Route 96 Length: Image File history File links Missouri_96. ... 52 mi (83 km) Established: Decommissioned: Present Direction: East-West From: West of Halltown To: North of Carl Junction Cities on route: Heatonville Albatross Phelps Rescue Plew Avilla Carthage

Route 96 is a state highway running between Interstate 44 at Halltown and Route 171 near Carl Junction. A large section of the highway between Halltown and Carthage served as U.S. Route 66 and is currently marked as Historic Route 66. Halltown is a village located in Lawrence County, Missouri. ... Carl Junction is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. ... Heatonville, Missouri is a small, unincorporated community on former U.S. Highway 66, now Missouri State Highway 96 in Lawrence County. ... Albatross, Missouri is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County near the intersection of Missouri State Highway 96 and Missouri State Highway 39. ... Phelps, Missouri is an unincorporated town on former U.S. Highway 66, now Missouri State Highway 96 in Lawrence County twenty-one miles east of Carthage. ... Rescue, Missouri is a small, unincorporated community on Missouri State Highway 96, formerly U.S. Highway 66. ... Plew, Missouri is a small, unincorporated community in western Lawrence County, Missouri. ... Avilla is a town located in Jasper County, Missouri. ... Carthage is a city located in Jasper County, Missouri. ... Interstate 44 (abbreviated I-44) is an interstate highway in the central United States. ... Halltown is a village located in Lawrence County, Missouri. ... Carl Junction is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. ... Carthage is a city located in Jasper County, Missouri. ... 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. ...

The road was numbered due to its being an extension of K-96 and its eastern terminus was in Carthage. When US 66 was decommissioned east of Joplin, Missouri 96 was extended to cover US 66. Missouri 96 was turned into Missouri Supplemental Route YY west of Missouri 171 when Kansas decommissioned the eastern part of Kansas 96. Kansas State Highway 96 (abbreviated K-96) is a highway in central and southern Kansas. ... Missouri Supplental Routes are officially designated as State Secondary Roads. They are roads within the state of Missouri designated with letters. ...

Route of the highway

MO-96 exit from Interstate 44

Missouri 96 begins at a partial interchange with Interstate 44 just west of Halltown (there is no access to westbound I-44 or from eastbound I-44). The highway is a two-lane road and is relatively straight all the way to Carthage. About one mile west of I-44 is the western terminus of Route 266. Three miles further west, Missouri 96 is joined by Historic Route 66. Route 266 is a section of former U.S. Route 66 with termini between Interstate 44 at Springfield and Route 96 west of Halltown. ...

At Albatross is an intersection with Route 39. Five miles further west is an intersection with Route 97. At Avilla there is a one mile concurrency with Route 37. As the road approaches Carthage, the highway curves south, then curves west again to become Central Street. At Garrison Avenue the highway begins a concurrency with Route 571 and the road becomes a wide boulevard. A multiplex or concurrency on a road network occurs where a single physical road carries two or more different highway, motorway or other road numbers. ... Missouri State Highway 37 is a highway in southwest Missouri. ...

One mile west of Garrison Avenue is an interchange with U.S. Route 71. At this point, Missouri 571 ends and Route 171 and Business 71, both of which join Missouri 96 and the road is a freeway. The first exit west of US 71, Missouri 96 turns off and becomes a two-lane road again. North of Joplin, Missouri 96 intersects Route 43, and three miles further west Missouri 96 ends at Missouri 171. U.S. Highway 71 is a north-south United States highway. ... 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. ... It has been suggested that Autobahn be merged into this article or section. ...

Originally, Missouri 96 continued across Missouri 171 and turned south, curving around the west side of Carl Junction. The road then ran two miles further west and crossed the Kansas state line.