U.S. Route 71 in Missouri

U.S. Route 71
Route information
	Maintained by MoDOT
Length	316.722 mi[1] (509.715 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 71 at Jane
	I-44 in Joplin; I-49 / I-435 / I-470 in Kansas City; I-70 in Kansas City; I-29 / I-35 in Kansas City;
North end	US 71 near Clearmont
Location
Counties	McDonald, Newton, Jasper, Barton, Vernon, Bates, Cass, Jackson, Clay, Platte, Buchanan, Andrew, Nodaway
Highway system

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

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. 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 Grandview Triangle, US 71 ends its concurrency 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, and I-29. 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.

History

The future of part of the Bella Vista Bypass is on hold. On August 5, 2014, voters in Missouri defeated Amendment 7 at the polls, which would have provided funding various road construction projects in the state. After the measure's defeat, the funding for the connection from the existing southern end of I-49 in Missouri along the Bella Vista Bypass to the state line is in doubt, but Arkansas is moving ahead to construct all but the last connection to the state line.[2]

Future

In March 2019, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approved the remaining funding needed to complete the Bella Vista Bypass. Contracts will be let in 2020 and Missouri's portion of I-49 should be completed in the summer of 2022.[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
McDonald	Caverna	0.000	0.000	US 71 south – Bella Vista, Fort Smith	Arkansas state line
	Caverna	0.253	0.407	Route OO to AR 279
		4.406	7.091	Route 90 – Noel, Jane
		7.363	11.850	US 71 Bus. north – Pineville	Northbound access only
		8.955	14.412	I-49 begins – Joplin, Kansas City	Southern end of I-49 overlap
Overlap; see I-49
Jackson	Kansas City	187.674	302.032	I-49 ends / I-435 – Des Moines	Northern end of I-49 overlap
		188.563	303.463	Route W north (Bannister Road) to I-435	Southern end of the Bruce Watkins Drive Memorial Parkway
		189.800– 190.014	305.453– 305.798	Hickman Mills Drive / Blue River Road / 85th Street / 87th Street
		191.238	307.768	75th Street	Interchange
		191.785	308.648	Gregory Boulevard	At-grade intersection
		192.425– 192.780	309.678– 310.249	Meyer Boulevard / 63rd Street	Interchange
		193.252	311.009	59th Street	At-grade intersection
		197.749	318.246	55th Street	At-grade intersection
		194.842	313.568	US 56 west (Swope Parkway) / Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard	Interchange
		195.896	315.264	39th Street
		196.773– 196.897	316.675– 316.875	Linwood Boulevard / 31st Street	No direct southbound exit (signed at 29th Street)
		197.155– 197.414	317.290– 317.707	29th Street / 27th Street
		197.883	318.462	The Paseo (Kansas City, Missouri)	No direct southbound exit (signed at 22nd Street)
		198.179	318.938	22nd Street
		198.829	319.984	Truman Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		198.882	320.070	I-670 west to I-35 south – Wichita, Kansas	I-70 exit 2L
		198.935	320.155	I-70 east / US 40 east / US 24 east – St. Louis	Southern end of I-70/US 40 concurrency; US 71 south follows exit 2M; no direct northbound exit (signed at Truman Road)
		199.197	320.576	11th Street – Downtown Kansas City	Northern end of the Bruce Watkins Drive Memorial Parkway;I-70 exit 2J
		199.502	321.067	I-29 begins / I-35 south / I-70 west / US 24 west / US 40 west – Wichita, Topeka	Northern end of I-70/US 40 concurrency; southern end of I-29/I-35 concurrency; US 71 north follows exit 2G; US 71 south follows exit 3
		199.546	321.138	To US 24 east / Route 9 north / Admiral Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-70 exit 2H
		199.609	321.240	To US 24 / The Paseo (Kansas City, Missouri)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-35 exit 4A
See I-35
Clay	Kansas City	204.115	328.491	I-35 north – Des Moines	Northern end of I-35 concurrency; US 71 north follows exit 8B; I-29 exit 1B
See I-29
Andrew		260.870	419.830	I-29 north / I-229 south – Council Bluffs, St. Joseph	Northern end of I-29 concurrency; US 71 north follows exit 56A
		263.481	424.032	Route T – Amazonia, Savannah
		266.195	428.399	US 59 north / US 71 Bus. south – Savannah	Interchange; northern end of US 59 concurrency
		271.914	437.603	Route 48 east – Rosendale
Nodaway	Maryville	291.108	468.493	US 71 Bus. north / Route V – Maryville	Northern end of freeway
	Maryville	293.590	472.487	US 136 east / Route 46 west – Maryville, Stanberry	Southern end of US 136 concurrency
		295.705	475.891	Route 148 north – Pickering, Hopkins
		296.902	477.817	US 71 Bus. south / Route CC – Maryville
		307.845	495.429	US 136 west to I-29 – Burlington Junction	Northern end of US 136 concurrency
		316.722	509.715	US 71 north – Braddyville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

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References

Missouri Department of Transportation (August 29, 2015). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
McGeeney, Ryan (August 7, 2014). "Bella Vista Bypass on Ice after Missouri Rejects Tax". NWA Online. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
Rosa, Jeff Della (7 March 2019). "Missouri to complete its part of Bella Vista Bypass by 2022". Talk Business & Politics. Talk Business & Politics. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

U.S. Route 71
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[MoDOT-1] Missouri Department of Transportation (August 29, 2015). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 29, 2015.

[2] McGeeney, Ryan (August 7, 2014). "Bella Vista Bypass on Ice after Missouri Rejects Tax". NWA Online. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

[3] Rosa, Jeff Della (7 March 2019). "Missouri to complete its part of Bella Vista Bypass by 2022". Talk Business & Politics. Talk Business & Politics. Retrieved 30 August 2019.