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Future Interstate 49
Route information
Maintained by Missouri DOT
Length	174 mi (280 km)
Existed	2012–present
Major junctions
South end	Route HH near Neosho
Major intersections	US 60 in Neosho I-44 near Joplin US 160 near Lamar US 54 near Nevada
To	I-435 in Kansas City
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Missouri State Highway System Interstate US State Supplemental
← Route 49 → US 50

Interstate 49 is upgrading the existing US Highway 71 to interstate standards. The highway commission is planning to have the highway from the Grandview Triangle to Interstate 44 near Joplin, MO. Due to Arkansas being able to only create a two lane bypass (not interstate compatible) over six years, Missouri's highway department transferred $60 million from the Bella Vista Bypass project.

Route Description

Interstate 49 starts about 5 miles north of the Arkansas state line. Here, U.S. Highway 71 has an incomplete interchange. Only vehicles going north can exit onto I-49, and people going southbound have to exit to southbound US 71. In one mile, I-49 has a Parclo with Missouri Supplemental Route H. In another mile, there is an exit at Anderson, MO with Route EE. Then, North of Anderson US 71 Business 71 returns to the main highway. In five miles, there is an half diamond with Missouri Route 59, where people can only exit off and on from the north. In another mile, there is an exit with Missouri Route B. Four miles later is southern exit of Neosho, MO's Business Loop.

Bella Vista Bypass

Near Pineville County, MO I-49 will diverge from the existing Four lane US 71. The Path will continue south to the state line of Arkansas. The five miles of new construction was originally the focus of I-49 construction in Missouri. But when the Arkansas Highway Department announced it would only be able to precede to a two lane bypass over the next six years. MODot decided to use the money available to upgrade the existing US 71 North of Joplin.

MODot has said the Bypass is shovel ready. All the Right of way is bought, and the engineering is completed, meaning the construction of the road can be started as soon as Arkansas is ready to meet at the state line.

Exit List

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
McDonald	Pineville			5	Route HH
				7	Route EE
	Anderson			10	Route 76
				15	Route 59 / US 71 Bus.	Half-diamond, access only to and from the north
				17	Route C / Route B
Newton	Neosho			20	Route AA / I-49 BL
				24	US 60
				27	Route 86 / I-49 BL
	Tipton Ford			30	Iris Rd
	Joplin			33	I-49 BL / Route 175
				35	Route V
				39A	Route FF
				39B-C	I-44 west / Route 249 north
				39A	Route FF	Start of 7 mile concurrency with I-44
Jasper	Carthage			47	Cedar Dr	Concurrency with I-44 ends at I-44 Exit 18
				47		Route 571 Garrison Ave	Half-diamond interchange
				49	Route HH Fir Rd
				51	Fairview Rd
				53	Route 571 / I-49 BL south / Route 171 west / Route 96
				55	Civil War Rd
				56	Route V / Route D
	Jasper			49	Route H / Route K
Barton				70	Route 126
	Lamar			77	US 160
				80	Route DD / Route EE
	Irwin			81	Route V / Route C
Vernon	Sheldon			88	Route N / Route B
				91	Route DD / Route BB
	Milo			95	Route E
	Nevada			101
Nevada				102A	US 54
		Bates			102B		I-49 BL	Half-diamond interchange
					103	Hiland Ave
					107	Route M
					110	Route D
				112	Horton
Rich Hill				116	Route TT
				120	Route A / Route B
Butler				129	Route 52 – Appleton City
				131	Route 52 – Butler
	Cass County			141	Route 18
				144	Route AA / Route E
				147	Route A / Route B
Grandview				153	307th St.
				155	283rd St.
				157	Route 7 – Clinton
				158	Route 2 east
				159	Route 2 west / Route 7 north
				160	Route 291 – Lee's Summit	MODot has plans to widen the road to 5 lanes and to add a Diverging diamond interchange[4]
Kansas City				167	Route C / Route J
				172	Route 58 North Cass Parkway
	Jackson			175	Route Y 163rd Street
				176	155th St.
				177	Route 150 – Greenwood
				178	140th St.
				179	Main St. and Frontage Rd	Southbound U turn
				180	Truman Blvd and Frontage Rd	Southbound U turn
				181	Blue Ridge Blvd and Frontage Rd	Northbound U Turn
				181	Red Bridge Rd
				183A		I-470 – Lee's Summit
				183B-C		I-435 – Wichita, Kansas City
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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