Missouri Route 266

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Missouri Route 266" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Route 266
Route 266 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length	16.237 mi[1] (26.131 km)
Major junctions
West end	Route 96 west of Halltown
East end	I-44 / I-44 BL at Springfield
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Highway system
Missouri State Highway System Interstate US State Supplemental
← Route 265 → Route 267

Route 266 is a section of former U.S. Route 66 (US 66) with termini between Interstate 44 (I-44) at Springfield and Route 96 west of Halltown. The road runs as a two-lane highway its entire length of 16 miles (26 km) and is marked as Historic Route 66.

Route 266 starts at its intersection of Missouri Route 96 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of I-44.^[2] At Halltown, the Route meets Route Z. In 12.5 miles (20.1 km), Route 266 deviates from old US 66 in a project to improve access to Springfield-Branson Regional Airport.^{[clarification needed]} For 1 mile (1.6 km), the route follows the new roadway. At the Partial cloverleaf interchange at Interstate 44, the road continues as Interstate 44 Business.

Route 266 was originally assigned to a new expressway built through downtown Springfield (specifically, Chestnut Expressway between College Street and Glenstone Avenue). As Interstate 44 was constructed, and US 66 was assigned concurrently with it, the now former US 66 from Springfield to Route 96 was added to Route 266. The westernmost section (which passed through Paris Springs Junction and Spencer) would be turned into county roads. Eventually, Chestnut Expressway would be designated Interstate 44 Business, and Route 266 would have its current route.

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Lawrence	Ozark Township	0.000	0.000	Route 96
	Halltown	2.554	4.110	Route Z
Greene	Pond Creek Township	4.892	7.873	Route F
		5.651	9.094	Route K
	Center Township	10.933	17.595	Route T
		13.566	21.832	Route AB
		14.068	22.640	Route B
	Springfield	16.156– 16.173	26.001– 26.028	I-44	exit 72 on I-44
		16.237	26.131	I-44 BL
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

This Missouri road-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This article relating to the United States Numbered Highway System is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e