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*** This Page is under construction very slowly ***
Why US 36?
Why a web page devoted to a secondary US highway that neither
spans the US nor is the subject of literature, historical essays, or
popular songs? Several reasons. First, one of the authors of this page
has lived on or near the road for many years and both have traversed
1000 miles of its length many times - we like this road. Second, like
many things in the midwest, US 36 is not flashy or trendy, but a utilitarian
and "pleasant" regional route which has provided access to the Rockies for a
few generations of midwesterners - the road has some history and
character. Finally, the route is disappearing: it is slowly but
surely being modified into a limited-access highway, labelled I-72 in
Illinois and US 36 in Missouri and Kansas - the road provides an
interesting example-in-progress of the life cycle of an old 2 lane thru
route.
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Sign of past times, near Norton, Kansas
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Sign of Current times, central Missouri
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(warning: only the Colorado link works right now....)
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