Interstate 49 in Missouri
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
Length | 183.96 mi[1] (296.05 km) | |||
Existed | December 12, 2012–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | I-49 at the Arkansas state line | |||
North end | I-435 / I-470 / US 50 / US 71 in Kansas City | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Missouri | |||
Counties | McDonald, Newton, Jasper, Barton, Vernon, Bates, Cass, Jackson | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 49 (I-49) is an
Upon completion, the highway will connect Kansas City to Texarkana, Arkansas and Shreveport along with Lafayette, Louisiana and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Route description
I-49 enters Missouri from the Arkansas state line on the Bella Vista Bypass near Pineville. After continuing north for five miles (8.0 km), US 71 rejoins I-49 at exit 4 and is concurrent with it for the remainder of its length. It passes through many smaller communities before reaching Joplin. In Joplin, I-49 junctions with I-44 and begins a short overlap with I-44 between exits 11 and 18, heading east.
Just a few miles east of Joplin, I-49 leaves I-44, heads north, and enters Carthage. I-49 then passes through Nevada and other communities before reaching the Kansas City area. I-49 intersects with I-470 and I-435, which provide connections to I-70, Downtown Loop, I-35, and I-29.
In south Kansas City, at Bannister Road just north of the Grandview Triangle, the I-49 designation ends, the freeway continues as US 71, which proceeds into downtown Kansas City as Bruce R. Watkins Memorial Drive.
History
Arkansas and Missouri pursued an I-49 designation for US 71 and I-540 for a number of years. In the early 2000s, there were plans by both states to renumber the roadway as such between I-44 west of Joplin and I-40 at Fort Smith once new roadway had been completed around Bella Vista, Arkansas, and north to Pineville, Missouri.[2] However, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering denied the I-49 designation at their annual meeting in September 2007 because none of the new roadway was under construction.[3]
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) announced the Joplin-to-Kansas City upgrade of US 71 in August 2010, to be done with the intention of bringing the I-49 designation to Missouri.[4] The I-49 upgrade involved removing all at-grade intersections and constructing interchanges and overpasses at 15 sites between Harrisonville and Lamar.[5] The two-year project represented a shift in funding priorities for MoDOT, which, in 2007, had announced the indefinite postponement of its portion of the Bella Vista bypass project, citing a $139 million (equivalent to $197 million in 2023[6]) funding gap in Arkansas between construction costs and toll revenues, and Arkansas's commitment to only a two-lane bypass constructed over six years.[7]
MoDOT began installing I-49 trailblazer signage (without shields) as well as gantry signs and milemarkers, about 1200 signs in all, in February 2012. I-49 signage shields were covered or turned from view until the I-49 designation was given final approval by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This includes milemarkers at 0.2-mile (0.32 km) intervals along the entire alignment apart from I-44.[8]
The I-49 designation in Missouri became official at noon on December 12, 2012. state line still have not been built to meet Interstate standards.
In 2012, Missouri had $40 million (equivalent to $52.5 million in 2023[6]) available for its portion of the Bella Vista bypass but moved the money elsewhere in 2013.[10] They planned on using money from a proposed constitutional amendment which would have raised the sales tax; however, this was defeated by voters in August 2014. Arkansas announced it will not extend its section to Missouri until construction begins on the Missouri section.[11]
In March 2019, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approved the remaining funding needed to complete the portion of the Bella Vista Bypass within the state.[12] On April 1, 2020, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded a $58.7 million contract for the construction of the five-mile (8.0 km) portion of highway. Construction started on May 11, 2020,[13] and the entire bypass opened on October 1, 2021, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony held the day prior,[14] fully completing I-49 within the state.
Exit list
County | Location | mi[15] | km | Exit[15] | Destinations | Notes |
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McDonald | | 0.000 | 0.000 | I-49 south – Fort Smith | Arkansas state line | |
| 2.166 | 3.486 | 2 | Route 90 – Noel, Jane[16] | ||
| 4.798– 4.989 | 7.722– 8.029 | 4 | US 71 south – Bella Vista | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; southern end of US 71 overlap; former southern end of I-49 before October 1, 2021 | |
Pineville | 5.987 | 9.635 | 5 | Route H – Pineville, Noel | ||
| 7.821 | 12.587 | 7 | Route EE – Pineville, Lanagan | ||
| 10.953 | 17.627 | 10 | Route 76 – Anderson | ||
| 16.033 | 25.803 | 16 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 17.217 | 27.708 | 17 | Route B / Route BB – Goodman | ||
I-49 BL north / Route AA | ||||||
Neosho | 24.305 | 39.115 | 24 | US 60 – Seneca, Neosho | ||
27.321 | 43.969 | 27 | ||||
| 30.315 | 48.787 | 30 | Iris Road | ||
| 33.322 | 53.627 | 33 | I-49 BL north / Route 175 (Gateway Drive) | ||
| 35.343 | 56.879 | 35 | Route V – Diamond | ||
Newton–Jasper county line | | 39.352 | 63.331 | 39A | Route FF (32nd Street) | Signed as exit 39 southbound |
Tulsa | Southern end of I-44 overlap; signed as exits 39B (north) and 39C (west) northbound, exits 11B (north) and 11A (west) southbound | |||||
| 41.090 | 66.128 | 13 | Prigmor Avenue – Joplin | Opened November 2015 | |
| 43.325 | 69.725 | 15 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
Fidelity | 46.318 | 74.542 | 18 (NB) 46 (SB) | I-44 east / Route 59 south – Springfield, Diamond | Northern end of I-44 overlap; signed as exits 18A (south) and 18B (east) northbound, exits 46A (south) and 46B (east) southbound | |
47.650 | 76.685 | 47 | Cedar Road | |||
Carthage | 50.151 | 80.710 | 49 | Route 571 north (Garrison Avenue) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
50.946 | 81.990 | 50 | Route HH (Fir Road) – Carterville | |||
52.071 | 83.800 | 51 | Fairview Avenue | |||
53.775 | 86.542 | 53 | ||||
55.844 | 89.872 | 55 | Civil War Road | |||
| 56.920 | 91.604 | 56 | Route V (Garrison Avenue) / Route D – Alba | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
| 63.314 | 101.894 | 63 | Route M / Route N | ||
Jasper | 66.516 | 107.047 | 66 | Route H / Route K – Jasper | ||
Pittsburg, Golden City | ||||||
| 74.702 | 120.221 | 74 | 30th Road | Opened November 2013 | |
US 160 – Mindenmines, Lamar | ||||||
| 80.803 | 130.040 | 80 | Route DD / Route EE | ||
| 83.819 | 134.894 | 83 | Route V / Route C – Irwin | ||
Vernon | | 89.042 | 143.299 | 88 | Route N / Route B – Bronaugh, Sheldon | |
| 92.065 | 148.164 | 91 | Route BB / Route DD – Bellamy | ||
| 96.050 | 154.577 | 95 | Route E – Milo | ||
102.483 | 164.930 | 102A | US 54 – Nevada, El Dorado Springs | Signed as exit 102 northbound | ||
103.131 | 165.973 | 102B | I-49 BL south – Nevada | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
103.787 | 167.029 | 103 | Highland Avenue | |||
| 107.263 | 172.623 | 107 | Route M – Compton Junction | ||
| 110.595 | 177.985 | 110 | Route D – Stotesbury | ||
| 112.351 | 180.811 | 112 | Horton | ||
| 116.570 | 187.601 | 116 | Route TT | ||
Bates | Rich Hill | 120.974 | 194.689 | 120 | Route A / Route B – Rich Hill, Osceola | |
| 129.539 | 208.473 | 129 | Route 52 east – Appleton City | Southern end of Route 52 overlap | |
| 130.795 | 210.494 | 130 | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
Butler | 132.153 | 212.680 | 131 | Route 52 – Butler, Amoret | Northern end of Route 52 overlap | |
| 136.849 | 220.237 | 136 | |||
Adrian | 141.896 | 228.359 | 141 | Route 18 – Adrian, Clinton | ||
| 144.417 | 232.417 | 144 | Route AA / Route E | ||
Cass | Archie | 147.789 | 237.843 | 147 | Route A / Route B – Archie, Drexel | |
Harrisonville | 153.470 | 246.986 | 153 | 307th Street | ||
157.455 | 253.399 | 157 | Route 7 south – Clinton | Southern end of Route 7 overlap; proposed diverging diamond interchange[17] | ||
158.862 | 255.664 | 158 | Route 2 east (Commercial Street) | Southern end of Route 2 overlap | ||
160.187 | 257.796 | 159 | Route 2 west / Route 7 north (Mechanic Street) | Northern end of Route 2 / Route 7 overlap | ||
160.731 | 258.671 | 160 | Route 291 north – Lee's Summit, Harrisonville | Opened in 2016; existing diamond interchange converted to a diverging diamond interchange[citation needed] | ||
Peculiar | 167.484 | 269.539 | 167 | Route C / Route J – Peculiar | ||
168.905 | 271.826 | 168 | 211th Street / Peculiar Way | Diverging diamond interchange opened September 13, 2016[18] | ||
Raymore | 172.475 | 277.572 | 172 | North Cass Parkway | ||
Belton | 174.426 | 280.711 | 174 | Route 58 – Belton, Raymore | ||
175.658 | 282.694 | 175 | Route Y / 163rd Street | |||
Cass–Jackson county line | Belton–Grandview– Kansas City tripoint | 177.055 | 284.942 | 176 | 155th Street – Belton | Opened on December 15, 2017[19] |
Jackson | Grandview–Kansas City line | 178.043 | 286.532 | 177 | Route 150 | Current interchange converted from the existing diamond interchange |
Grandview | 178.920 | 287.944 | 178 | 140th Street | ||
180.186 | 289.981 | 179 | Main Street | This bridge was replaced and opened on November 22, 2017[citation needed] | ||
180.747 | 290.884 | 180 | Truman Drive | No direct northbound exit | ||
Grandview–Kansas City line | 181.524 | 292.135 | 181 | Blue Ridge Boulevard / Hickman Mills Drive / Longview Road | ||
Kansas City | 182.673 | 293.984 | 182A | Red Bridge Road / Longview Road | ||
183.298– 183.981 | 294.990– 296.089 | 182 | Downtown Kansas City | Signed as exits 182B (north) and 182C (east/west); I-435 exit 71; I-470 exit 1 | ||
Downtown Kansas City | Northern terminus of I-49; northern end of US 71 overlap; highway continues north as US 71 | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ Kennedy, Wally (May 11, 2007). "Plan holds 2008 finish for Range Line Bypass". The Joplin Globe. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (September 29, 2007). "Report for SCOH" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2017.
- ^ a b "I-49 Coming to Missouri" (Press release). Missouri Department of Transportation. August 4, 2010. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ "I-49 Conversion". 2016-07-10. Archived from the original on 2016-07-10. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
- ^ Gross Domestic Product deflatorfigures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
- ^ "Missouri Gateway to Bella Vista Bypass Scrapped". Joplin Independent. October 15, 2007. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
- ^ "New I-49 Signs Being Installed Along US 71" (Press release). Missouri Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- Kansas City Star. September 2, 2012.
- ^ "US 71 Highway to Become I-49 on Wednesday". Kansas City, Missouri: KMBC-TV. December 11, 2012. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
- ^ McGeeney, Ryan (August 7, 2014). "Bella Vista Bypass on Ice after Missouri Rejects Tax". NWA Online. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
- ^ Rosa, Jeff Della (March 7, 2019). "Missouri to complete its part of Bella Vista Bypass by 2022". Talk Business & Politics. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
- ^ Missouri Department of Transportation (April 2, 2020). "Missouri Highways & Transportation Commission Approves I-49 Missouri/Arkansas Connector" (Press release). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ Pierre, Jesse (October 1, 2021). "Highly anticipated Bella Vista bypass opens to public, Friday morning". KNWA-TV. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ a b Missouri Department of Transportation (May 7, 2020). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "MO Route 7 and I-49 Interchange Improvements". Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "MoDOT Kansas City added a new photo". MoDOT Kansas City. Retrieved March 4, 2022 – via Facebook.
- ^ "I-49 and 155th". Missouri Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017.