Interstate 44 in Missouri

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Interstate 44
Main route of the Interstate Highway System

Maintained by MoDOT

Length:

290 mi (467 km)

West end:

I-44 in Oklahoma

Major
junctions:

Interstate 270

Interstate 55

East end:

Interstate 55

Missouri Highways
< Route 43		Route 45 >
Supplemental

Interstate 44 runs northeast through the state of Missouri, from the Oklahoma state line near Joplin to Interstate 55. It runs for a total of 290 miles (467 km) in Missouri.^[1]

1 Route description
2 History
3 Business loops
4 Exit list
5 References

Route description

Interstate 44 enters Missouri in Newton County at the eastern terminus of the Will Rogers Turnpike, 200 yards south of the Kansas state line. The first interchange in Missouri is the eastern terminus of both U.S. Route 166 and U.S. Route 400. The road then runs through southern Joplin and begins a concurrency with US 71 at Exit 11 just after entering Jasper County. The freeway turns to a more eastern heading (the old US 166 alignment), and then US 71 splits off to the north at Exit 18.

I-44 then enters Lawrence County. Near Mount Vernon, the highway curves to the northeast. The section of road to Halltown is a completely new road, not bypassing any previous highways. At Halltown, the road curves back to due east, beginning to follow the general pathway of old U.S. Route 66 (which it will do all the way to downtown St. Louis). The highway then runs around the western and northern sides of Springfield, serving as the western terminus of the James River Freeway, as well as crossing both Route 13 and US 65. The interstate continues northeast, bypassing Lebanon.

In Pulaski County, I-44 enters the Mark Twain National Forest, leaving it to provide access to Waynesville, St. Robert, and Fort Leonard Wood before entering the forest again. The freeway leaves the forest in Phelps County west of Rolla. I-44 then runs through Rolla, where it meets US 63. It continues its northeast course, passing near St. James, Cuba, Bourbon, Sullivan, and Saint Clair.

I-44 then runs north of Pacific before moving into St. Louis County. I-44 then bisects Eureka before serving as the southern boundary of Route 66 State Park (the former site of Times Beach, known for the dioxin contamination and subsequent demolition and Superfund cleanup). I-44 then runs through unincorporated territory before entering Fenton and having an interchange with Interstate 270 in Sunset Hills. I-44 then runs through Crestwood, Kirkwood, Oakland, Webster Groves, and Shrewsbury before entering the city of St. Louis. I-44 runs on a due east course through St. Louis before ending at Interstate 55.

History

A section of I-44 was moved slightly north between Powellville and Doolittle. The old road is highly visible for eastbound traffic near Powellville. As of April 2006, the rocks carved away for the new roadbed have virtually no lichen, reflecting that this construction occurred rather recently. Aerial photo

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Business loops

Main article: Business routes of Interstate 44

All of Interstate 44's business loops are in Missouri. Missouri also has the unusual occurrence of a business loop and business spur from the same interstate intersecting (the Waynesville loop and the Ft. Leonard Wood spur).

Exit list

This section contains a table that is missing mileposts for one or more junctions. Please help by adding the missing mileposts.

County	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Newton		1	US 166 west / US 400 west – Galena, Baxter Springs
		4	Route 43 south – Seneca, Joplin	West end of Route 43 overlap
	Joplin	6	I-44 Bus. east / Route 43 north / Route 86 – Racine, Joplin	East end of Route 43 overlap
	Joplin	8	US 71 Bus. (Range Line Road)	Signed as exits 8A (south) and 8B (north)
Jasper		11A	US 71 south – Neosho, Fort Smith	West end of US 71 overlap
		11B	Route 249 north – Joplin
		15	I-44 Bus. west / Route 66 west – Duenweg	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Fidelity	18A	Route 59 south – Diamond
	Fidelity	18B	US 71 north – Carthage, Kansas City	East end of US 71 overlap
		22	County Road No. 100
		26	I-44 Bus. east / Route 37 – Sarcoxie, Reeds
		29	I-44 Bus. west / Route U – Sarcoxie, La Russell
Lawrence		33	County Road No. 1010
		38	Route 97 – Pierce City, Stotts City	Eastbound exit to Route 97 south is via exit 33
		44	I-44 Bus. east / Route H – Mount Vernon, Monett
	Mount Vernon	46	I-44 Bus. west / Route 39 / Route 265 – Mount Vernon, Aurora
		49	Route 174 east – Chesapeake, Mount Vernon
		57	Route 96 – Avilla	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		58	Route O / Route Z – Halltown
		61	Route K / Route PP
Greene		67	Route N / Route T – Republic, Bois D'Arc
		69	Route 360 east (James River Freeway) to US 60
		70	Route B / Route MM
		72	I-44 Bus. east / Route 266 (Chestnut Expressway)
	Springfield	75	US 160 (West Bypass) – Willard
		77	Route 13 (Kansas Expressway) – Bolivar
		80A	I-44 Bus. west (Glenstone Avenue)
		80B	Route H – Pleasant Hope
		82	US 65 – Branson, Sedalia	Signed as exits 82A (south) and 82B (north)
		84	Route 744
	Strafford	88	Route 125 – Strafford, Fair Grove
Webster		96	Route B – Northview
	Marshfield	100	Route 38 / Route W – Marshfield
		107	Sampson Road, Sparkle Brook Road
Laclede	Conway	113	Route J / Route Y – Conway
	Phillipsburg	118	Route A / Route C – Phillipsburg
		123	County Road
	Lebanon	127	I-44 Bus. east (Elm Street) / Morgan Road
		129	Route 5 / Route 32 (Jefferson Avenue) to Route 64 – Hartville
		130	I-44 Bus. west (Elm Street) / Route MM – Lebanon
		135	Route F – Sleeper
		140	Route N / Route T – Stoutland
Pulaski		145	Route 133 / Route AB – Richland
		150	Route 7 / Route P – Richland, Laquey
		153	Route 17 – Buckhorn
	Waynesville	156	I-44 Bus. east / Route H – Waynesville, Fort Leonard Wood
	St. Robert	159	I-44 Bus. – St. Robert, Waynesville
	St. Robert	161	I-44 Bus. west / Route Y – St. Robert, Fort Leonard Wood
		163	Route 28 – Dixon
		169	Route J
Phelps		172	Route D – Jerome, Dixon
		176	Sugar Tree Road
	Doolittle	179	Route C / Route T – Newburg, Doolittle
	Rolla	184	I-44 Bus. east to US 63 south – Rolla
		185	Route E – Rolla
		186	I-44 Bus. west / US 63 / Route 72 – Rolla, Jefferson City
		189	Route V (Hy Point Industrial Park Drive)
	St. James	195	Route 8 / Route 68 – St. James
Crawford		203	Route F / Route ZZ
	Cuba	208	Route 19 – Cuba, Owensville
		210	Route UU
		214	Route H – Leasburg
	Bourbon	218	Route C / Route J / Route N – Bourbon
Franklin	Sullivan	225	Route 185 north / Route D – Sullivan
		226	Route 185 south – Sullivan
		230	Route W / Route JJ – Stanton
	St. Clair	239	Route 30 / Route AB / Route WW – St. Clair
	St. Clair	240	Route 47 – St. Clair, Union
		242	Route AH
		247	US 50 west / Route O / Route AT – Union, Jefferson City	West end of US 50 overlap
		251	Route 100 west – Washington
		253	I-44 Bus. east / Route 100 east – Gray Summit
	Pacific	257	I-44 Bus. – Pacific
St. Louis	[[{Eureka, MO\|]]	261	I-44 Bus. west / Six Flags Road – Allenton
		264	Route 109 – Eureka
		265	Williams Road	Eastbound exit and entrance
		266	Lewis Road
		269	Beaumont Antire Road
		272	Route 141 – Fenton, Valley Park
	Fenton	274A	Bowles Avenue	Signed as exit 274 westbound
		274B	Mraz Lane	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		275	North Highway Drive, Soccer Park Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Sunset Hills	276	I-270 – Memphis, Chicago
		277A	Route 366 east (Watson Road)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		277B	US 50 east / US 61 / US 67 (Lindbergh Boulevard)	East end of US 50 overlap
	Kirkwood	277B	US 50 east / US 61 / US 67 (Lindbergh Boulevard)	East end of US 50 overlap
	Kirkwood	278	Big Bend Road
	Crestwood	278	Big Bend Road
	Webster Groves	279	Berry Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		280	Elm Avenue
		282	Murdoch Avenue, Laclede Station Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Shrewsbury	283	Shrewsbury Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
City of St. Louis		284A	Jamieson Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		284B	Arsenal Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		286	Southwest Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		286	Hampton Avenue
		287A	Kingshighway
		287B	Vandeventer Avenue
		288	Grand Boulevard, Louisiana Avenue
		289	Jefferson Avenue
		290A	I-55 south – Memphis	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		290B	18th Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; former Route 755
		290C	12th Street, Gravois Avenue (Route 30)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			I-55 north – Downtown St. Louis, Illinois	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance