| Route 6 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
| Length: | 211 mi (340 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1922 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| East end: | US 24/61 (Avenue of the Saints) South of Taylor | |||
| Route 156 in Ewing Route 16 East of Lewistown Route 15 in Edina US 63/Route 11 in Kirksville Route 5 in Milan US 65 in Trenton Route 13 in Gallatin I-35 North of Winston Route 33 in Maysville I-29 in St. Joseph |
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| West end: | Business Loop 29/US 169 in St. Joseph | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Missouri Highways
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Route 6 is a highway in northern Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 24 about six miles (10 km) west of Quincy, Illinois; its western terminus is at Business Loop Interstate 29 in St. Joseph. Route 6, if only a few miles longer in each direction, would be the only state highway to cross Missouri east to west. It is one of the original 1922 highways in Missouri.
| County | Location | Mile | Destinations | Notes |
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| Buchanan |
St. Joseph | 0.0 | Bus Loop 29/US 169 | Western terminus |
| 0.5 | Route I-29/US 71 | |||
| DeKalb |
13.0 | Route 31 | ||
| 22.9 | Route 31 | |||
| Maysville | 32.0 | Route 33 | Northern terminus of 33 | |
| Daviess |
43.7 | Route I-35 | ||
| 45.7 | US 69 | |||
| Altamont | 46.8 | US 69 | ||
| Gallatin | 55.3 | Route 13 | ||
| 56.9 | Route 13 | |||
| Jamesport | 66.0 | Route 190 | ||
| Grundy |
75.0 | Route 146 | Southern terminus of 146 | |
| Trenton | 78.9 | BUS US 65 |
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| 79.0 | BUS US 65/US 65 |
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| 92.4 | Route 139 | |||
| Sullivan |
Humphreys | 95.2 | Route 139 | |
| 104.4 | Route 5 | |||
| Milan | 107.6 | BUS Route 5 |
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| 110.3 | BUS Route 5 |
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| 110.5 | Route 5 | |||
| Green City | 119.7 | Route 129 | ||
| Adair |
127.7 | Route 149 | ||
| Novinger | 133.7 | Route 149 | ||
| 137.5 | Route 157 | Northern terminus of 157 | ||
| Kirksville | 140.8 | US 63 | ||
| 142.4 | Route 11 | |||
| 144.4 | US 63/Route 11 | |||
| Knox |
Edina | 166.5 | Route 15 | |
| 167.4 | Route 15 | |||
| Lewis |
Lewistown | 188.5 | Route 16 | Western terminus of 16 |
| Ewing | 195.5 | Route 156 | Eastern terminus of 156 | |
| 211 | US 24/US 61 | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||