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U.S. Highway 70
United States Highway 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona.
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Termini
As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is Atlantic, North Carolina . Its western terminus is Globe, Arizona at U.S. Highway 60.
Originally it reached downtown Los Angeles even though it was duplexed with U.S. Highway 99 and/or U.S. Highway 60 throughout its course west of Globe, Arizona. Beginning in 1964 it was decommissioned in favor of Interstate 10 or US 60.
States Traversed
The highway passes through the following states:
Notable cities on the route
- Goldsboro, North Carolina
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Durham, North Carolina
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- Hickory, North Carolina
- Asheville, North Carolina
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Jackson, Tennessee
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Ardmore, Oklahoma
- Plainview, Texas
- Roswell, New Mexico
- Las Cruces, New Mexico
Related U.S. routes
- U.S. Highway 170
- U.S. Highway 270
- U.S. Highway 370
- U.S. Highway 470
- List of United States Highways
Source and External Link
- U.S. Highways: from US 1 to (US 830) (Robert V. Droz)
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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