Counties in which each endpoint is located are shown in parentheses.
Miniature pseudo-markers are shown for US, Missouri, Interstate, and Interstate Business Loop and Spur Routes (unless you chose the text-only display option). The markers are based on Shield Generator [replaced by Shields Up, (c) 2002 David R. Kendrick] with additional modifications. More about the markers here.
Where available, links are also shown to relevant Road Signs & Sights Gallery photos.
Abbreviations: MO = Missouri Route,
ALT = Alternate Route, SH = State Highway (for states other than
Missouri), SP = Spur Route, SR = Supplemental Route (the secondary
Missouri roads designated with letters).
US 71
North Endpoint: Iowa line between Clarinda IA and Maryville (Nodaway)
South Endpoint: Arkansas line SE of Anderson (McDonald)
Principal Cities: Maryville, Savannah, St Joseph, Platte City, North Kansas City, Kansas City, Grandview, Belton, Harrisonville, Adrian, Butler, Rich Hill, Nevada, Lamar, Carthage, Joplin, Neosho, Anderson
Counties: Nodaway, Andrew, Buchanan, Platte, Clay, Jackson, Cass, Bates, Vernon, Barton, Jasper, Newton, McDonald
Derivatives: MO 171, MO 371, MO 571
Entirely a divided highway (with some freeway segments) between Maryville and St Joseph and between Kansas City and Joplin; new freeway in 1998 built between Joplin and Anderson; concurrent with I-29 from N end of I-229 between Savannah and St Joseph to the downtown freeway loop in Kansas City; Watkins Drive parkway/freeway in midtown Kansas City, opened October 22, 2001
South Endpoint: Arkansas line SE of Anderson (McDonald)
Principal Cities: Maryville, Savannah, St Joseph, Platte City, North Kansas City, Kansas City, Grandview, Belton, Harrisonville, Adrian, Butler, Rich Hill, Nevada, Lamar, Carthage, Joplin, Neosho, Anderson
Counties: Nodaway, Andrew, Buchanan, Platte, Clay, Jackson, Cass, Bates, Vernon, Barton, Jasper, Newton, McDonald
Derivatives: MO 171, MO 371, MO 571
Entirely a divided highway (with some freeway segments) between Maryville and St Joseph and between Kansas City and Joplin; new freeway in 1998 built between Joplin and Anderson; concurrent with I-29 from N end of I-229 between Savannah and St Joseph to the downtown freeway loop in Kansas City; Watkins Drive parkway/freeway in midtown Kansas City, opened October 22, 2001
Road Signs & Sights Gallery Photos
- A US 71 sign without Interstate 49 in Jasper County (2012)
- A big brown sign in Kansas City, Mo.
- Advance signs for the Grandview Triangle interchange from US 71 in Kansas City
- All route types at Interstate 49/US 71 and Route FF in Joplin
- All route types on Missouri 59 in Goodman
- Armour Road at Interstate 29 and 35 in Kansas City
- Blue arrows for Interstate 29 and US 71 in Platte Woods
- Business Loop 49 and Missouri 175 exit from Interstate 49/US 71 in Newton County
- Business Loop 49 exit from Interstate 49/US 71 in Passaic
- Business Loop 49, Interstate 49, US 71, Missouri 96, and Missouri 171 at the terminus of Missouri 571 in Carthage
- Business US 71 in Anderson
- Business US 71 in Butler
- Button reflectors for a destination sign to US 71 and Missouri 7 from Missouri 2 near Harrisonville
- Button reflectors on exit sign for Routes B and A on US 71 near Archie
- Christopher Bond Bridge in Kansas City, southern approach
- Controlled right-of-way warning along US 71
- Curve approaching south end of the Christopher Bond Bridge in Kansas City
- Destination sign for Fort Smith, Arkansas at the US 71/US 60 interchange southwest of Neosho
- Destination sign for Interstate 29, US 71, and Interstate 435 in Kansas City (airport)
- Destination sign for US 71 at newly-opened interchange in 2007 near Pineville
- Destination sign with button reflectors in Grandview
- Emanuel Cleaver misspelled
- End of Interstate 635 in Kansas City (1989)
- End of Missouri 249 in Joplin
- Exit for 155th Street from US 71 in Grandview and Kansas City
- Exit from US 71 with faded sign, button reflectors, and small supplemental route markers at Peculiar
- Exit sign confusion on US 71 near Goodman
- Exit sign with button reflectors for Business US 71 from US 71 in Butler
- Exits for US 71 and Missouri 249 from Interstate 44 in Joplin
- Exits in the northeast corner of the Kansas City downtown freeway loop
- Gantry for US 71 south of Pineville
- Highway curve marking the temporary southern end of Interstate 49 at US 71 (2012)
- I-44, I-49, and US 71 advance sign on Missouri 59 in Jasper County
- Interstate 35 at 10th Street in downtown Kansas City (1986)
- Interstate 49 and US 71 at Missouri 150 in Grandview
- Interstate 49 and US 71 at Route H in Pineville
- Interstate 49 marker with state name in Rich Hill
- Interstate 49 mile marker, not yet ready for use, on US 71 in Grandview (2012)
- Interstate 49 mile marker, not yet ready for use, on US 71 near Carthage (2012)
- Interstate 49/US 71 in Missouri 291 near Harrisonville
- Junction Interstate 49 and US 71 at Route FF in Joplin
- Junction of Interstate 29 and US 71 with US 169 in Kansas City
- Junction of Interstate 44 and US 71 with directional banners on Missouri 66 east of Joplin
- Junction of Interstate 49, US 71, Business Loop 49, and Missouri 171 at the end of Missouri 571 in Carthage
- Kansas City airport exit from Interstate 29 (1975)
- Kansas City city limits
- Kansas City downtown loop: Exit 3 (northeast corner)
- Kansas City downtown loop: Exits 2G and 2H
- Kansas City downtown loop: Exits 2G and 2H (advance sign on Interstate 35)
- Kansas City downtown loop: Exits 2J, 2L, and 2M
- Kansas City freeway loop exit at night (1982)
- Lighted Red Signal Ahead sign on Watkins Drive at Gregory Boulevard in Kansas City
- Lobbying for a better US 71
- Markers for Interstate 44 and Missouri 249 at Interstate 49 and US 71 in Joplin
- Meyer Boulevard at Watkins Drive, Kansas City, Mo.
- Meyer Boulevard bridge over Watkins Drive, Kansas City
- Mile marker for northbound Interstate 29 in St. Joseph at the Interstate 229 exit
- Mileage signs for Swope Parkway on Watkins Drive in Kansas City (1998 and 1999)
- Missouri 71 in McDonald County (goof for US 71, 2004)
- Missouri 90 from US 71 near Jane
- No state name on Interstate 49 shields in Joplin (2012)
- North and south US 71 at the same time near Carthage
- Paseo Boulevard just south of the Paseo Bridge in Kansas City (1998)
- Paseo Boulevard just south of the Paseo Bridge in Kansas City (2006)
- Pointing to Interstate 29 and US 71 at the end of Missouri 9 in Kansas City
- Reassurance marker for US 71
- Routes V and D from US 71 in Jasper County
- Southbound US 71 south of Pineville heading into Arkansas
- Southeastern end of Interstate 229 at Interstate 29 and US 71 in St. Joseph
- Southern end of Interstate 49 in Missouri (2012)
- Southernmost northbound Interstate 49 sign in Missouri (2012)
- Street sign for former US 71 at Missouri 18 in Adrian with destination sign for Merwin
- Temporary end of Watkins Drive in Kansas City (1998)
- Temporary route for US 71 in Kansas City (1998)
- The end of Business Loop 49 and Missouri 171 without Interstate 49 (2012)
- Trailblazer for Arkansas 279 from US 71 in Missouri
- US 136 and US 71 near Burlington Junction
- US 56 West from US 71 in Kansas City
- US 60 and US 71 interchange southwest of Neosho
- US 71 and Missouri 76 near Anderson (2001)
- US 71 approaching the Grandview Triangle in Kansas City (1984)
- US 71 at Business US 71 in Pineville, with stick-on letters for the Business designation
- US 71 at Missouri 90 near Jane
- US 71 at Route OO near the Arkansas state line
- US 71 continues as Missouri 249 near Joplin (all four route types shown)
- US 71 entrance ramp in Belton
- Watkins Drive (US 71) at the downtown Kansas City freeway loop
- Watkins Drive (US 71) in Kansas City
- Watkins Drive at 59th Street, Kansas City
- Watkins Drive at 67th Street, Kansas City
Business Route 71
Cities: Maryville, Savannah, Anderson, Pineville
Road Signs & Sights Gallery Photos
- All points of the compass represented by Missouri 96 and Missouri 171, plus Business US 71, near Carthage
- Business US 71 and Missouri 171 near Carthage
- Business US 71 and Missouri 76 in Anderson
- Business US 71 at Missouri 59 south of Neosho
- Business US 71 in Anderson
- Business US 71 in Butler
- Business US 71 near Joplin
- Business US 71 shield on destination sign from Missouri 249 exit in Joplin
- Business US 71, Missouri 171, Missouri 249, and Route HH in Carterville
- Business US 71, Missouri 96, and Missouri 171 near Carthage
- Business US 71, Missouri 96, and Missouri 171 near Carthage (freeway-style sign)
- Button reflectors for Brooklyn Heights exit from Business US 71 and Missouri 171
- Button reflectors on destination sign for Brooklyn Heights
- Button reflectors on destination sign for Butler at the Business US 71 exit from US 71
- Detour Business US 71 with stick-on letters at Route EE in Pineville after US 71 was relocated in 2007
- Detour Business US 71 with stick-on letters in Pineville after US 71 was relocated in 2007
- Enhanced advance warning for stop sign near Neosho
- Exit sign with button reflectors for Business US 71 from US 71 in Butler
- Missouri 59, US 60, and Business US 71 in Neosho
- Missouri 86 and 175 with Business US 71 near Neosho
- Narrow font on a destination sign along Business US 71 in Webb City
- Neon arrow pointing the way to Neosho
- Railroad crossing in Webb City
- US 71 at Business US 71 in Pineville, with stick-on letters for the Business designation
- Wide and square supplemental markers for Route VV at Missouri 249 in Joplin
Spur 71
West Endpoint: US 71, 1 mi W of Milo (Vernon)
East Endpoint: Milo (Vernon)
Counties: Vernon
Derivative of US 71
0.4 mi spur into Milo
East Endpoint: Milo (Vernon)
Counties: Vernon
Derivative of US 71
0.4 mi spur into Milo
Alternate US 71
Renamed or decommissioned
Now MO 571 from Carthage to US 71, US 71 from MO 571 to I-44, MO 59 from I-44 to 2 mi S of Neosho (decommissioned 1998, was last designated Alternate US route in Missouri)
Now MO 571 from Carthage to US 71, US 71 from MO 571 to I-44, MO 59 from I-44 to 2 mi S of Neosho (decommissioned 1998, was last designated Alternate US route in Missouri)
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