U.S. Route 36 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
Major junctions | ||||
West end: | US-36 in St. Joseph | |||
I-229 / US 59 in St. Joseph US 169 in St. Joseph I-29 / US 71 in St. Joseph I-35 in Cameron US 65 in Chillicothe US 63 in Macon US 24 in Monroe City US 24 near Hannibal US 61 in Hannibal I-72 in Hannibal |
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East end: | I-72 / US 36 / Great River Road at Illinois state line | |||
Highway system | ||||
United States Numbered Highways Missouri Highways
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In the U.S. state of Missouri, U.S. Route 36 is an expressway that provides access between Kansas and Illinois.
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U.S. Route 36 runs from the Pony Express Bridges in St. Joseph to the western terminus for Interstate 72 which begins in Hannibal, MO. After leaving the Missouri River valley U.S. 36 then links major cities in Northern Missouri with Kansas City and cities in the east. For example if you were driving west from Hannibal you would pass through (Monroe City, Shelbina, Macon, Brookfield, Chillicothe, Hamilton, and Cameron) which are good points of business. The route through Missouri is majorly flat and somewhat tedious. Travel time from Hannibal in the east to St. Joseph in the west is roughly 2 1/2 hours compared to the 3 hour trip before the 10 Year Project. Even though there are ground highway connections U.S. 36 has many interchanges, underpasses, and overpasses that resemble a future interstate status OR extension to Interstate 72 in Hannibal, MO.
The route before 2010 was mainly a two lane highway that was used as a shortcut from U.S. 24 which ran diagonal toward Kansas City. Since U.S. 36 was seeing major traffic MoDOT contracted a 10 year plan which led to the complete conversion to 4 lanes. In 2006 the route was four lane from St. Joseph to about 10 miles east, Cameron, MO to Chillicothe, MO, and then only some intermittent sections near Macon, MO. In 2008 U.S. 36 was 4 lane continuously from St. Joseph to Macon where it changed to a 2 lane highway to a point outside Monroe City, MO. Finally in June 2010 the route was finally completed and the stretches between Macon and Monroe City were completed and the travel time across the state was slashed in half due to the new absence of the 2 lane/4 lane conversion points where speed changed.
County | Location | Mile | # | Destinations | Notes |
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Buchanan | St. Joseph | Pony Express Bridge over the Missouri River (state line) | |||
1A | Route 759 (4th Street) to I-229 north / US 59 north | Westbound signed Route 759 only. | |||
East end of freeway | |||||
1B | I-229 / US 59 – Kansas City, Council Bluffs | Interchange; signed as exits 1B (south) and 1C (north) westbound; no access from eastbound I-72 / US 36 to northbound I-229 / US 59 or from southbound I-229 / US 59 to westbound I-72 / US 36. | |||
West end of freeway | |||||
1C | I-29 Bus. (9th Street, 10th Street) / 8th Street | Signed as exit 1D westbound | |||
3 | 22nd Street | ||||
4 | 28th Street | ||||
5 | US 169 (Belt Highway) | ||||
6 | I-29 / US 71 – Kansas City, Council Bluffs | Signed as exits 6A (south) and 6B (north) | |||
8 | Route AC | ||||
East end of freeway | |||||
10 | 85th Road | Exit 11 is State Highway C. | |||
12 | Route 31 south | West end of Route 31 overlap | |||
DeKalb | 14 | Route 31 north | East end of Route 31 overlap; exit 16A is Main Street north; exit 16B is Main Street south; exit 17 is State Highway J | ||
18 | Route 33 south | West end of Route 33 overlap | |||
20A | Route 33 north | East end of Route 33 overlap | |||
Cameron | 24 | I-72 Bus. east | |||
25 | I-35 Bus. south / US 36 Bus. west / US 69 |
Interchange; west end of I-35 Bus. overlap | |||
26 | I-35 – Kansas City, Des Moines | Interchange; east end of I-35 Bus.; west end of Chicago-Kansas City expressway overlap; signed as exits 26A (south) and 26B (north) westbound; exit 28 is State Route D south/J north | |||
Caldwell | Hamilton | 31 | I-72 Bus. east / Route P south | ||
33 | Route 13 / US 36 Bus. west |
Interchange; exit 36 is State Highway A; exit 38 is State Highway D; exit 40 is Liv 25 Road | |||
Livingston | Chillicothe | 44 | US 36 Bus. east / US 65 |
Interchange | |
48 | US 36 Bus. west |
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Linn | 51 | Route 139 north | West end of Route 139 overlap; exit 53 is Route 130 south | ||
54 | Route 5 north / Route 139 south | East end of Route 139 overlap; west end of Route 5 overlap; signed as exits 54A (Route 5) and 54B (Route 139); exit 55 is Pleasant Street | |||
Brookfield | 59 | US 36 Bus. east |
Interchange | ||
60 | Route 11 / US 36 Bus. west |
Interchange; exit 62 is Route H | |||
64 | Route 5 south / Route U north | Interchange; east end of Route 5 overlap; exit 66 is Littleton Drive | |||
67 | Route 129 north | West end of Route 129 overlap | |||
Macon | 70 | Route 129 south | East end of Route 129 overlap | ||
72 | Route 149 north / Route P south | Interchange; signed as exits 72A (north) and 72B (south) eastbound; no access from westbound I-72 / US 36 to southbound Route P and northbound Route P to eastbound I-72 / US 36. | |||
74 | Route 3 to Route P south | Interchange; eastbound signed Route 3 only. | |||
77 | Route C south / Route O north | Interchange | |||
Macon | 79 | Long Branch Lake Road | Interchange | ||
82 | US 36 Bus. east / US 63 |
Interchange | |||
84 | US 36 Bus. west |
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Shelby | Clarence | 87 | US 36 Bus. east |
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91 | US 36 Bus. west / Route 115 |
Signed as exits 91A (north/west) and 91B (south) | |||
Shelbina | 97 | US 36 Bus. east |
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102 | Route 15 | Interchange | |||
106 | US 36 Bus. west |
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Marion | Monroe City | 113 | US 36 Bus. east – Monroe City |
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Ralls | 114 | US 24 west / US 36 Bus. west / Route Z north – Monroe City, Paris, Moberly |
Interchange; west end of US 24 overlap; exit 116 is State Highway J | ||
Marion | 119 | Route H south | |||
West end of freeway | |||||
Rocket Junction | 121 | US 24 east – Palmyra | East end of US 24 overlap | ||
Hannibal | 124 | Shinn Lane | |||
125 | Veterans Road | ||||
126 | US 36 Bus. east / US 61 (McMasters Avenue) – New London, Palmyra |
West end of I-72 / US 61 Bus. overlap | |||
127 | US 36 Bus. west / US 61 Bus. south / Route 79 south / Great River Road south – Downtown Hannibal, Louisiana |
East end of US 61 Bus. overlap | |||
Mark Twain Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River (state line) |
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