U.S. Route 84
United States Numbered Highway in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is an east–west[lower-alpha 1] United States Numbered Highway that started as a short Georgia–Alabama route in the original 1926 scheme. Later, in 1941, it had been extended all the way to Colorado. The highway's eastern terminus is a short distance east of Midway, Georgia, at an Interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95). The road continues toward the nearby Atlantic Ocean as a county road. Its western terminus is in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, at an intersection with US 160.[1]
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Length | 1,919 mi[citation needed] (3,088 km) | |||
Existed | 1926[citation needed]–present | |||
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West end | US 160 at Pagosa Springs, CO | |||
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East end | I-95 / SR 38 near Midway, GA | |||
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Country | United States | |||
States | Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia | |||
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The section from Brunswick, Georgia, to Roscoe, Texas, has been designated by five state legislatures as part of the El Camino East–West Corridor. The designation was in recognition of its history as a migration route from the Atlantic coast to the present Mexican border, one of the routes that Spanish settlers called El Camino Real. (In Louisiana, the route was called the Harrisonburg Road.) The designation is intended to promote the route for both tourism and NAFTA-facilitated trade with Mexico.[2][3] States are asking for federal funds to widen the US 84 El Camino East–West Corridor.