What is U.S. Route 56?
{{Infobox road | country = USA | type = US | route = 56 | map = US 56 map.png | length_mi = 640 | length_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=End of US highway 56 |url=https://www.usends.com/56.html |website=US Ends .com |accessdate=23 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | established = 1957<ref>{{cite map|title=Official Road Map of New Mexico|year=1957|scale=1:1,267,200|publisher=[[New Mexico Department of Transportation|New Mexico State Highway Department]]|cartography=Louis Hesch|sections=9B,8B|location=Santa Fe|url=https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgis/datasets/bf6b67ae-6d61-4f2b-bc7c-b74d068a0261/1957Map.original.zip|format=ZIP File|access-date=August 3, 2019}}</ref> | direction_a = West | terminus_a = {{Jct|state=NM|BL|25|dab1=Springer|US|412|NM|21}} at [[Springer, New Mexico|Springer, NM]] | junction = {{plainlist| *{{Jct|state=KS|US|50}} at [[Dodge City, Kansas|Dodge City, KS]] *{{Jct|state=KS|I|135|US|81}} at [[McPherson, Kansas|McPherson, KS]] *{{Jct|state=KS|I|335|KTA}} near [[Admire, Kansas|Admire, KS]] *{{Jct|state=KS|US|75}} 3 miles east of [[Scranton, Kansas|Scranton, KS]] *{{Jct|state=KS|US|59}} 4 miles west of [[Baldwin City, Kansas|Baldwin City, KS]] *{{Jct|state=KS|I|35|US|50}} at [[Gardner, Kansas|Gardner, KS]] *{{Jct|state=KS|US|169|K|7}} at [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe, KS]] *{{Jct|state=KS|I|435|US|50}} at [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa, KS]] *{{Jct|state=KS|US|69}} at [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park, KS]] *{{Jct|state=KS|I|35|US|69|US|169}} at [[Shawnee Mission, Kansas|Shawnee Mission, KS]] }} | direction_b = East | terminus_b = {{Jct|state=MO|US|71}} at [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City, MO]] | states = [[New Mexico]], [[Texas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], [[Missouri]] }} '''U.S. Route 56''' ('''US 56''') is an east&ndash;west [[United States highway]]. It goes for {{convert|640|mi|km}} in the [[Midwestern United States]]. The highway's eastern endpoint is at [[U.S. Route 71 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 71]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. Its western endpoint is at [[Interstate 25 Business (Springer, New Mexico)|Inter