According to MO 79 interchange number being 157, start point in Cameron. Open east of US 61 into Illinois. Follows US 36. Current state: expressway from Cameron to Macon, including a 9-mile section in western Macon County under construction for late 2006 completion; 2-lane highway from Macon to interchange for US 24 east, freeway from US 24 into Illinois. Marked as I-72 starting east from US 61. Construction for upgrade of remaining 2-lane portion to start soon with projected completion by 2010. Upgrade to interstate standards well into the future.

EXIT NUMBER

ROAD

INFORMATION

PROGRESS

1 A-B

I-35

Kansas City / Des Moines

Diamond

1 C

Griffin Road

 

Grade Crossing

(0.7)

 

DeKalb/Caldwell Co. line

 

5

SR D, J

Kidder / Mirabile

Grade Crossing

9

BL 72, SR P

Hamilton

Grade Crossing

12

MO 13

Hamilton / Gallatin / Kingston

Open

16

SR B

Nettleton

Grade Crossing

19

SR K

 

Grade Crossing

23

SR A, M

Breckenridge / Braymer

Grade Crossing

(24.9)

 

Caldwell/Livingston Co. line

 

27

SR D

Mooresville / Ludlow

Grade Crossing

32

SR C

Utica / Dawn

Grade Crossing

37

US 65

Chillicothe / Carrollton / Trenton

Open

39

SR CC

 

Grade Crossing

46

SR B

Wheeling

Grade Crossing

(47.4)

 

Livingston/Linn Co. line

 

48

SR EE

 

Grade Crossing

50

MO 139, SR W

Meadville / Fountain Grove

Grade Crossing

55

MO 130

Pershing State Park

Grade Crossing

57

MO 5 N, MO 139 S

Laclede / Sumner

Grade Crossing

60

SR FF, TT

 

Grade Crossing

61

BL 72

Brookfield

Grade Crossing

63

MO 11, BL 72

Brookfield / Mendon / Kirksville

Open

66

SR F

St Catharine

Grade Crossing

70

MO 5 S, SR U

Marceline

Open

72

MO 129 N

Bucklin

Grade Crossing

(73.9)

 

Linn/Macon Co. line

 

76

SR W

Lingo

Grade Crossing

77

MO 129 S

Wien

Under Construction

80

MO 149, SR P

New Cambria

Under Construction

86

MO 3, SR UU

Callao, Kaseyville

Open

90

SR O, C

Bevier

Open

94

BL 72

Long Branch Lake

Open

95

US 63

Kirksville / Columbia / Macon

Open

97 A-B (fic)

I-43 (fic)

Jefferson City / Des Moines

Macon Bypass?

98

BL 72

Macon (WB only)

Grade Crossing

100

SR K

Ten Mile

Grade Crossing

102

SR V

Anabel

Grade Crossing

104

MO 151

Clarence / Leonard

Access via BR 36

(104.7)

 

Macon/Shelby Co. line

 

111

SR TT

Maud

Grade Crossing

113

SR A, N

Lentner

Grade Crossing

115

Co Road

South Shelby High School (EB LH)

 

116

SR FF

 

Grade Crossing

118

BL 72

Shelbina (EB only)

Grade Crossing

119

MO 15

Paris / Edina / Shelbina

Open

120

BL 72

Shelbina (WB only)

Grade Crossing

124

SR T, PP

Lakenan

Grade Crossing

129

SR V, Z

Hunnewell / Emden

Grade Crossing

(130.2)

 

Shelby/Marion Co. line

 

131

SR K, EE

 

Grade Crossing

135

BL 72

Monroe City (EB only)

Grade Crossing

137

US 24 W, SR Z

Monroe City / Paris (BL 72 W)

Open

(137.4)

 

Marion/Ralls Co. line

 

140

SR J

Clarence Cannon Lake

Grade Crossing

142

SR U

Ely

Grade Crossing

144

SR E, DD

Woodland / Huntington

Grade Crossing

146

Co Road

West Ely

Grade Crossing

147

SR H

Rensselaer

Grade Crossing

149

US 24 E (I-47 N?)

Quincy / Keokuk

Open

153

Shinn Rd

Withers Mill / Hannibal Airport

Open

154

Veterans Rd

Hannibal Hospital

Open

155

US 61 (I-47 S?)

St. Louis / Quincy

Open

157

MO 79

Downtown Hannibal / Louisiana

Open / Numbered

(159.5)

 

Mississippi River / IL State Line

 

The AASHTO High-Priority Corridor #61B includes the section of US 36 between I-29 in St. Joseph and Cameron, adding 30.9 miles to the potential I-72. This portion is currently an expressway. An additional 3.7 miles from I-29 to the Missouri River / Kansas state line is currently freeway. Some road fans mention hopes of further extension west to meet I-70 near Colby, Kansas (via US 36, KS 383 and US 83).

 

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