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, 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 underway with projected completion by 2010. Upgrade to interstate standards well into the future.

Area of expressway expansion project in orange background.

Fictional interstates listed based on my Plan 1 concept (extending I-43 south and adding I-47)

EXIT NUMBER

EASTBOUND

WESTBOUND

PROGRESS

1 A-B

Kansas City

Des Moines

Diamond off I-35

1 C

Griffin Road

Grade Crossing

(0.7)

Entering CALDWELL County

Entering DeKALB County

 

5

Kidder

Mirabile

Grade Crossing

9

Hamilton

Grade Crossing

12

Hamilton

Gallatin

Kingston

Open

16

Nettleton

Grade Crossing

19

Grade Crossing

23

Breckenridge

Braymer

Grade Crossing

(24.9)

Entering LIVINGSTON County

Entering CALDWELL County

 

27

Mooresville

Ludlow

Grade Crossing

32

Utica

Dawn

Grade Crossing

37

Chillicothe

Carrollton

Trenton

Open

39

Grade Crossing

46

Wheeling

Grade Crossing

(47.4)

Entering LINN County

Entering LIVINGSTON County

 

48

Grade Crossing

50

NORTH _________

Meadville

Fountain Grove

Grade Crossing

55

Pershing State Park

Grade Crossing

57

NORTH SOUTH

Laclede

Sumner

Grade Crossing

60

Grade Crossings

61

Brookfield

 

Grade Crossing

63

Brookfield

Mendon

Kirksville

Open

66

St Catharine

Grade Crossing

70

SOUTH _________

Marceline

Open

72

 NORTH

Bucklin

Grade Crossing

(73.9)

Entering MACON County

Entering LINN County

 

76

Lingo

Grade Crossing

77

 SOUTH

Wien

Open

80

 

New Cambria

Open

86

Callao

Kaseyville

Open

90

Bevier

Open

94

Long Branch Lake

Open

95

Kirksville

Columbia

Macon

Open

97 A-B (fic)

FICTIONAL

Jefferson City

Ottumwa

Macon Bypass?

98

 

Macon

Grade Crossing

100

Ten Mile

Grade Crossing

102

Anabel

Grade Crossing

104

Clarence

Leonard

Access via BR 36

(104.7)

Entering SHELBY County

Entering MACON County

 

111

Maud

Grade Crossing

113

Lentner

Grade Crossing

115

County Road 419

County Road 419

Grade Crossing

116

Grade Crossing

118

Shelbina

 

Grade Crossing

119

Paris

Edina

Shelbina

Open

120

 

Shelbina

Grade Crossing

124

Lakenan

Grade Crossing

129

 

Hunnewell

Emden

Grade Crossing

(130.2)

Entering MARION County

Entering SHELBY County

 

131

Grade Crossing

135

Monroe City

 

Grade Crossing

137

WEST ________

 

Monroe City

Paris

Open

(137.4)

Entering RALLS County

Entering MARION County

 

140

Clarence Cannon Lake

Grade Crossing

(141.6)

Entering MARION County

Entering RALLS County

 

142

Ely

Grade Crossing

144

Woodland

Huntington

Grade Crossing

146

County Road 263

West Ely

Grade Crossing

147

Rensselaer

Grade Crossing

149

EAST FICTIONAL

 

Quincy

Keokuk

St. Louis

Open

153

Shinn Rd

Withers Mill

Hannibal Airport

Open

154

Veterans Rd

Hannibal Hospital

Open

155

St. Louis

Quincy

Open

157

Downtown Hannibal

Louisiana

Open / Numbered

(159.5)

ILLINOIS State Line

MISSOURI 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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