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This article is about the section of Interstate 49 in Missouri. For the entire route, see Interstate 49.

Interstate 49 marker

Interstate 49
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I-49 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length: 183.8 mi[1][2] (295.8 km)
Existed: December 12, 2012 – present
Major junctions
South end: I-49 at the Arkansas state line
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North end: I-435 / I-470 / US 50 / US 71 in Kansas City
Location
Counties: McDonald, Newton, Jasper, Barton, Vernon, Bates, Cass, Jackson
Highway system
← Route 48 Route 49 →

Interstate 49 (I-49) is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Missouri that was designated on December 12, 2012. It overlaps U.S. Route 71 (US 71) in the western part of the state, beginning at the Arkansas state line, and ending at I-435 and I-470 on the southeast side of Kansas City.

Upon completion, the highway will connect Kansas City to Texarkana, Shreveport, and Lafayette, Louisiana. Missouri is currently the only state whose segment of I-49 is fully complete.

Route description

I-49 enters Missouri from the Arkansas state line on the Bella Vista Bypass near Pineville. After continuing north for 5 miles (8.0 km), US 71 rejoins I-49 at exit 4 and is concurrent with it for the remainder of its length. It passes through many smaller communities before reaching Joplin. In Joplin, I-49 junctions with I-44 and begins a short overlap with I-44 between exits 11 through 18, heading east.

Just a few miles east of Joplin, I-49 leaves I-44 and heads north and enters Carthage. I-49 then passes through Nevada and other communities before reaching the Kansas City area. I-49 intersects with I-470 and I-435 which provides connection to I-70 and I-35 and I-29.

In south Kansas City, at Bannister Road just north of the Grandview Triangle, the I-49 designation ends, and the expressway continues as US 71, which proceeds into downtown Kansas City as Bruce R. Watkins Memorial Drive.

History

File:Northern end of the future Bella Vista Bypass.jpg
Former Southern terminus of I-49 as seen in 2011, near Pineville, Missouri. A connection from this point to Benton County Road 34 west of Bella Vista, Arkansas opened in 2021.

Arkansas and Missouri pursued an I-49 designation for US 71 and I-540 for a number of years. In the early 2000s, there were plans by both states to rename the roadway as such between I-44 west of Joplin and I-40 at Fort Smith once new roadway had been completed around Bella Vista, Arkansas, and north to Pineville, Missouri.[3] However, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering denied the I-49 designation at their annual meeting in September 2007 because none of the new roadway was under construction.[4]

The I-49 upgrade involved removing all at-grade intersections and constructing interchanges and overpasses at 15 sites between Harrisonville and Lamar. The two-year project represented a shift in funding priorities for MoDOT which in 2007, had announced the indefinite postponement of its portion of the Bella Vista bypass project, citing a $139-million funding gap in Arkansas between construction costs and toll revenues, and Arkansas' commitment to only a two-lane bypass constructed over six years.[5] MoDOT announced the Joplin-to-Kansas City upgrade of US 71 in August 2010, to be done with the intention of bringing the I-49 designation to Missouri.[6]

MoDOT began installing I-49 trailblazer signage (without shields) plus gantry signs and mile markers, about 1200 signs in all, in February 2012. Signage bearing I-49 shields were covered or turned from view until the I-49 designation was given final approval by the Federal Highway Administration. This includes mile markers at two-tenths-mile (320 m) intervals along the entire alignment apart from I-44.[7]

The I-49 designation in Missouri became official at noon on December 12, 2012.[8] The designation applies to 180 miles (290 km) of current US 71 between Bannister Road (Route W) in south Kansas City and Route H at Pineville (McDonald County) which was upgraded to Interstate standards beginning in 2010.[6] The last of the upgrade projects were completed in December 2012, but some designations about seven miles (11 km) north of the Arkansas state line still have not been built to meet interstate standards.

In 2012, Missouri had $40 million available for its portion of the Bella Vista bypass,[9] but moved the money elsewhere in 2013. They planned on using money from a proposed constitutional amendment which would have raised the sales tax; however, this was defeated by voters in August 2014. Arkansas announced it will not extend its section to Missouri until construction begins on the Missouri section.[10]

In March 2019, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approved the remaining funding needed to complete the portion of the Bella Vista Bypass within the state.[11] On April 1, 2020, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded a $58.7-million contract for the construction of the five-mile (8.0 km) portion of highway. Construction started on May 11, 2020,[12] and the entire bypass opened on October 1, 2021, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony held the day prior.[13] With this, I-49 is fully complete within the state.

Exit list

County Location mi[14] km Exit[14] Destinations Notes
McDonald ​ I-49 south – Fort Smith Arkansas state line
​ 2 Route 90 – Noel, Jane[15]
​ 0.000 0.000 4 US 71 south – Bella Vista Southbound exit and northbound entrance; Southern end of US 71 overlap; Former southern end of I-49 before October 1, 2021
Pineville 0.725 1.167 5 Route H – Pineville, Noel
​ 2.559 4.118 7 Route EE – Pineville, Lanagan
​ 5.691 9.159 10 Route 76 – Anderson
​ 10.771 17.334 16
US 71 Bus. south / Route 59 – Goodman, Anderson		 Southbound exit and northbound entrance
​ 11.955 19.240 17 Route B / Route C – Goodman
Newton ​ 15.487 24.924 20 Business Loop I-49 north / Route AA
Neosho 19.043 30.647 24 US 60 – Seneca, Neosho
22.059 35.501 27 Business Loop I-49 south / Route 86 – Racine, Neosho
​ 25.053 40.319 30 Iris Road
​ 28.060 45.158 33 Business Loop I-49 north / Route 175 (Gateway Drive)
​ 30.081 48.411 35 Route V – Diamond
Newton–Jasper
county line		 ​ 34.090 54.863 39 A Route FF (32nd Street)
Jasper ​ 34.239 55.102 39
B–C		 I-44 west / Route 249 north to Route 66 – Joplin, Tulsa Southern end of I-44 overlap; signed as exits 39B (Route 249 north) and 39C (I-44 west); I-49 south follows exit 11
​ 35.828 57.660 13 Prigmor Avenue – Joplin Opened November 2015
​ 38.063 61.256 15 Business Loop I-44 west / Route 66 – Duenweg, Joplin Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Fidelity 41.056 66.073 46 I-44 east / Route 59 south – Springfield, Diamond Northern end of I-44 overlap; signed as exits 46A (Route 59 south) and 46B (I-44 east); I-49 north follows exit 18B
42.388 68.217 47 Cedar Road
Carthage 44.889 72.242 49 Route 571 north (Garrison Avenue) Northbound exit and southbound entrance
45.684 73.521 50 Route HH (Fir Road) – Carterville
46.809 75.332 51 Fairview Avenue
48.513 78.074 53 Business Loop I-49 south / Route 96 / Route 171 north / Route 571 south (Central Avenue) – Webb City
50.582 81.404 55 Civil War Road
​ 51.658 83.135 56 Route V (Garrison Avenue) / Route D – Alba Southbound exit and northbound entrance
​ 58.052 93.426 63 Route M / Route N
Jasper 61.254 98.579 66 Route H / Route K – Jasper
Barton ​ 65.427 105.295 70 Route 126 – Pittsburg, Golden City
​ 69.440 111.753 74 30th Road Opened November 2013
Lamar 72.009 115.887 77 US 160 – Mindenmines, Lamar
​ 75.541 121.571 80 Route DD / Route EE
​ 78.557 126.425 83 Route V / Route C – Irwin
Vernon ​ 83.780 134.831 88 Route N / Route B – Bronaugh, Sheldon
​ 86.803 139.696 91 Route BB / Route DD – Bellamy
​ 90.788 146.109 95 Route E – Milo
Nevada 96.124 154.697 101 Business Loop I-49 north / Route K to US 54 west – Nevada, Camp Clark
97.221 156.462 102 A US 54 – Nevada, El Dorado Springs Signed as exit 102 northbound
97.869 157.505 102 B Business Loop I-49 south – Nevada Southbound exit and northbound entrance
98.525 158.561 103 Highland Avenue
​ 102.001 164.155 107 Route M – Compton Junction
​ 105.333 169.517 110 Route D – Stotesbury
​ 107.089 172.343 112 Horton
​ 111.308 179.133 116 Route TT
Bates Rich Hill 115.712 186.220 120 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
​ 124.277 200.004 129 Route 52 east – Appleton City Southern end of Route 52 overlap
​ 125.533 202.026 130 Business Loop I-49 north / Route 52 west – Butler Northbound exit and southbound entrance
Butler 126.891 204.211 131 Route 52 – Butler, Amoret Northern end of Route 52 overlap
​ 131.587 211.769 136 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Adrian 136.634 219.891 141 Route 18 – Adrian, Clinton
​ 139.155 223.948 144 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Cass Archie 142.527 229.375 147 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Harrisonville 148.208 238.518 153 307th Street
152.193 244.931 157 Route 7 south – Clinton Southern end of Route 7 overlap
153.600 247.195 158 Route 2 east (Commercial Street) Southern end of Route 2 overlap
154.925 249.328 159 Route 2 west / Route 7 north (Mechanic Street) Northern end of Route 2 / Route 7 overlap
155.469 250.203 160 Route 291 north – Lee's Summit, Harrisonville Opened in 2016; existing diamond interchange converted to a Diverging diamond interchange
Peculiar 162.222 261.071 167 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
163.643 263.358 168 211th Street / Peculiar Way Diverging diamond interchange opened September 13, 2016[16]
Raymore 167.213 269.103 172 North Cass Parkway
Belton 169.164 272.243 174 Route 58 – Belton, Raymore
170.396 274.226 175 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Cass–Jackson
county line		 Belton–Grandview–
Kansas City tripoint		 171.793 276.474 176 155th Street – Belton Opened on December 15, 2017[17]
Jackson Grandview–Kansas City line 172.781 278.064 177 Route 150 Current interchange converted from the existing diamond interchange
Grandview 173.658 279.475 178 140th Street
174.924 281.513 179 Main Street This bridge was replaced and opened on November 22, 2017[citation needed]
175.485 282.416 180 Truman Drive No direct northbound exit
Grandview–Kansas City line 176.262 283.666 181 Blue Ridge Boulevard / Hickman Mills Drive / Longview Road
Kansas City 177.411 285.515 182 Red Bridge Road / Longview Road
178.036 286.521 — I-435 west / US 50 west – Wichita
I-470 east / US 50 east – Lee's Summit		 Northbound exit and southbound entrance; unsigned exit 183; I-435 exit 71A eastbound; I-470 exit 1
178.719 287.620 — US 71 north – Kansas City
I-435 north to I-70 west – Des Moines, Downtown		 Grandview Triangle; National northern terminus; northbound exit and southbound entrance; unsigned exit 184; I-435 exit 71 southbound; Northern end of US 71 overlap; highway continues north as US 71
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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  2. ↑ Google Street View of the last I-49 mileage sign in Kansas City
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  15. ↑ https://www6.modot.mo.gov/eBidLettingPublicWeb/viewFileStream.do?documentType=plan&key=9187
  16. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/MoDOT.KansasCity/photos/pcb.10154083305568515/10154083302728515/?type=3&theater
  17. ↑ http://www.modot.org/kansascity/major_projects/I-49_155th_Interchange.htm
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