Bannered Routes of U.S. Route 66 - Springfield, MO Business Loop

Springfield, MO Business Loop

Business US Highway 66 (also "City US 66" until 1960) was an old alignment of U.S. Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri. In 1948, US 66 was moved from downtown (it followed Glenstone Avenue, St. Louis Street, College Street, and Chestnut Expressway) onto a new alignment onto Kearney Street (now Route 744) and West Bypass and the old highway became the business route. With the completion of Interstate 44, Business I-44 was concurrent with it and US 66 was concurrent with I-44 (Kearney Street became, briefly, Bypass 66). By the late 1960s, Bypass 66 was deleted and the old bypass became the new Business 66 (the old Bus 66 was left as Business I-44 for a while, then turned over to the city). In 1970, Business 66 was done away with entirely.