U.S. Route 84

U.S. Route 84 marker
U.S. Route 84
Map
US 84 highlighted in red
Route information
Length1,919 mi[citation needed] (3,088 km)
Existed1926[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
North end US 160 at Pagosa Springs, CO
Major intersections
East end I-95 / SR 38 near Midway, GA
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesColorado, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia
Highway system
US 83 US 85

U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is an east–west[a] United States Numbered Highway that started as a short GeorgiaAlabama 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 I-95. The road continues toward the nearby Atlantic Ocean as a county road. Its northern terminus is in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, at an intersection with US 160.[1]

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.


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  1. ^ "End of US highway 84". USEnds.com. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "El Camino East/West Commission website". Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  3. ^ "Designating U.S. Highway 84 the 'El Camino East/West Corridor'". Alabama House of Representatives. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

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