I-70 remains at this width until just west of the intersection with I-64/US 40/ US 61 in Wentzville, over 170 miles (270 km) away.Įast of Blue Springs, I-70 takes on a rural highway as it leaves Jackson County.
The highway then continues with six lanes to the rapidly growing suburb of Blue Springs, where the roadway narrows to four lanes (two each direction) at Route 7. The Truman Sports Complex, which houses the Royals's and Chiefs's stadiums, is located adjacent to the I-70/ I-435 interchange.Įast of I-435, I-70 continues east through Independence, passing a busy cloverleaf interchange at I-470. While passing through Kansas City, I-70 is known as the George Brett Super Highway, named after former Kansas City Royals third baseman and Baseball Hall of Fame member George Brett. US 24 departs from I-70 exit 8B and heads north following I-435. I-70 and US 24 then interchanges with I-435, the beltway around the Kansas City metropolitan area. Not long after they usurp that alignment, I-70/US 40/US 24 turn southeast. I-70, US 40, and US 24 split off to the east, and US 71 continues south. At the southeastern corner, I-70, US 40, US 24, and US 71 all exit the loop.
Once it leaves I-35, I-70 turns south, with interchanges to more roads. At that corner, I-29 ends, and US 71 joins. There is a large interchange with Route 9 in the loop's northeastern corner. Back at the northwest corner, US 169 splits off to the north, leaving four routes concurrent with each other. Both Interstates maintain the concurrency until they approach the northeastern corner of the loop. I-70 runs concurrently with I-35 once it enters into the Loop. Louis.Ĭrossing into Missouri on the Intercity Viaduct, I-70 immediately encounters the Downtown Loop, also called the Alphabet Loop, a small but complex loop of freeways with all of its exits having the number 2 and a letter suffix that uses the entire alphabet (except I, O, and Z). This section of the transcontinental Interstate begins at the Kansas state line on the Intercity Viaduct, running concurrently with US Route 24 (US 24), US 40, and US 169, and the east end is on the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge in St. Interstate 70 ( I-70) in the US state of Missouri is generally parallel to the Missouri River. Jackson, Lafayette, Saline, Cooper, Boone, Callaway, Montgomery, Warren, St.
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