it follows U.S. Route 160 thru Kayenta and Teec Nos Pos before it enters New Mexico.
New Mexico
[edit]I-50 enters New Mexico near Shiprock, and follows U.S. Route 64, intersects I-25 south of Raton, and enters Oklahoma.
Oklahoma
[edit]I-50 enters Oklahoma near Boise City. It follows U.S. Route 412, intersects I-35 near Perry and I-44 in Tulsa, and enters Arkansas. I-50 follows the Cimarron and Cherokee Turnpikes in Oklahoma.
Arkansas
[edit]I-50 enters Arkansas in Siloam Springs. It intersects I-49 in Springdale, and follows US 412 the rest of the way thru Arkansas into Missouri.
Missouri
[edit]I-50 only enters Missouri for 50 miles, the shortest state distance on I-50. It intersects I-55 in Hayti and then crosses the Mississippi River on the Caruthersville Bridge into Tennessee.
Tennessee
[edit]I-50 enters its last state, Tennessee, just west of Dyersburg, where it also intersects I-69. From there, it follows US 412 to its terminus at I-40 in Jackson.