U.S. Route 67 in Missouri
U.S. Route 67 (US 67) is the portion of a north-south highway in Missouri that starts at the Arkansas state line south of Neelyville and ends at the Illinois state line northeast of West Alton.
U.S. Route 67 | |
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US 67 highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by MoDOT | |
| Length | 197.741 mi[1] (318.233 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Future I-57 / US 67 at the Arkansas state line |
| North end | US 67 at the Illinois state line |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| Counties | Butler, Wayne, Madison, St. Francois, Jefferson, St. Louis, St. Charles |
| Highway system | |
Route description edit
Going from south to north, US 67 enters Missouri at the Arkansas state line. About 10 miles (16 km) north of the state line, it intersects US 160. At the southwest corner of Poplar Bluff, Business Route 67 goes into Poplar Bluff while US 67 bypasses Poplar Bluff to the west on a freeway-grade highway. It then joins US 60 at the northwest corner of Poplar Bluff. Both 60 and 67 then follow a four-lane route to an interchange about 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Poplar Bluff, where US 60 heads west toward Springfield while US 67 heads north to St. Louis.
Construction is complete to divide the highway through Wayne, Madison and Butler Counties, including bypasses around Greenville and Cherokee Pass. The new divided highway opened on August 19, 2011, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Additionally, MoDOT has extended the divided highway south to US 160 south of Poplar Bluff.
From Fredericktown, US 67 passes through Farmington, where an existing interchange with Route 221 was converted to a diverging diamond interchange in September 2012.[2] US 67 then proceeds through Park Hills, Desloge, and Bonne Terre. About 25 miles (40 km) north of Bonne Terre, US 67 crosses Interstate 55 and enters Festus and Crystal City and picks up US 61. This becomes known as Truman Boulevard in Festus and Crystal City, Highway 61-67 from Herculaneum to Imperial, and Jeffco Boulevard from Arnold until it exits Jefferson County and enters St. Louis County, where it becomes Lemay Ferry Road.
St. Louis County edit
When US 67/61 reaches St. Louis County, it travels Lemay Ferry Road (Route 267) until it reaches Lindbergh Boulevard. There it travels Lindbergh Boulevard (known as Kirkwood Road in Kirkwood). US 61 then turns west onto I-64/US 40 West towards Wentzville. Lindbergh, named for aviator Charles Lindbergh, continues north through Frontenac, Ladue, Creve Coeur, Maryland Heights, Bridgeton, Hazelwood and Florissant until it reaches Lewis & Clark Boulevard (Route 367). From there, it continues straight north to West Alton, Missouri and then crosses the Mississippi River on the Clark Bridge and enters Alton, Illinois.
The only vehicular tunnel in Missouri is located on US 67 at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, where the road tunnels under the runway.
History edit
The northern terminus was at Alt. US 61 near Fredericktown, Missouri, in 1926. The route was extended north on Illinois Route 3 (through western Illinois) to its northern terminus in Rock Island, Illinois by 1932. Sometime after 1940, US 67 was routed into Madison County. Then, it was co-signed with Route 66 as both routes went across the McKinley Bridge.
By the mid-1940s, US 67 had been rerouted from St. Louis to Alton via the Lewis Bridge over the Missouri River and the Clark Bridge (formerly the Old Clark Bridge) over the Mississippi River. The Alton to Jerseyville section now passed through Godfrey and Delhi. By the mid-1950s, a more direct route for US 67 from Godfrey to Jacksonville via Greenfield had opened. Heading north from Downtown Alton, US 67 was rerouted via an abandoned railroad grade to the north end of town.
Between Fort Bellefontaine, Missouri (near Lewis Bridge) and south of St. Louis, US 67 followed two different routes. US 67 originally followed Lewis and Clark Boulevard, Florissant Avenue, 7th Street, and Broadway south through St. Louis. US 67 Bypass followed Lindbergh Boulevard around the city. Route 99 was an inner bypass within the city limits, following Kingshighway Boulevard and Riverview Boulevard between Route 30 (Gravois Road) and US 67 (Florissant Avenue). US 67 replaced Route 99 in the mid-1950s, using Loughborough Avenue at the south end, and the old route south of downtown became an extension of US 67 Alternate, which had begun downtown and crossed into Illinois towards Alton. (The old US 67 north of downtown was mostly US 66 City.) Later, in the late 1960s, US 67 moved to the bypass, and the old route, where not turned back to the city, became Route 267 and Route 367.
Future edit
The portion of US 67 between the Arkansas state line and Poplar Bluff is slated to be upgraded into an extension of Interstate 57.[3] US 67 between Poplar Bluff and Route 158 is already mostly a freeway with only two at-grade intersections. Planning is underway to build the next ten miles of freeway between Route 158 and County Road 274 south of Neelyville, just 2 miles north of the Arkansas border.[4] However, it is currently unclear as to when and where exactly the highway will tie into the Arkansas side, as the Arkansas Department of Transportation has not yet determined a route to finish their portion of the US 67 freeway. Interchange improvement at Route 158 and US Route 160 to convert it to a Dumbbell interchange starts August 22, 2022.[5]
Junction list edit
All exits are unnumbered.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler | Neely Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 67 south (Future I-57) | Continuation into Arkansas | ||
| Neelyville | 4.659 | 7.498 | Route 142 – Neelyville, Naylor | ||||
| Beaver Dam Township | 11.700 | 18.829 | US 160 west / Route 158 east – Doniphan, Harviell | Interchange | |||
| Poplar Bluff | 17.541 | 28.230 | US 67 Bus. north / Route M to Route 53 – Poplar Bluff | Interchange | |||
| 20.208 | 32.522 | Route PP – Poplar Bluff | Interchange. Access to Black River Medical Center, John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, and Three Rivers Community College. | ||||
| 21.992– 23.110 | 35.393– 37.192 | Future I-57 north / US 60 east / US 60 Bus. east / US 67 Bus. south – Sikeston, Poplar Bluff | Interchange; southern end of US 60 concurrency | ||||
| Black River Township | 27.435 | 44.152 | US 60 west – Van Buren, Springfield | Interchange; northern end of US 60 concurrency. Access to Ozark National Scenic Riverways. | |||
| Route JJ | |||||||
| Wayne | Black River Township | 35.441 | 57.037 | Route 49 north / Route 172 east – Williamsville, Chaonia | Access to Lake Wappapello State Park | ||
| Saint Francois Township | Route F | ||||||
| Route A – Williamsville | |||||||
| Greenville | 48.077 | 77.372 | US 67 Bus. north to Route D | Access to Lake Wappapello | |||
| 49.882 | 80.277 | US 67 Bus. south to Route E | |||||
| Silva | 54.106 | 87.075 | Route 34 – Piedmont, Marble Hill | Interchange. Access to Sam A. Baker State Park and Clearwater Lake. | |||
| Cedar Creek Township | Route K | ||||||
| Coldwater | Route EE – Coldwater | ||||||
| Twelvemile Township | Route N | ||||||
| Madison | Central Township | US 67 Bus. north | |||||
| Cherokee Pass | Route C – Central, Saco | ||||||
| Route A – Marquand | |||||||
| Millcreek | US 67 Bus. north / Route E – Arcadia | Interchange | |||||
| Fredericktown | US 67 Bus. / Route 72 to Route Z – Arcadia, Fredericktown | Interchange. Access to Madison Medical Center, Historic Downtown Fredericktown, and Arcadia Valley. | |||||
| Mine La Motte Township | Route H – Farmington | ||||||
| Saint Francois | Knob Lick | Route DD | |||||
| Pendleton Township | Route H – Farmington | ||||||
| Farmington | Route 221 (Columbia Street) / Route W – Doe Run | Interchange. Access to Historic Downtown Farmington and Arcadia Valley | |||||
| Maple Street | Interchange | ||||||
| Route 32 east – Farmington | Interchange; southern end of Route 32 concurrency. Access to Parkland Health Center. | ||||||
| Park Hills | Fairgrounds Drive — Park Hills, Missouri, Leadington | Interchange | |||||
| Route 32 west / US 67 Bus. north – Leadington, Park Hills | Interchange; northern end of Route 32 concurrency. Access to Mineral Area College, Missouri Mines State Historic Site, and St. Joe State Park. | ||||||
| Koen Creek Turnaround | Interchange | ||||||
| Parkway Drive | Interchange | ||||||
| Desloge | Route 8 west / US 67 Bus. south – Desloge, Park Hills | Interchange | |||||
| Bonne Terre | Old Orchard Road / Vo-Tec Road | Interchange. Access to Parkland Health Center. | |||||
| Route 47 north / Route K – Bonne Terre, Terre du Lac | Interchange | ||||||
| Big River Township | Route Y – French Village | ||||||
| Route JJ | |||||||
| Jefferson | Valle Township | Route V – Valles Mines | Interchange | ||||
| Plattin Township | Route JJ | ||||||
| Olympian Village | Route 110 west / Route CC – De Soto, Olympian Village | Interchange | |||||
| Festus | Route CC | ||||||
| I-55 – Saint Louis, Cape Girardeau | I-55 exit 174 | ||||||
| US 61 / Great River Road – Sikeston | Southern end of US 61 concurrency | ||||||
| Route A | |||||||
| Pevely | Route Z | ||||||
| Barnhart | Route M – Antonia | ||||||
| Arnold | Route 231 – Oakville, Lemay | ||||||
| Route 141 – Fenton | |||||||
| Saint Louis | Mehlville | I-255 southwest – East Saint Louis, Alton | Direct access to southwest-bound I-255 and from northeast-bound I-255 only; full access signed at US 50 | ||||
| I-255 northeast / US 50 / Route 267 – East Saint Louis, Alton, Lemay | Southern end of US 50 concurrency; direct access to northeast-bound I-255 and from southwest-bound I-255 only | ||||||
| See US 50 | |||||||
| Kirkwood | I-44 / US 50 / Historic US 66 – Joplin, Kansas City | Northern end of US 50 concurrency; I-44 exit 277B | |||||
| Route 100 – Des Peres, Saint Louis | |||||||
| Frontenac | I-64 / US 40 / US 61 north / Avenue of the Saints – Chesterfield, Saint Louis | Northern end of US 61 concurrency; I-64 exit 28A | |||||
| Creve Coeur | Monsanto Drive | Interchange; access to Monsanto Company | |||||
| Route 340 – Chesterfield, Wellston | Interchange; no direct access from southbound US 67 to westbound Route 340, nor from westbound Route 340 to northbound US 67 | ||||||
| Maryland Heights | Route D (Page Avenue) | Interchange | |||||
| Bridgeton | Route 180 – Saint Louis | Interchange | |||||
| I-70 – Saint Louis, Kansas City | I-70 exit 235A-B; unsigned access to Great River Road via I-70 west to Route 79 | ||||||
| Route B (Natural Bridge Road) / Lambert International Boulevard | Interchange | ||||||
| Tunnel underneath Missouri Air National Guard (Saint Louis) | |||||||
| Hazelwood | I-270 – Bridgeton, Florissant | I-270 exit 25 | |||||
| Spanish Lake | Route 367 – Bellefontaine Neighbors, Saint Louis | Interchange | |||||
| Missouri River | Lewis Bridge (Missouri River) | ||||||
| Saint Charles | West Alton | Route 94 – Saint Charles | |||||
| Mississippi River | US 67 north continues via the Clark Bridge into Illinois | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References edit
- ^ a b Missouri Department of Transportation (July 21, 2013). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ^ Southeast District (August 17, 2012). "Route 221 to Close for Interchange Conversion in St. Francois County" (Press release). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
- ^ "Future I-57 Project Kicks Off in Southeast Missouri". 27 February 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "U.S. 67 (FUTURE I-57) IN BUTLER COUNTY". Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ admin (2022-08-09). "First Phase of U.S. 67/Future I-57 Project in Butler County Slated to Begin". STL Press - News. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
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