American Highway Code US Route 59[II] History
. In 1934, a union of government officials from Missouri, Iowa, as well as Minnesota decided to sign the recent U.S. Route 59 the same as Highway 73 in a try to extend U.S. Route 73 north from Atchison, Kansas. On the other hand, AASHO permitted the route as U.S. Route 59 instead.
. The piece in Missouri was defined in 1922 as Route 52 from Kansas toward St. Joseph, Route 1 all the way from St.Joseph on the road to Tarkio as well as Route 61 from Tarkio toward Iowa. Route 61 became Route 9 in 1926 as well as Route 52 became part of Route 4 in the late 1920s, before it has been removed in favor of U.S. 59 in the 1930s.
. U.S. 59 originally had crossed into North Dakota at Pembina awaiting the early 1950s.
. By the 1960s, U.S. 59 moved from northwest to U.S. 75, crossed the Red River of the North by the side of St. Vincent and ended at U.S. 81 in Pembina (North Dakota). A new-fangled highway and border crossing has been built on the north of Lancaster on the existing alignment.
. The former segment of U.S. 59 between Lancaster and U.S. 75 became Kittson County 6, furthermore the extremely short segment among U.S. 75 as well as U.S. 81 became Minnesota State Highway 171 and North Dakota Highway 59. ND Route 59 still exists in Pembina from the MN-ND border to Interstate 29.
. Starting from 1934 to 1935, the U.S. 59 title referred to a 50-mile-long route diagonally southeastern Minnesota, commencing from Lake City, Minnesota, to the Iowa boundary just short of Chester, Iowa. That whole route is currently part of U.S. Route 63, and nowhere very close to the current U.S. 59 which is established in 1935.
