U.S. Highway 20
United States Highway 20 is an east-west United States highway. As the "0" in its route number suggests, US 20 is a coast-to-coast route. Though it is not signed in Yellowstone National Park, an implied route from the "eastern" US 20 to the "western" US 20 through the park may be assumed.
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2 Historic termini 3 Alternate routes 4 States traversed 5 Related US Routes 6 Sources and external links |
Termini
As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is in downtown Boston, Massachusetts at an intersection with Massachusetts Highway 2. Its western terminus is in Newport, Oregon at an intersection with U.S. Highway 101, within a mile of the Pacific Ocean.
Historic termini
Until 1940, the western endpoint of US 20 was the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park.
Alternate routes
As of 2004, US 20 has two alternate routes.
Alternate US 20 in New York has an eastern terminus about five miles west of Canandaigua, the county seat of Ontario County. It rejoins US 20 in the Buffalo suburb of Lackawanna, near the intersection of US 20 and US 62. While the main line of US 20 takes a direct path to Buffalo via Avon, Alternate US 20 veers to the south to serve Geneseo. The town of Attica, famous for the Attica Prison riots of 1971, lies between US 20 and Alternate US 20.
Alternate US 20 in Ohio has an eastern terminus in the Toledo suburb of Maumee. It rejoins US 20 north of Montpelier, shortly before the Indiana border. The arrow-straight parallel routes are never more than five miles apart for the entire 50-mile stretch through the Ohio farm country, with the main line of US 20 taking the more northerly route. Alternate US 20 is little more than a toll-free alternative to Interstate 80, a mile to its north.
States traversed
The highway passes through the following states:
Related US Routes
Sources and external links
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