However, a 2003 conference encouraged the establishment of new interstate bicycle routes, as well as proposing the extension the two existing ones, 76's western terminus being conjectured on the Oregon coast.

In Kansas, USBR 76 runs from the Colorado state line at K-96 near Towner, Colorado, to the Missouri state line at K-126 near Pittsburg, Kansas.

The route begins at the Kansas border 28 miles (45 km) west of Golden City, continuing east across 348.5 miles (560.9 km) of the state before reaching the Mississippi River just west of Chester, Illinois.

[10] The route passes along the following roads and through the following counties and communities: Total miles: 560.1 U.S.

[14][15] It travels along the Virginia Capital Trail for 15.7 miles (25.3 km).