Picture of what is now I-44 at OK/MO line

[bugo]

Was this MO 266 at this time?  The car appears to be a '55 or '56 Buick.

[Scott5114]

I doubt this had any designation. It was probably just "To Will Rogers Turnpike", and then picked up US 166 at the Baxter Springs turnoff.

[bugo]

I've seen several maps that showed what is now I-44 east of the Baxter Springs interchange as US 166 and the part from the interchange to the OK line as MO 266.

[kinupanda]

MoDOT's 1957 map is the first time this segment is shown as completed, and it is indeed labeled as Route 266.

[Scott5114]

In that case...we likely have a photo showing the entirety of a decommissioned route.

It is a neat photo in any event. It's cool seeing a historic photo of a stretch of road you instantly recognize.

[bugo]

Actually I think that's a '54 Olds.

[Road Hog]

I love that old welcome sign. The newer ones look too much like Mississippi license plates with the stylized S's. I have to look twice to see that it says Missouri.

[US71]

I love that old welcome sign. The newer ones look too much like Mississippi license plates with the stylized S's. I have to look twice to see that it says Missouri.

It changed again a couple years ago

[US71]

I've seen several maps that showed what is now I-44 east of the Baxter Springs interchange as US 166 and the part from the interchange to the OK line as MO 266.

Yes. 166 was rerouted onto what's now I-44 just east of what's now the Diamond/Carthage exit. Old 166 is still visible from I-44:

http://goo.gl/maps/r813E
http://goo.gl/maps/Vqkog

[Road Hog]

I love that old welcome sign. The newer ones look too much like Mississippi license plates with the stylized S's. I have to look twice to see that it says Missouri.

It changed again a couple years ago

Still love the classical one better.

[US71]

I love that old welcome sign. The newer ones look too much like Mississippi license plates with the stylized S's. I have to look twice to see that it says Missouri.

It changed again a couple years ago

Still love the classical one better.

No argument there