The shortest and fastest route between those two places has a halfway point in Kansas. If you're traveling through Missouri, Prairie State Park is near halfway.
It takes about an hour to an hour and a half depending on what route you take. If you take I-35 (fastest route) about half an hour.
It is 580 miles by the fastest MapQuest Route.
I think it was route 66
That would have been the Chisholm Trail.
the chisholm trail a trail from san antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to kansas
The fastest driving route from California to Virgina
2,200 miles
It is I-35 North and I-80 West for 17 hours and 34 minutes according to MapQuest.
Easily. You can drive through numerous states between those two locations although it may not be via the fastest or the shortest route. In this trip, the fastest route does not enter Colorado.
The Johnson's Trail(It also went from abline to san antonio)
It travels through 8. Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.