CanAm Highway | ||||
US 85 highlighted in red | ||||
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Length | 1,479 mi[citation needed] (2,380 km) | |||
Existed | 1926[citation needed]–present | |||
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Country | United States | |||
States | Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota | |||
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U.S. Route 85 (US 85) is a 1,479-mile-long (2,380 km) north–south United States Highway that travels in the Mountain and Northern Plains states of the United States. The southern terminus of the highway is at the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas, connecting with Mexican Federal Highway 45. The northern terminus is at the Canadian border in Fortuna, North Dakota, where the route continues north as Saskatchewan Highway 35. The highway route is part of the CanAm Highway. Sections of US 85 are designated as the Theodore Roosevelt Expressway.