Missouri Route 6

Route 6
Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length	211 mi (340 km)
Existed	1922–present
Major junctions
West end	I-29 BL / US 169 in St. Joseph
Major intersections	I-29 in St. Joseph I-35 north of Winston US 65 in Trenton US 63 / Route 11 in Kirksville
East end	US 24 / US 61 south of Taylor
Highway system
Missouri State Highway System Interstate US State Supplemental
← Route 5 → Route 7

Route 6 is a 211-mile-long (340 km) state highway in the northern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. It travels from I-29 Bus./US 169 in St. Joseph to US 24/US 61 about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Quincy, Illinois. Route 6, if only a few miles longer in each direction, would be the only state highway to cross Missouri west to east. It is one of the original 1922 highways in Missouri.

Route description[]

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Major intersections[]

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Buchanan	St. Joseph	0.0	0.0	I-29 BL / US 169 (Belt Highway / Frederick Boulevard)
		0.5	0.80	I-29 / US 71 – Council Bluffs, Kansas City	I-29 exit 47
DeKalb	​	13.0	20.9	Route 31 south to US 36	west end of Route 31 overlap
	Oak	22.9	36.9	Route 31 north – King City	east end of Route 31 overlap
	Maysville	32.0	51.5	Route 33 south / Route A north
Daviess	​	43.7	70.3	I-35 – Bethany, Des Moines, Cameron, Kansas City	I-35 exit 64
	​	45.7	73.5	US 69 north – Pattonsburg	west end of US 69 overlap
	​	46.8	75.3	US 69 south – Winston	east end of US 69 overlap
	Gallatin	55.3	89.0	Route 13 south – Hamilton	west end of Route 13 overlap
	​	56.9	91.6	Route 13 north – Jameson	east end of Route 13 overlap
	​	66.0	106.2	Route 190 – Edinburg, Jamesport
Grundy	​	75.0	120.7	Route 146 west / Route W south – Edinburg, , Crowder State Park
	Trenton	78.9	127.0	US 65 Bus. north (Oklahoma Avenue)	west end of US 65 Bus. overlap
		79.0	127.1	US 65 – Princeton, Chillicothe	interchange; east end of US 65 Bus. overlap
	​	92.4	148.7	Route 139 north – Osgood	west end of Route 139 overlap
Sullivan	Humphreys	95.2	153.2	Route 139 south – Meadville	east end of Route 139 overlap
	​	104.4	168.0	Route 5 south – Linneus	west end of Route 5 overlap
	​	107.6	173.2	Route 5 Bus. north – Milan
	Milan	110.3	177.5	Route 5 Bus. south
		110.5	177.8	Route 5 north – Unionville	east end of Route 5 overlap
	Green City	119.7	192.6	Route 129 – Green City, Winigan
Adair	​	127.7	205.5	Route 149 south to Route 11	west end of Route 149 overlap
	Novinger	133.7	215.2	Route 149 north – Connelsville	east end of Route 149 overlap
	​	137.5	221.3	Route 157 south – Thousand Hills State Park
	Kirksville	140.8	226.6	north – Lancaster	west end of US 63 Bus. overlap
		142.4	229.2	– Macon	east end of US 63 Bus. overlap
		143.4	230.8	US 63 north / Route 11 north – Lancaster, Adair	west end of US 63/MO 11 overlap
		145.4	234.0	US 63 south / Route 11 south – Macon, Kirksville	east end of US 63/MO 11 overlap
Knox	​	166.5	268.0	Route 15 south – Plevna	west end of Route 15 overlap
	Edina	167.4	269.4	Route 15 north – Memphis	east end of Route 15 overlap
Lewis	​	188.5	303.4	Route 16 east – Monticello
	Ewing	195.5	314.6	Route 156 west – Newark,
	​			Outer Road - Taylor
Marion	​	211	340	US 24 / US 61 – Canton, Quincy, IL, Palmyra, Hannibal	interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also[]

•  U.S. Roads portal

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References[]

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