Missouri Route 13

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Route 13
Maintained by MoDOT
Length:	296 mi (476 km)
Formed:	1922
North end:	US 69/136 in Bethany
Major junctions:	I-35 in Bethany US 36 in Hamilton Route 224/US 24 in Lexington I-70/US 40 near Higginsville US 50 in Warrensburg, Route 7/52 in Clinton US 54 in Collins I-44 in Springfield, Route 413 in Springfield US 60/160 in Springfield
South end:	Highway 21 in Blue Eye
Major cities:	Nixa Springfield Bolivar Clinton Warrensburg
Missouri Highways < Route 12 Route 14 > Supplemental

Route 13 is a highway in Missouri which runs almost the entire north-south length of the state. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 69/136 in Bethany. Its southern terminus is at the Arkansas state line in downtown Blue Eye, Missouri/Arkansas where it continues as Highway 21. It is one of the original state highways of Missouri, and it is the second longest highway in the state.

The road serves as an important corridor between Springfield and Kansas City, two of the three largest cities in the state. Heading north from Springfield, Route 13 intersects Route 7 at Clinton which in turn carries traffic to U.S. Route 71 at Harrisonville. US 71 then continues on into downtown Kansas City. Route 13, Route 7, and US 71 provides a four-lane highway (much of it freeway) between Springfield and Kansas City except for a two-lane section between Collins and Clinton which is currently being upgraded to four-lane highway.

A large section of the road between Springfield and Reeds Spring has been rerouted due to a new section of road through Reeds Spring. This former section of highway is now Route 413.

In 2006 the portion through Caldwell County, Missouri was named the Zack Wheat Memorial Highway in honor of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum player.[1]

Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Route 13 Business 4 Junction list 5 References

[edit] Route description

Route 13 begins at the Arkansas state line in Blue Eye. After leaving the town, it runs through the rugged countryside of the southwest Missouri Ozarks, part of the Mark Twain National Forest]. Route 13 forms a 3 miles (4.8 km) concurrency with Route 86 before bridging Table Rock Lake south of the town of Branson West. In Branson West, it leaves the national forest and forms a concurrency with Route 76 and Route 265. North of this, Route 13 runs concurrent with Route 248 for 2 miles (3.2 km). At Reeds Spring Junction is the southern terminus of Route 413, and old alignment of Route 13, changed in the early 2000s. Also at Reeds Spring Junction, U.S. Route 160 joins to form another concurrency with Route 13. At Spokane, the two routes are joined by a third route, Route 176.

Route 13 and US 160 intersect Route 14 in Nixa. The two roads continue north into Greene County, where they enter Springfield running along Campbell Avenue. At the James River Freeway, Route 13 and US 160 turn off Campbell to run along the freeway with U.S. Route 60. Route 13 splits off the freeway at the next exit to turn north along Kansas Expressway. At Sunshine Street is the northern terminus of Route 413. On the north side of Springfield, Route 13 crosses Route 744 (Kearney Street) and Interstate 44 less than a mile north. It then passes near the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds and the Dickerson Park Zoo and leaves the city as a divided highway.

South of Bolivar, the divided highway splits apart, with the northbound lanes being the older highway, though an even older alignment runs further to the east. Because of the situation, numerous "Do not enter" signs are posted to help prevent local traffic from driving on the wrong lanes of the highway. Near Brighton is a short concurrency with Route 215.

At Bolivar, in addition to the intersection with Route 32, is another business route. The business route ends, along with Route 83 at an interchange on the southern part of the town. South of Humansville is the intersection with Route 123. At Collins is a junction with U.S. Route 54. At Osceola, Route 13 crosses a branch of the Harry S. Truman Reservoir.

At Deepwater, Route 13 forms a concurrency with Route 52. The two routes cross Harry S. Truman Reservoir twice before heading into Clinton. Routes 13 and 52 serve as the eastern terminus of Route 18. Route 7 joins the concurrency at the same intersection as Route 18's terminus, and the three routes continue around the northeastern part of the town, where Route 52 splits off, and eventually Routes 7 and 13 go their separate ways.

North of Post Oak, the highway has an intersection with Route 2. At Higginsville is Route 13's northernmost business route and also the western terminus of Route 20. In Warrensburg is an intersection with U.S. Route 50. South of Higginsville, Route 13 crosses Interstate 70/U.S. Route 40.

Route 13 intersects both Route 224 and U.S. Route 24 in Lexington, site of a Civil War battlefield. North of town it crosses the Missouri River. At Richmond is an intersection with Route 10. This area of the state has lots of crops on either side of the two-lane highway. At Polo the road forms a short concurrency with Route 116, and further north, at Hamilton is an intersection with U.S. Route 36. Near Gallatin, it turns east forming a concurrency with Route 6 for 3 miles (4.8 km), then turns north again. A few miles north is a junction with Interstate 35. Then, Route 13 ends at US 69/Route 136 in Bethany.

[edit] History

The original southern terminus of the highway (as laid out in 1922) was at Route 71 (now U.S. Route 65) in Buffalo. With the creation of the U.S. Highway system in 1926, it was realigned to absorb the Bolivar-Springfield Route 69, which had been created in 1922; the former piece from Bolivar to Buffalo became an extension of Route 66, which quickly became part of US 54 (and is now part of Route 32). Route 13 took over Route 43, established in 1922 from Marionville south to the Arkansas state line, in about 1930.^[1]

Route 123 is the old alignment of Route 13 all the way to Fair Play, where Route 13 turned east (now Route 32) back to Bolivar.

[edit] Route 13 Business

• Richmond
• Lexington
• Higginsville
• Clinton
• Osceola
• Collins
• Bolivar

[edit] Junction list

County	Location	Mile[2][3][4]	Roads intersected	Notes
Stone	Blue Eye	0.0	Hwy. 21	Southern terminus, Arkansas state line
		0.9	Route 86
		4.4	Route 86
	Branson West	18.7	Route 76/265
		19.6	Route 265/413	Southern terminus of Route 413
		21.4	Route 76
		23.4	Route 248
	Reeds Spring	24.2	Route 160/248
Christian		28.8	Route 176
	Spokane	31.4	Route 176
	Nixa	44.9	Route 14
Greene	Springfield	51.3	Route 60	Route 160/13 join the James River Freeway westbound
		52.9	Route 60/160	Route 13 exits from the James River Freeway to Kansas Expressway
		55.7	Route 413	Northern terminus of Route 413
		58.0	I-44 BUS
		59.8	Route 744
		60.5	I-44
Polk	Brighton	75.8	Route 215
	Bolivar	83.8	Route 83	Diamond interchange, southern terminus of Route 83
		86.0	Route T	Diamond interchange
		87.6	Route 32	Diamond interchange
	Humansville	87.6	Route 123
St. Clair	Collins	109.5	Route 54
	Osceola	120.5	Route 82
Henry	Deepwater	136.3	Route 52	Diamond interchange
	Clinton	144.4	Route 7/18	Eastern terminus of Route 18
		145.8	Route 52	Parclo interchange
		146.7	Route 7
Johnson		161.5	Route 2
	Warrensburg	174.5	Route 50	Diamond interchange
Lafayette		190.1	I-70	Diamond interchange
	Higginsville	195.4	Route 20
	Lexington	206.7	Route 24	Interchange
		209.1	Route 24	Interchange
		209.6	Route 224	Interchange
Ray		213.3	Route J	Diamond interchange
		216.3	Route H	Diamond interchange
	Richmond	218.6	Route 10	Diamond interchange
Caldwell	Polo	239.2	Route 116
		240.2	Route 116
	Hamilton	252.3	Route 36	Diamond interchange
Daviess	Gallatin	266.7	Route 6
		228.3	Route 6
Harrison		249.1	I-35	Diamond interchange
	Bethany	252.4	Route 69/136	Northern terminus

[edit] References