History
Today's U.S. Route 385 is the second route to bear the number. The original route eventually became part of U.S. 87 and the U.S. 385 designation was decommissioned around 1935.
The current U.S. 385 first appeared in 1959. Originally, the route continued along U.S. 287 north of Lamar, Colorado, splitting in Kit Carson to follow U.S. 40 east to meet up with the present-day alignment in Cheyenne Wells.
In South Dakota, in 2009, the South Dakota Department of Transportation designated US-16/US-385 between Custer and Hill City, which passes by the Crazy Horse Memorial, now being carved in the Black Hills. This segment of US-385 is also a part of the George Hearst Memorial Highway.
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