U.S._Route_50_in_Missouri

U.S. Route 50 in Missouri

U.S. Route 50 in Missouri

Segment of American highway

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 50 in Missouri. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 50.

U.S. Route 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route in the state of Missouri. It is also known as the Rex M. Whitton Expressway in the capital of Missouri, Jefferson City.

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Route description

US 50 enters Missouri from Kansas along Interstate 435 (I-435) around Kansas City and then it runs concurrently with I-470 to Lee's Summit. It runs as an expressway to Sedalia before becoming Broadway Boulevard and intersecting with US 65 (Limit Avenue). From Sedalia to California, US 50 becomes a two-lane undivided road, where it has a concurrency with Route 5 from Syracuse to Tipton between Morgan and Moniteau counties. It resumes as an expressway from California to Jefferson City, has a brief distance as a main road, and picks up expressway status again. It has a 15-mile-long (24 km) concurrency with US 63 for 12 miles (19 km) from Jefferson City. From just west of Linn to Union, the road is two lanes. Between Linn and Union, US 50 passes through various communities. After passing through Linn as Main Street, it shares short concurrencies with Route 89 and Route 19 between Osage and Gasconade counties and intersects with Route 47 in Union. After going through this city, US 50 is routed along I-44 up to Sunset Hills. It heads east and merges with US 61 and US 67.

These three concurrent U.S. routes run this way until after the interchange with I-55. US 61 and US 67 split off, leaving US 50 to merge with I-255 to cross the Mississippi River on the Jefferson Barracks Bridge in St. Louis.

Future

US 50 is slated to become four lanes from east of Linn to I-44,[2] and eventually improvements from Sedalia to California.

History

Until 1926, US 50 in Missouri was Route 12.[3]

Major intersections

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References

  1. [1]
    Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Planning Network GIS data version 2005.08
  2. [2]
    [email protected], Geoff Folsom • Union City Editor, County Government Reporter • (2021-09-11). "Push to expand Highway 50 to four lanes stalls". The Missourian. Retrieved 2024-04-11. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. [3]
    Missouri State Highway Commission, Route Map Showing Designated Routes and Numbers[permanent dead link], Approved September 19, 1922
  4. [4]
    Missouri Department of Transportation (June 17, 2015). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Route 50 Blackwell". www.modot.org. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014.
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