Interstate 49 in Missouri

This article is about the section of Interstate 49 in Missouri. For the entire route, see Interstate 49.

Interstate 49
Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length	178.717 mi (287.617 km)
Existed	December 12, 2012–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	US 71 in Pineville
Major intersections	I-44 in Joplin
North end	I-435 / I-470 / US 50 / US 71 in Kansas City
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Missouri State Highway System Interstate US State Supplemental
← Route 48 → Route 49

Interstate 49 is the designation of the Interstate Highway System in the U.S. state of Missouri that took effect at noon on December 12, 2012. It overlaps US-71 in the western part of the state, beginning at Pineville, just a few miles north of the Arkansas state line, and ending at I-435 in Kansas City.

Interstate 49 is planned to extend south into Arkansas upon completion of a bypass of Bella Vista, Arkansas, and eventually replace I-540 to Fort Smith. Eventually, the highway is intended to connect with Interstate 49 in Louisiana, connecting Kansas City to Texarkana, Shreveport, and Lafayette, Louisiana.

Route description

Interstate 49 begins in Pineville, Missouri. I-49 passes through many smaller communities before reaching Joplin. In Joplin, I-49 interchanges with Interstate 44 and begin a short concurrency from I-44 exits 11 through 18.

A few miles east of Joplin, I-49 leaves I-44 and heads north and enters Carthage. I-49 passes through Nevada and other communities before reaching the Kansas City area. I-49 intersects with I-435, which provides connections to Des Moines, Iowa, the Twin Cities, Duluth, Minnesota, and Lake Superior via Interstate 35, and to Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Fargo, North Dakota, and Winnipeg, Manitoba via Interstate 29.

In south Kansas City, at Bannister Road just north of the Grandview Triangle, the I-49 designation ends, and the expressway continues as US 71, which proceeds into downtown Kansas City as Bruce R. Watkins Memorial Drive.

History

Current southern terminus of I-49. The closed ramp will serve as the northern end of the Bella Vista Bypass upon completion.

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 rename 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. However, the AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbers and Interstate Highways denied the I-49 designation at their annual meeting in September 2007 because none of the new roadway was under construction.

The I-49 upgrade involved removing all at-grade intersections and constructing interchanges and overpasses at fifteen sites between Harrisonville and Lamar. The two-year project represented a shift in funding priorities for MoDOT which in 2007, announced indefinite postponement of its portion of the Bella Vista bypass project, citing a $139-million dollar funding gap in Arkansas between construction costs and toll revenues, and Arkansas' commitment to only a two-lane bypass constructed over six years. 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.

MoDOT began installing I-49 trailblazer signage (without shields) plus gantry signs and mile markers, about 1200 signs in all, in February 2012. Signage bearing I-49 shields were covered or turned from view until the I-49 designation was given final approval by FHWA. This includes mile markers at 0.2-mile intervals along the entire alignment apart from Interstate 44.

The Interstate 49 designation in Missouri became official at noon on Wednesday, December 12, 2012. The designation applies to 180 miles of current US-71 between Bannister Road (Route W) in south Kansas City and Route H at Pineville, Missouri (McDonald County) which was upgraded to Interstate standards beginning in 2010. The last of the upgrade projects were completed in December 2012, but some designations about 7 miles north of the Arkansas state line still haven't been built to meet interstate standards.

Future

Missouri still has $40 million available for its portion of the Bella Vista bypass.

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
McDonald	Pineville	0.000	0.000	US 71 continues south toward Bella Vista, AR
		0.724	1.165	5	Route H – Pineville, Noel
		2.558	4.117	7	Route EE – Lanagan
	Anderson	5.690	9.157	10	Route 76 – Anderson
	​	10.770	17.333	15	US 71 Bus. / Route 59 – Anderson, Goodman	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Goodman	11.954	19.238	17	Route B / Route C – Goodman
Newton	​	15.486	24.922	20	I-49 BL / Route AA
	Neosho	19.042	30.645	24	US 60 – Seneca, Neosho
		22.058	35.499	27	I-49 BL / Route 86 – Racine, Neosho
	​	25.052	40.317	30	Iris Road
	​	28.059	45.157	33	I-49 BL / Route 175 south – Neosho
	​	30.080	48.409	35	Route V – Diamond	George Washington Carver National Monument
	Joplin	34.089	54.861	39A	Route FF (32nd Street)
Jasper		34.238	55.101	39B–C	I-44 west / Route 249 north – Tulsa, Joplin	South end of I-44 overlap
		38.061	61.253	15	I-44 BL / Route 66 west – Duenweg	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	​	41.054	66.070	18A–B	I-44 east / Route 59 south – Springfield, Diamond	North end of I-44 overlap
	​	42.386	68.214	47	Cedar Road
	Carthage	44.887	72.239	49	Route 571 north (Garrison Avenue)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		45.682	73.518	50	Route HH (Fir Road) – Carterville
		46.807	75.329	51	Fairview Avenue
		48.511	78.071	53	I-49 BL south / Route 96 (Central Avenue) / Route 171 north / Route 571 south – Webb City
		50.580	81.401	55	Civil War Road
	Kendricktown	51.656	83.132	56	Route V / Route D (Garrison Avenue) – Alba	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	​	58.050	93.422	63	Route M / Route N
	Jasper	61.252	98.576	66	Route H / Route K – Jasper
Barton	​	65.425	105.291	70	Route 126 – Golden City, Pittsburg
	​			74	30th Road	Opened November 2013
	Lamar	72.006	115.882	77	US 160 – Mindenmines, Lamar
	​	75.538	121.567	80	Route DD / Route EE
	Irwin	78.554	126.420	83	Route C / Route V – Irwin
Vernon	Sheldon	83.777	134.826	88	Route B / Route N – Bronaugh, Sheldon
	​	86.800	139.691	91	Route BB / Route DD – Bellamy
	​	90.785	146.104	95	Route E – Milo
	Nevada	96.121	154.692	101	I-49 BL north / Route K – Nevada, Camp Clark
		97.218	156.457	102A	US 54 – Nevada, El Dorado Springs
				102B	I-49 BL south – Nevada	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		98.522	158.556	103	Highland Avenue
	​	101.998	164.150	107	Route M – Compton Junction
	​	105.330	169.512	110	Route D – Stotesbury
	Horton	107.086	172.338	112	Horton
	​	111.305	179.128	116	Route TT
Bates	Rich Hill	115.709	186.216	120	Route A / Route B – Rich Hill, Osceola
	​	124.273	199.998	129	Route 52 east – Appleton City	South end of Route 52 overlap
	Butler	125.529	202.019	130	I-49 BL north – Butler	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		126.887	204.205	131	Route 52 west – Amoret, Butler	North end of Route 52 overlap
	​	131.583	211.762	136	I-49 BL south / Route D / Route F – Passaic
	Adrian	136.630	219.885	141	Route 18 – Adrian, Clinton
	​	139.151	223.942	144	Route AA / Route E
Cass	Archie	142.523	229.369	147	Route A / Route B – Archie, Drexel
	​	148.204	238.511	153	307th Street
	Harrisonville	152.189	244.924	157	Route 7 south – Clinton	South end of Route 7 overlap
		152.358	245.196	158	Route 2 east (Commercial Street)	South end of Route 2 overlap
		154.922	249.323	159	Route 2 west / Route 7 north (Wall Street)	North end of Route 2/Route 7 overlap
		155.478	250.218	160	Route 291 north – Harrisonville, Lee's Summit
	Peculiar	162.219	261.066	167	Route C / Route J – Peculiar
	​			168	211th Street	Coming in Spring 2015
	​	167.211	269.100	172	North Cass Parkway
	Belton			174	Route 58 – Belton, Raymore
		169.162	272.240	175	Route YModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
		171.792	276.472	176	155th Street
Jackson	Grandview	172.774	278.053	177	Route 150
		174.922	281.510	179	Main Street
		175.483	282.413	180	Truman Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		176.260	283.663	181	Blue Ridge Boulevard, Hickman Mills Drive, Longview Road
	Kansas City	177.406	285.507	182	Red Bridge Road	Includes Longview Road southbound
		178.034	286.518	183	I-435 east / I-470 / US 50 – Wichita, Kansas, Lee's Summit
		178.553	287.353	184	I-435 north – Des Moines	No southbound exit to I-435 north
				185	Route WModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	To I-435 Northbound
		178.717	287.617	I-49 ends US 71 continues north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

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