U.S. Route 71 in Missouri

U.S. Route 71
Route information
	Maintained by MoDOT
Major junctions
South end:	U.S. 71 at Jane; I-49 in Pineville (current southern terminus of the Missouri section of I-49); I-44 in Joplin; I-435 / I-470 / I-49 in Kansas City (northern terminus of I-49); I-70 in Kansas City; I-29 / I-35 in Kansas City
North end:	US 71 near Clearmont
Highway system

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 71 in Missouri. For the entire length of the highway, see U.S. Route 71.

U.S. Route 71 (US 71) is a major north–south U.S. Highway that runs from Louisiana to Canada. US 71 enters Missouri from Arkansas in the town of Jane. US 71 serves the cities of Joplin, Kansas City and St. Joseph. At noon on December 12, 2012, the section of US 71 between Pineville, Missouri and Bannister Road in south Kansas City was also designated as a northern extension of Interstate 49 (I-49).

Route description [edit]

First reassurance marker on US 71 after entering Missouri from Iowa.

US 71 enters Missouri in Jane coming from Arkansas. Currently, a new bypass is being built known as the Bella Vista Bypass, to go around Jane and Bella Vista, Arkansas to connect with the freeway section of US 71 near Pineville. At this point, Interstate 49 begins its concurrency with US 71. I-49 and US 71 pass through many smaller communities before reaching Joplin. In Joplin, I-49 and US 71 interchanges with Interstate 44 and begin a short concurrency from I-44 exits 11 through 18.

A few miles east of Joplin, I-49 and US 71 leave I-44 and heads north and enters Carthage. Due to the freeway being built, old sections of the highway have been bypassed and become county roads. They are known locally as the "lost highway".^[1] I-49 and US 71 pass through Nevada and other communities before reaching the Kansas City area. In south Kansas City, at Bannister Road just north of The 3-Trails Crossing Memorial Highway (formerly the Grandview Triangle), US 71 ends its conurrency with I-49, and continues into downtown Kansas City as Bruce R. Watkins Memorial Drive. US 71 loses its freeway status for 3 blocks in Kansas City before becoming a freeway again and entering Downtown Kansas City. It is very unlikely that the freeway will continue all the way through, as a court order prevents the stoplights to be bypassed, even though MoDot has the necessary right of way to do so.

In northern Kansas City, US 71 shares many overlaps with interstates, including I-70, I-35, Interstate 29 in Missouri. US 71 runs with I-29 through Kansas City north of Downtown until St. Joseph.

Once in St. Joseph, US 71 leaves I-29. US 71 runs north to Maryville. US 71 serves the small community of Clearmont before running through countryside into Iowa.

US 71 north of the Arkansas border.

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Junction list [edit]

County	Location	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
McDonald	Jane			Route OO south to Hwy. 279
	Jane			Route 90 – Noel, Washburn
	Pineville			US 71 Bus. north – Pineville	South end of I-49 concurrency
	Pineville		5	Route H – Pineville, Noel
			7	Route EE – Lanagan
	Anderson		10	Route 76 – Anderson
			16	US 71 Bus. / Route 59 – Anderson, Goodman	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Goodman		17	Route B / Route C – Goodman
Newton			20	I-49 Bus. / Route AA
	Neosho		24	US 60 – Seneca, Neosho
	Neosho		27	I-49 Bus. / Route 86 – Racine, Neosho
			30	Iris Road
			33	I-49 Bus. / Route 175 south – Neosho
			35	Route V – Diamond	George Washington Carver National Monument
	Joplin		39A	Route FF (32nd Street)
Jasper			39B	Route 249 – Joplin
			39C	I-44 west – Tulsa	South end of I-44 overlap
			15	I-44 Bus. / Route 66 west – Duenweg	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			18A–B	I-44 east / Route 59 south – Springfield, Diamond	North end of I-44 overlap
			47	Cedar Road
	Carthage		49	Route 571 north (Garrison Avenue)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			50	Route HH (Fir Road) – Carterville
			51	Fairview Avenue
			53	I-49 Bus. south / Route 96 (Central Avenue) / Route 171 north / Route 571 south – Webb City
			55	Civil War Road
	Kendricktown		56	Route V / Route D (Garrison Avenue) – Alba	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			63	Route M / Route N
	Jasper		66	Route H / Route K – Jasper	North end of freeway
Barton			70	Route 126 – Golden City, Pittsburg
	Lamar		77	US 160 – Mindenmines, Lamar
			80	Route DD / Route EE
	Irwin		83	Route V / Route C – Irwin	Interchange
Vernon	Sheldon		88	Route N / Route B – Bronaugh, Sheldon	Interchange
			91	Route BB / Route DD – Bellamy
			95	Route E – Milo
	Nevada		101	I-49 Bus. north / Route K – Nevada, Camp Clark	Interchange
			102A	US 54 – Nevada, El Dorado Springs	Interchange
			102B	I-49 Bus. south – Nevada	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
			103	Highland Avenue
			107	Route M – Compton Junction
			110	Route D – Stotesbury
	Horton		112	Horton
			116	Route TT
Bates	Rich Hill		120	Route A / Route B – Rich Hill, Osceola
			129	Route 52 east – Appleton City	South end of Route 52 overlap
	Butler		130	I-49 Bus. north – Butler	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Butler		131	Route 52 west – Amoret, Butler	North end of Route 52 overlap
			136	I-49 Bus. south / Route D / Route F – Passaic	Interchange
	Adrian		141	Route 18 – Adrian, Clinton	Interchange
			144	Route AA / Route E
Cass	Archie		147	Route A / Route B – Archie, Drexel
			153	307th Street
	Harrisonville		157	Route 7 south – Clinton	South end of Route 7 overlap; south end of freeway
			158	Route 2 east (Commercial Street)	South end of Route 2 overlap
			159	Route 2 west / Route 7 north (Wall Street)	North end of Route 2/Route 7 overlap
			160	Route 291 north – Harrisonville, Lee's Summit
	Peculiar		167	Route C / Route J – Peculiar
			168	211th Street	Coming in Spring 2015
			172	North Cass Parkway
	Belton		174	Route 58 – Belton, Raymore
			175	Route Y / 163rd Street
		176	155th Street
Jackson	Grandview		177	Route 150
			179	Main Street
			180	Truman Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			181	Blue Ridge Boulevard, Hickman Mills Drive, Longview Road
	Kansas City		182	Red Bridge Road	Includes Longview Road southbound
			183	I-435 east / I-470 / US 50 – Wichita, Kansas, Lee's Summit
			184	I-435 – Des Moines	No southbound exit to I-435 north
			185	Route W (Bannister Road)	North end of I-49 concurrency/To I-435 Northbound
			186	Blue River Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			186	85th Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			187	75th Street	North end of freeway
				Gregory Boulevard	Traffic signal
				69th Street	Traffic signal
				Meyer Boulevard, 63rd Street	Freeway resumes for this exit then ends again
				59th Street	Traffic signal
				55th Street	Traffic signal
				51st Street	Traffic signal
			190	US 56 west (Swope Parkway) / Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard	South end of freeway
			191	39th Street
			192	Linwood Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			193	29th Street
			194	The Paseo	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			195	22nd Street	Southbound exit for The Paseo
			196	Truman Road to I-70 east	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			197	I-670 west – Topeka
				I-70 east – St. Louis	No northbound exit; south end of I-70 overlap
				11th Street	Northbound and Southbound exit and Northbound entrance, Southbound Entrance is with 10th Street to US-71 South
				US 24 east (Independence Avenue) / Admiral Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				I-35 south / I-70 west – Wichita, Topeka	North end of I-70 overlap; south end of I-29/I-35 overlap
				US 24 east (Independence Avenue) / The Paseo	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Clay	North Kansas City			East Levee Road
				Bedford Avenue
				16th Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				Armour Road
	Kansas City			Northeast Parvin Road
			1B	I-35 north – Des Moines	North end of I-35 overlap
			1A	Northeast Davidson Road
			1C&D	Route 283 (Oak Trafficway)
			1E	US 69 (Northeast Vivian Road)	Northbound exit for US 169 south
			2	US 169 – Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, Smithville
Platte			3A	Route AA (Northwest Waukomis Drive)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			3B	I-635 south – Riverside
			3C	Route A south – Riverside	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			4	Northwest 56th Street	No southbound exit
			5	Route 45 west (Northwest 64th Street)
			6	Northwest 72nd Street
			8	Route 152 – Parkville, Liberty
			9A&B	Northwest Barry Road
			10	Northwest Tiffany Springs Parkway
			12	Northwest 112th Street
			13	Route D to I-435 – Kansas City International Airport
			14	I-435 east – Des Moines	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of I-435 overlap
			15	Mexico City Avenue – Kansas City International Airport
	Platte City		17	I-435 south – Topeka, Wichita	North end of I-435 overlap
			18	Route 92 – Platte City, Smithville
			19	Route HH – Platte City
			20	Route 273 west – Tracy
Concurrency terminus Closed/former HOV only Incomplete access Tolled/ETC Unopened