Missouri Route 14
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- For the former route, see Route 14 (Missouri 1922).
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| Route 14 |
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| Maintained by MoDOT | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 120 mi (193 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1926 | ||||||||||||
| East end: |  US 63 in West Plains, |
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| Major junctions: |
 Route 181 in Mark Twain National Forest  Route 5/76 in Ava Route 125 in Sparta US 65 in Ozark,  US 160/Route 13 in Nixa  US 60/Route 413 in Billings |
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| West end: | US 60 in Marionville, |
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| Major cities: | West Plains Ava Bruner Sparta Ozark Nixa Clever Billings McKinley Marionville |
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Route 14 is a highway running through southern Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 63 at the northern edge of West Plains. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 60 at Marionville. Route 14 is a two-lane highway for its entire length.
Formerly this road's eastern terminus was at U.S. Route 67 southwest of Poplar Bluff and its western terminus was at U.S. Route 71 at Joplin. These sections are now U.S. Route 160, Route 174, and Interstate 44. The section between Mt. Vernon and the southeast corner of Douglas County was Route 40 from 1922 to 1926.
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Route 14 begins at the northern boundary of West Plains at an intersection with US 63. It will be 52 miles before Route 14 enters another town. The highway passes through the hilly country of the Ozarks, and shortly after it starts, it enters the Mark Twain National Forest and forms a short concurrency with Route 181 in the western part of it, near the twin bridges. Twenty-eight miles west of US 63, Route 14 intersects Route 95. Twenty-three miles west of the intersection with Route 95 is Ava and an intersection with Route 76 and Route 5. West of Ava, the highway winds its way west to Sparta, where it joins with Route 125 for two miles.
West of Sparta, the road becomes less hilly and the road heads on a straight course to Ozark, where it runs through the downtown area united with Business U.S. Route 65. Route 14 crosses US 65 and continues west towards Nixa and the traffic is significantly heavier (this is part of the Springfield, Missouri MSA. At Nixa is an intersection with U.S. Route 160 and Route 13. West of Nixa, the highway crosses James River and passes through Clever on its way to Billings, where it joins (for one mile) U.S. Route 60 and Route 413. When Route 14 heads west again, it is on an old alignment of US 60, making a sharp curve at McKinley before ending at US 60 in northern Marionville.
