Missouri Route 25

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Route 25 Length: 86 mi (138 km) Established: 1922 Decommissioned: Present Direction: North-South From: Jackson To: Kennett Cities on route: Jackson Dutchtown Delta Advance Bloomfield Dexter Bernie Malden Holcomb Kennett

Route 25 is a highway in southeastern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at Business Interstate 55/U.S. Highway 61/Route 34 (all multiplexed) in Jackson. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Highway 412/Route 84 in Kennett.

Missouri 25 was one of the original 1922 state highways. Its original northern terminus was at Route 9 in Festus. In 1926, with the creation of the U.S. Highway System, Missouri 9 from St. Louis to Hermatite became part of U.S. Highway 61, which was then routed down Missouri 25 to Jackson, moving MO 25's northern terminus to Jackson, too.

Until US 412 was designated across the southernmost section, "the Bootheel", of Missouri, supplanting this highway south and west of Kenett. Missouri 25 passed Senath and Arbyrd, taking a sharp westward turn and heading across the St. Francis River and the Arkansas border, feeding westward along the former Highway 25 (now US 412) toward Paragould, Arkansas.