Route 66 Length: 14 mi (23 km) Established: 1985 Decommissioned: Present Direction: East-West From: East of Duenweg To: Kansas state line Cities on route: Duenweg Duquesne Joplin

Route 66 is a fourteen mile long road in southwest Missouri which had previously been U.S. Route 66 for its final six years. The highway begins at Interstate 44, passes through Duenweg, Duquesne, and Joplin, then crosses into Kansas becoming K-66. Duenweg is a city located in Jasper County, Missouri. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Duenweg is a city located in Jasper County, Missouri. ... Duquesne is a village located in Jasper County, Missouri. ... Main Street in Joplin in 2005 Joplin is a city located in parts of southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of Missouri. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... U.S. Route 66, (also known as Route 66, The Mother Road and the Will Rogers Highway[1]) was a highway in the U.S. Highway system. ... Duenweg is a city located in Jasper County, Missouri. ... Duquesne is a village located in Jasper County, Missouri. ... Main Street in Joplin in 2005 Joplin is a city located in parts of southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of Missouri. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... K-66 is a 5-mile (8-kilometre) long state highway in the southeastern corner of the state. ...

Route of the highway

Route 66 begins at a partial interchange with I-44 east of Duenweg and heads west in an almost straight line to near the state line. About half of the highway is a concurrency with Interstate 44 Business. At the west side of Duenweg, Missouri 66/Business I-44 has an interchange with Route 249 (future Interstate 49), then heads through Duquense (where it becomes a four-lane road) and on into Joplin, where it becomes Seventh Street. At Rangeline Road is an intersection with U.S. Route 71 Business, a major intersection in Joplin. At Main Street is an intersection with Route 43 and Business I-44 turns south. Interstate 49 (abbreviated I-49) is an intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of Louisiana, United States. ... Business US Highway 71 is an alternate alignment of U.S. Highway 71 which begins at a juntion of U.S. Highway 71, Missouri State Highway 96, Missouri State Highway 171, and Missouri State Highway 571 in Carthage, Missouri. ...

West of Main Street, Route 66 is marked "Historic Route 66" (see below). Just west of the city limits of Joplin, the highway becomes a divided highway all the way to the state line. About one mile before entering Kansas, a county road, "Old Route 66", turns off and the newer highway turns southwest to the Kansas state line.

US 66 through the Joplin Area

Although all of Route 66 once served as US 66, only five of the six westernmost miles are marked as "Historic Route 66" being that the historic alignment comes in from the north (westbound) on Main Street in Joplin. The very westernmost mile of Historic Route 66 turns off Missouri 66 on a county road known as "Route 66 Boulevard" and enters Kansas at a different location than the current state highway.

Route 66 concurrent with Interstate 44 Business at their eastern terminus near Duenweg