Missouri State Highway 16 (decommissioned)
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- For the current highway, see Missouri State Highway 16.
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| Route 16
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| width="50%" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | Length:
| width="50%" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 344 mi (550 km)
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" width="50%" style="text-align:left; font-size:9pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:top;"| Established:
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" width="50%" style="font-size:9pt; padding-left:3px;"|1922
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" width="50%" style="text-align:left; font-size:9pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:top;"| Decommissioned:
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" width="50%" style="font-size:9pt; padding-left:2px;"|1930
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" width="50%" style="text-align:left; font-size:9pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:top;"| Direction:
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" width="50%" style="font-size:9pt; padding-left:2px;"|East-West
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" width="50%" style="text-align:left; font-size:9pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:top;"| From:
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" width="50%" style="font-size:9pt; padding-left:2px;"|Mississippi River
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" width="50%" style="text-align:left; font-size:9pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:top;"| To:
| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" width="50%" style="font-size:9pt; padding-left:2px;"|Oklahoma state line
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="50%" style="text-align:left; font-size:9pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:top;"| Cities on route:
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="50%" style="font-size:9pt; padding-left:3px;"|Charleston
Bertrand
Sikeston
Morehouse
Grayridge
Essex
Dexter
Dudley
Fisk
Poplar Bluff
Van Buren
Fremont
Winona
Birch Tree
Mountain View
Willow Springs
Cabool
Mountain Grove
Norwood
Mansfield
Seymour
Fordland
Rogersville
Springfield
Brookline
Republic
Billings
McKinley
Marionville
Aurora
Verona
Monett
Granby
Neosho
Seneca
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Former Missouri State Highway 16 was one of the original 1922 highways in Missouri. In 1926, it was replaced with U.S. Route 60. The current US 60 now bypasses several sections of the older highway.
When US 60 was created, it ended in Springfield, Missouri. Missouri 16 continued to connect Springfield to Oklahoma west of Neosho until US 60 was extended to Amarillo, Texas.
From Springfield, the route was multiplexed with U.S. Route 66 west from Springfield. It turned off US 66 and passedthrough Brookline. The route ran in a zig-zag through Republic, Billings, and Marionville. Another major older section of the road can be found in Granby, where the old section is still named "Old Highway 16". It took a different route, now down local roads and current Missouri State Highway 86, to Neosho, and still a different route from Neosho to Seneca.
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