Interstate 49 in Missouri
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I-49 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
Length | 178.717 mi[1] (287.617 km) | |||
Status | Connection to I-49 in Arkansas under construction | |||
Existed | December 12, 2012–present | |||
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Counties | McDonald, Newton, Jasper, Barton, Vernon, Bates, Cass, Jackson | |||
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Interstate 49 (I-49) is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Missouri that was designated on December 12, 2012. It overlaps U.S. Route 71 (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 and I-470 on the southeast side of Kansas City.
I-49 is planned to extend south into Arkansas upon completion of a bypass of Bella Vista, Arkansas, connecting to the new northern Arkansas segment of I-49 (formerly part of I-540 to Fort Smith). Upon completion, the highway will connect with I-49 in Louisiana, connecting Kansas City to Texarkana, Shreveport, and Lafayette, Louisiana.
Route description[]
Currently, the southern terminus of this portion of Interstate 49 is located near Pineville, Missouri, but construction is underway to extend the freeway to the border with Arkansas and connect it with the Bella Vista Bypass.[2][3][4][5] 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 for exits 11 through 18.
Just a few miles east of Joplin, I-49 leaves I-44 and 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 provides connection to I-70 and I-35 and I-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[]
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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.[6] However, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 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.[7]
The I-49 upgrade involved removing all at-grade intersections and constructing interchanges and overpasses at 15 sites between Harrisonville and Lamar. 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 funding gap in Arkansas between construction costs and toll revenues, and Arkansas' commitment to only a two-lane bypass constructed over six years.[8] 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.[9]
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 the Federal Highway Administration. This includes mile markers at two-tenths-mile (320 m) intervals along the entire alignment apart from I-44.[10]
The I-49 designation in Missouri became official at noon on December 12, 2012.[11] The designation applies to 180 miles (290 km) of current US 71 between Bannister Road (Route W) in south Kansas City and Route H at Pineville (McDonald County) which was upgraded to Interstate standards beginning in 2010.[9] The last of the upgrade projects were completed in December 2012, but some designations about seven miles (11 km) north of the Arkansas state line still have not been built to meet interstate standards.
In 2012, Missouri had $40 million available for its portion of the Bella Vista bypass,[12] but moved the money elsewhere in 2013. 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 has announced it will not extend its section to Missouri until construction begins on the Missouri section.[13]
Future[]
In March 2019, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approved the remaining funding needed to complete the Missouri portion of Bella Vista Bypass.[14] 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) Missouri portion of the Bella Vista Bypass. Construction started May 11, 2020, with the new estimated completion date for September 30, 2021.[15] The bypass is on track to be completed in fall 2021. Upon completion, I-49 will be continuous from Kansas City, Missouri to Fort Smith, Arkansas.[16]
Exit list[]
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit[1] | Destinations | Notes |
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McDonald | | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() | Arkansas state line (future connection) expect to open in fall 2021 | |
| 2 | ![]() | Future interchange expect to open in fall 2021 | |||
| 4 | ![]() | Temporary southern end; southbound exit and northbound entrance; expect to open in fall 2021 | |||
Pineville | 0.725 | 1.167 | 5 | ![]() | ||
| 2.559 | 4.118 | 7 | ![]() | ||
| 5.691 | 9.159 | 10 | ![]() | ||
| 10.771 | 17.334 | 16 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
| 11.955 | 19.240 | 17 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Newton | | 15.487 | 24.924 | 20 | ![]() ![]() | |
Neosho | 19.043 | 30.647 | 24 | ![]() | ||
22.059 | 35.501 | 27 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| 25.053 | 40.319 | 30 | Iris Road | ||
| 28.060 | 45.158 | 33 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 30.081 | 48.411 | 35 | ![]() | ||
Newton–Jasper county line | | 34.090 | 54.863 | 39 A | ![]() | |
Jasper | | 34.239 | 55.102 | 39 B–C | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-44 overlap; signed as exits 39B (Route 249 north) and 39C (I-44 west); I-49 south follows exit 11 |
| 35.828 | 57.660 | 13 | Prigmor Avenue – Joplin | Opened November 2015 | |
| 38.063 | 61.256 | 15 | ![]() ![]() | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
Fidelity | 41.056 | 66.073 | 46 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-44 overlap; signed as exits 46A (Route 59 south) and 46B (I-44 east); I-49 north follows exit 18B | |
42.388 | 68.217 | 47 | Cedar Road | |||
Carthage | 44.889 | 72.242 | 49 | ![]() | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
45.684 | 73.521 | 50 | ![]() | |||
46.809 | 75.332 | 51 | Fairview Avenue | |||
48.513 | 78.074 | 53 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
50.582 | 81.404 | 55 | Civil War Road | |||
| 51.658 | 83.135 | 56 | ![]() ![]() | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
| 58.052 | 93.426 | 63 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Jasper | 61.254 | 98.579 | 66 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Barton | | 65.427 | 105.295 | 70 | ![]() | |
| 69.440 | 111.753 | 74 | 30th Road | Opened November 2013 | |
Lamar | 72.009 | 115.887 | 77 | ![]() | ||
| 75.541 | 121.571 | 80 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 78.557 | 126.425 | 83 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Vernon | | 83.780 | 134.831 | 88 | ![]() ![]() | |
| 86.803 | 139.696 | 91 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 90.788 | 146.109 | 95 | ![]() | ||
Nevada | 96.124 | 154.697 | 101 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
97.221 | 156.462 | 102 A | ![]() | Signed as exit 102 northbound | ||
97.869 | 157.505 | 102 B | ![]() | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
98.525 | 158.561 | 103 | Highland Avenue | |||
| 102.001 | 164.155 | 107 | ![]() | ||
| 105.333 | 169.517 | 110 | ![]() | ||
| 107.089 | 172.343 | 112 | Horton | ||
| 111.308 | 179.133 | 116 | ![]() | ||
Bates | Rich Hill | 115.712 | 186.220 | 120 | ![]() ![]() | |
| 124.277 | 200.004 | 129 | ![]() | Southern end of Route 52 overlap | |
| 125.533 | 202.026 | 130 | ![]() ![]() | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
Butler | 126.891 | 204.211 | 131 | ![]() | Northern end of Route 52 overlap | |
| 131.587 | 211.769 | 136 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Adrian | 136.634 | 219.891 | 141 | ![]() | ||
| 139.155 | 223.948 | 144 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Cass | Archie | 142.527 | 229.375 | 147 | ![]() ![]() | |
Harrisonville | 148.208 | 238.518 | 153 | 307th Street | ||
152.193 | 244.931 | 157 | ![]() | Southern end of Route 7 overlap | ||
153.600 | 247.195 | 158 | ![]() | Southern end of Route 2 overlap | ||
154.925 | 249.328 | 159 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of Route 2 / Route 7 overlap | ||
155.469 | 250.203 | 160 | ![]() | Opened in 2016; existing diamond interchange converted to a Diverging diamond interchange | ||
Peculiar | 162.222 | 261.071 | 167 | ![]() ![]() | ||
163.643 | 263.358 | 168 | 211th Street / Peculiar Way | Diverging diamond interchange opened September 13, 2016[18] | ||
Raymore | 167.213 | 269.103 | 172 | North Cass Parkway | ||
Belton | 169.164 | 272.243 | 174 | ![]() | ||
170.396 | 274.226 | 175 | ![]() | |||
Cass–Jackson county line | Belton–Grandview– Kansas City tripoint | 171.793 | 276.474 | 176 | 155th Street – Belton | Opened on December 15, 2017[19] |
Jackson | Grandview–Kansas City line | 172.781 | 278.064 | 177 | ![]() | Current interchange converted from the existing diamond interchange |
Grandview | 173.658 | 279.475 | 178 | 140th Street | ||
174.924 | 281.513 | 179 | Main Street | This bridge was replaced and opened on November 22, 2017[citation needed] | ||
175.485 | 282.416 | 180 | Truman Drive | No direct northbound exit | ||
Grandview–Kansas City line | 176.262 | 283.666 | 181 | Blue Ridge Boulevard / Hickman Mills Drive / Longview Road | ||
Kansas City | 177.411 | 285.515 | 182 | Red Bridge Road / Longview Road | ||
178.036 | 286.521 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-435 exit 71A eastbound; I-470 exit 1 | ||
178.719 | 287.620 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Grandview Triangle; National northern terminus; northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-435 exit 71 southbound; highway continues north as US 71 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Missouri Department of Transportation (May 7, 2020). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ "I-49 Missouri/Arkansas Connector | Missouri Department of Transportation". www.modot.org. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "Missouri road opens after I-49 work". Arkansas Online. 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "End in sight for completing Interstate 49 around Bella Vista". Arkansas Online. 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "Interstate 49 projects in Benton County still on track". Talk Business & Politics. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ Kennedy, Wally (May 11, 2007). "Plan holds 2008 finish for Range Line Bypass". The Joplin Globe. Joplin, MO. 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 (PDF) from the original on October 16, 2017.
- ^ "Missouri Gateway to Bella Vista Bypass Scrapped". . October 15, 2007.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ "New I-49 Signs Being Installed Along US 71" (Press release). Missouri Department of Transportation.
- ^ "US 71 from Kansas City to Joplin to become Interstate 49". Kansas City Star. September 2, 2012.
- ^ "US 71 Highway to Become I-49 on Wednesday". Kansas City, MO: KMBC-TV. December 11, 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. 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.
- ^ "Bella Vista Bypass on schedule for fall opening". Arkansas Online. March 29, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
- ^ https://www6.modot.mo.gov/eBidLettingPublicWeb/viewFileStream.do?documentType=plan&key=9187
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/MoDOT.KansasCity/photos/pcb.10154083305568515/10154083302728515/?type=3&theater
- ^ http://www.modot.org/kansascity/major_projects/I-49_155th_Interchange.htm
External links[]
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- Interstate Highways in Missouri
- Interstate 49
- Transportation in McDonald County, Missouri
- Transportation in Newton County, Missouri
- Transportation in Jasper County, Missouri
- Transportation in Barton County, Missouri
- Transportation in Vernon County, Missouri
- Transportation in Bates County, Missouri
- Transportation in Cass County, Missouri
- Transportation in Jackson County, Missouri