May 5, 2009: Kansas City, Kansas. This is after the rerouting of US 24/40 onto I-70 in KCK, taking away the independent segment of those routes east of US 73/KS 7. US 69 and 169 bump against each other repeatedly in the KC area. The numbers have even swapped roads a few times. There are some ways to iron it out — without dumping more onto the interstates, I might add — but it’s unlikely to happen.
I’ve traveled every mile of US 69 from the Texas/Oklahoma state line to its north end in Albert Lea.