In the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

, U.S. Route 36

U.S. Route 36

U.S. Route 36 is an east–west United States highway that runs for from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville, Ohio. The highway's western terminus is at Deer Ridge Junction, an intersection in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, where it meets U.S. Route 34. Its eastern...

 is an expressway that provides access between Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

 and Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

.

Route description

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.

History

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.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	# Exit number An exit number is a number assigned to a road junction, usually an exit from a freeway. It is usually marked on the same sign as the destinations of the exit, as well as a sign in the gore....	Destinations	Notes
Buchanan Buchanan County, Missouri Buchanan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 89,201. Its county seat is Saint Joseph. When originally formed in 1838, the county was named Roberts County, after settler Hiram Roberts; it was renamed in 1839 for James Buchanan, then a U.S....	St. Joseph		Pony Express Bridge Pony Express Bridge The Pony Express Bridge is a highway girder bridge over the Missouri River connecting Elwood, Kansas with St. Joseph, Missouri on US-36.The bridge is referred to in signage as Pony Express Bridges because there are separate bridges for east and west bound traffic. The bridges were built in 1983 to...  over the Missouri River Missouri River The Missouri River flows through the central United States, and is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is the longest river in North America and drains the third largest area, though only the thirteenth largest by discharge. The Missouri's watershed encompasses most of the American Great...  (state line)
			1A		Westbound signed Route 759 only.
			East end of freeway
			1B	, Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, Iowa Council Bluffs, known until 1852 as Kanesville, Iowathe historic starting point of the Mormon Trail and eventual northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trailsis a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States and is on the east bank of the Missouri River across...	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		Signed as exit 1D westbound
			3	22nd Street
			4	28th Street
			5
			6	, Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, Iowa Council Bluffs, known until 1852 as Kanesville, Iowathe historic starting point of the Mormon Trail and eventual northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trailsis a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States and is on the east bank of the Missouri River across...	Signed as exits 6A (south) and 6B (north)
			8
			East end of freeway
			10	85th Road	Exit 11 is State Highway C.
			12		West end of Route 31 overlap
DeKalb DeKalb County, Missouri DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population is 12,892. The county was organized in 1845 and is named after the American Revolutionary War general Johann de Kalb. The county along with Buchanan and Andrew counties in Missouri and Doniphan County,...			14		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		West end of Route 33 overlap
			20A		East end of Route 33 overlap
	Cameron Cameron, Missouri Cameron is a city in Clinton and DeKalb Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 8,312 at the 2000 census.The Clinton County portion of Cameron is part of the Kansas City, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the DeKalb County portion is part of the St...		24
			25		Interchange; west end of I-35 Bus. overlap
			26	, Des Moines Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...	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 Caldwell County, Missouri Caldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. , the population was 8,969. Its county seat is Kingston. The county was organized in 1836 as a haven for the Mormons, who had been previously driven from Jackson County, Missouri in November of 1833 and had been refugees in...	Hamilton Hamilton, Missouri Hamilton is a city in Caldwell County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,813 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hamilton is located at ....		31
			33		Interchange; exit 36 is State Highway A; exit 38 is State Highway D; exit 40 is Liv 25 Road
Livingston	Chillicothe Chillicothe, Missouri Chillicothe is a city in and the county seat of Livingston County, Missouri, United States. The population was 9,515 at the 2010 census. The name "Chillicothe" is Shawnee for "big town", and was named after their Chillicothe, located since 1774 about a mile from the present-day city.Chillicothe is...		44		Interchange
			48
Linn Linn County, Missouri As of the census of 2000, there were 13,754 people, 5,697 households, and 3,760 families residing in the county. The population density was 22 people per square mile . There were 6,554 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile...			51		West end of Route 139 overlap; exit 53 is Route 130 south
			54		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 Brookfield, Missouri Brookfield is a city in Linn County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,542 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Brookfield is located at ....		59		Interchange
			60		Interchange; exit 62 is Route H
			64		Interchange; east end of Route 5 overlap; exit 66 is Littleton Drive
			67		West end of Route 129 overlap
Macon Macon County, Missouri Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 15,566. Its county seat is Macon. The county was organized in 1837 and named for Nathaniel Macon, a North Carolina politician...			70		East end of Route 129 overlap
			72		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		Interchange; eastbound signed Route 3 only.
			77		Interchange
	Macon Macon, Missouri Macon is a city in Macon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,471 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Macon County.-Geography:Macon is located at...		79	Long Branch Lake Road	Interchange
			82		Interchange
			84
Shelby	Clarence Clarence, Missouri Clarence is a city in Shelby County, Missouri, United States. The population was 915 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Clarence is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...		87
			91		Signed as exits 91A (north/west) and 91B (south)
	Shelbina Shelbina, Missouri Shelbina is a city in Shelby County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,704 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Shelbina is located at ....		97
			102		Interchange
			106
Marion	Monroe City Monroe City, Missouri Monroe City is a city in Marion, Monroe, and Ralls counties in the US state of Missouri. The population was 2,588 at the 2000 census.The Marion and Ralls County portions of Monroe City are part of the Hannibal Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...		113
Ralls			114		Interchange; west end of US 24 overlap; exit 116 is State Highway J
Marion			119
			West end of freeway
	Rocket Junction		121		East end of US 24 overlap
	Hannibal Hannibal, Missouri Hannibal is a city in Marion and Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. Hannibal is located at the intersection of Interstate 72 and U.S. Routes 24, 36 and 61, approximately northwest of St. Louis. According to the 2010 U.S. Census the population was 17,606...		124	Shinn Lane
			125	Veterans Road
			126		West end of I-72 / US 61 Bus. overlap
			127		East end of US 61 Bus. overlap
		Mark Twain Memorial Bridge Mark Twain Memorial Bridge The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge is the name for two bridges over the Mississippi River at Hannibal, Missouri, childhood home of Mark Twain, for whom the bridge is named. The current bridge, north of the original site, was finished in 2000; the original bridge, built in 1936, was demolished. The...  over the Mississippi River Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains... (state line)