Oddball Route Endings in Missouri

Most of the time a highway ends in Missouri, it is at an intersection with another highway or at some location in a state park. Here are some exceptions.

Numbered route ends at a city street

• Independence: MO 12 at Spring
• Marshall: MO 20 at English
• Sainte Genevieve: MO 32 at Seraphin
• University City: MO 340 at Ferguson
• Saint Louis: MO 366 at Broadway (map shows it following Broadway to I-55)
• As signed, not on maps: MO 269 at Winn Road in Kansas City

Numbered route ends at a railroad crossing

• Overton: MO 98
• Saint Joseph: MO 759

Numbered route ends at T intersection with lettered route

• Belton: MO 58 at D
• Braymer: MO 116 at A
• New Point: MO 120 at B
• Lake Paho: MO 145 at B
• Saint Louis: MO 180 at D (according to maps, no signage in the city)
• South of Eureka: MO 109 at FF and W

Numbered route ends at intersection with lettered route, lettered route also ends, other intersecting route not on state system

• Morley: MO 91 at C
• Big Spring Park: MO 103 at Z

Numbered route becomes lettered route (no junction)

• Evona: MO 85 becomes A

Saint Louis city limit

• MO 231
• MO 267

At state line: becomes county road

• North of Memphis: MO 15 becomes CR V56 in Van Buren County, IA
• Drexel: MO 18 becomes 355th Street in Miami County, KS
• Tiff City: MO 76 becomes CR E0240 in Delaware County, OK
• North of Mendota: MO 129 becomes CR T20 in Appanoose County, IA
• North of Lucerne: MO 139 becomes CR S40 in Wayne County, IA
• North of Omaha: MO 149 becomes CR T30 in Appanoose County, IA
• Kansas City: MO 150 becomes 135th Street in Leawood, KS

Duplex: both routes end

• Mexico: MO 15 and MO 22 at US 54
• West of Joplin: US 166 and US 400 at I-44
• Cape Girardeau: MO 34 and MO 74 at the Mississippi River, becoming IL 146
• Golden City: MO 37 and MO 126 at US 160
• Osage Beach: MO 42 and MO 134 at US 54
• Tracy: MO 273 and MO 371 at I-29

Duplex: one route ends, the other continues

• Kansas City: I-29 ends, I-35 joins westbound I-70
• Independence: I-470 ends, MO 291 continues across I-70
• Kansas City: I-470 ends, US 50 joins westbound I-435
• Wentzville: I-64 ends, US 61 crosses I-70, US 40 joins westbound I-70
• Saint James: MO 8 ends, MO 64 continues across I-44
• Carthage: MO 171 ends southbound, MO 571 ends northbound, MO 96 crosses US 71
• Rolla: MO 72 ends, US 63 continues across I-44
• Lebanon: MO 64 ends, MO 5 and MO 32 continue across I-44
• Midway: MO 240 ends, US 40 joins eastbound I-70
• Glasgow: MO 87 ends at northbound MO 5 / westbound MO 240 split
• East of Van Buren: MO 34 ends, MO 21 joins eastbound US 60
• Near Novelty: MO 151 ends, MO 156 joins southbound MO 15
• Mount Vernon: MO 265 ends, MO 39 continues across I-44
• Buffalo: MO 73 ends, MO 32 continues across US 65
• Branson West: MO 413 ends, MO 265 joins southbound MO 13 / eastbound MO 76
• Atchison: MO 273 ends, US 59 continues across Kansas state line / Missouri River
• Southwest City: AR 43 becomes MO 43, OK 20 ends at the state line corner
• Cassville: MO 112 ends (as does Business 37), MO 76 and 86 continue across MO 37
• Licking: MO 137 ends, MO 32 continues across US 63
• Jackson: MO 72 ends, MO 34 continues with US 61 and BL 55

Routes end from opposite directions (effectively, one route changes numbers)

• South of Poplar Bluff: US 160 becomes MO 158 at US 67
• West of Boonville: MO 41 becomes MO 135 at I-70
• Centralia: MO 151 becomes MO 124 at MO 22
• Willow Springs: MO 76 becomes MO 137 at US 60/63
• Carthage: MO 171 becomes MO 571 at US 71 (see MO 96 above in duplex category)

Mississippi River endings

• St. Louis: MO 799 at IL line, no corresponding IL route
• Belmont (Mississippi County): MO 80, no ferry crossing (across from KY 80)
• Dorena: MO 77 (ferry crossing to KY 125)
• East of Portageville: MO 162 (no ferry access to TN 21)
• Cottonwood Point: MO 164 (no ferry access to TN 104)

Duplexed with business route, both ending

• Albany: north end MO 85 with Business 136 at US 136
• Carrollton: east end of MO 10 with Business 65 at US 65 / 24
• Paris: west end of MO 154 with Business 24 at US 24
• Higginsville: west end of MO 20 with Business 13 at MO 13
• Marshall: west end of MO 240 with Business 65 at US 65
• Mexico: south end of MO 15 and east end of MO 22 with Business 54 at US 54
• Hannibal: north end of MO 79 with Business 36 at I-72 / US 36
• Bowling Green: north end of MO 161 with Business 61 at US 61
• Rolla: west end of MO 72 with BL 44 at I-44
• Desloge: east end of MO 8 with Business 67 at US 67
• Carthage: south end of MO 171 with Business 71 at US 71
• Bolivar: south end of MO 83 with Business 13 at MO 13
• Cassville: north end of MO 112 with Business 37
• Mount Vernon: west end of MO 174 with Business 39
• Point Lookout: south end of MO 165 with Business 65

Other oddballs

• Columbia: east end of MO 740 signed at the east outer road of US 63
• Kansas City: south end of MO 269 signed at the Chouteau Bridge south of MO 210
• Desloge: east end of MO 8 signed both before and after passing under US 67