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Missouri Route 5

"MO 5" redirects here. The term may also refer to Missouri's 5th congressional district.

Missouri Route 5 is the longest state highway in Missouri and the only Missouri state highway to traverse the entire state. To the north, it continues into Iowa as Iowa Highway 5 and to the south it enters Arkansas as Arkansas Highway 5 as part of a three state 650 mile highway 5. With only a few exceptions, it is mostly a two-lane for its entire length.[2]

Route 5 marker
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Map
Route 5 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length352.834 mi[1] (567.831 km)
Existed1922–present
Major junctions
South end AR 5 at the Arkansas state line
Major intersections
North end Iowa 5 at the Iowa state line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountiesOzark, Douglas, Wright, Laclede, Camden, Morgan,Cooper, Howard, Chariton, Linn, Sullivan, Putnam
Highway system
← Route 4→ Route 6

Route description

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Route 5 begins at the Arkansas state line in Ozark County as a continuation of Arkansas Highway 5. Approximately 8.5 miles (13.7 km) to the north of the state line, Route 5 meets U.S. 160 after which it forms a 6.2 mi (10.0 km) east-west concurrency to the east where it enters Gainesville. After leaving its U.S. 160 concurrency to the north, Route 5 continues northwest for approximately 13.2 mi (21.2 km) before forming a 3.3 mi (5.3 km) north-south wrong-way concurrency with Route 95 into Wasola. Route 5 enters Douglas County 0.6 mi (0.97 km) north of Wasola.[3]

Thirteen miles into Douglas County, Route 5 forms a four-mile north–south concurrency with Route 76 past Ava, and serves the town itself with a business route. Within the northwest part of Ava, the concurrent routes intersect Route 14. After Route 76 leaves the concurrency to the east, Route 5 continues for 10 miles before entering Wright County.

Shortly after entering Wright County, Route 5 forms a one-mile east–west concurrency with U.S. 60 (as a limited-access highway) in Mansfield. After leaving its U.S. 60 concurrency to the north, the route intersects with Route 38 in Hartville 11 miles later, and then continues for 24 miles into Laclede County.

 
Route 5 southbound turns left onto Route 64 (Jefferson Ave) in Lebanon.

In Laclede County, Route 5 passes through Evergreen, intersects I-44, Route 32 and Route 64 in Lebanon, and enters Camden County 16 miles north of Lebanon.

Between Lebanon and Camdenton, the road has been realigned and straightened, and several older alignments are visible. Just south of Camdenton, Route 5 forms an 11-mile north–south concurrency with Route 7 which continues through the town and intersects U.S. Route 54. After Route 7 leaves the concurrency to the west, Route 5 leaves the Ozark Mountains and crosses the Lake of the Ozarks at the Hurricane Deck Bridge, passing through Sunrise Beach shortly before entering Morgan County.

Twenty miles north into Morgan County, Route 5 forms a short east–west concurrency with Route 52 in Versailles. After leaving its Route 52 concurrency to the north, it continues north for 14 miles and enters Tipton, in which the route forms a four-mile east–west concurrency with U.S. 50. Soon after leaving its U.S. 50 concurrency to the north, Route 5 enters Cooper County.

In Cooper County, Route 5 continues north for 20 miles before intersecting I-70 just south of Boonville. Three miles north of I-70, the route enters Boonville and forms a triple concurrency with U.S. 40 and Route 87. All three routes together cross the Missouri River into Howard County.

Immediately after entering Howard County, Route 87 leaves the concurrency to the west, and less than a mile thereafter, U.S. 40 leaves the concurrency to the east. From there, Route 5 continues north to Fayette, in which it forms a nine-mile concurrency with Route 240 that starts with a north–south alignment, but becomes an east–west alignment after intersecting Route 3. Shortly thereafter, Route 240 leaves the concurrency to the south (ultimately heading west), and Route 5 enters Glasgow, after which it returns to a north–south alignment and enters Chariton County.

Thirteen miles to the north of the Chariton County line, Route 5 forms a five-mile east–west concurrency with U.S. 24 and enters Keytesville, where it leaves the concurrency to the north and enters Linn County 21 miles later.

After entering Linn County, Route 5 immediately passes through Marceline and forms a 12-mile east–west concurrency with U.S. 36 (proposed future Interstate 72) past Brookfield, where they intersect Route 11 together. In Laclede, the route leaves the concurrency to the north at its intersection with Route 139, and passes through Linneus before entering Sullivan County.

In Sullivan County, Route 5 forms an eight-mile concurrency with Route 6 as they bypass Milan to the south and east. Business Route 5 serves Milan directly, using an older alignment of the route, and ends north of the town where Route 6 leaves the concurrent bypass to the east. From there, Route 5 enters Putnam County 15 miles later.

In Putnam County, Route 5 forms a brief east–west concurrency with U.S. Route 136 in Unionville. After leaving its U.S. 136 concurrency to the north, the route crosses the Iowa state line and turns into Iowa Highway 5 in Appanoose County.[4]

Route 5 from I-44 in Lebanon to U.S. 50 in Tipton is a part of the National Highway System, a system of highways important to the nation's defense, economy, and mobility.[5]

History

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As built in the original 1922 road system, the route is largely unchanged from its first path. Most of the paths bypassed are now business routes through cities.[6]

In the 1950s a section of the route in Wright, Douglas and Ozark counties between Mansfield and Gainesville was straightened and widened. At this time the city of Ava was bypassed and the old route through the center of the town became business Route 5.[7]

In 2009, a section of the route in Camdenton was rerouted onto a new four-lane highway. The old section became business Route 5.[8]

Improvements between Lebanon and Camdenton

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Beginning in the summer of 2008, MoDOT began a project to convert Route 5 into a "shared four-lane" highway, with continuous passing lanes based on the European 2+1 road model,[9] between Lebanon and Camdenton. A shared four-lane road can be constructed largely within the same footprint as a two-lane road, but allows for alternating passing lanes in each direction. A number of roadways in Europe are built in this way, but Missouri is among the first to do so in the U.S., having first used the method on separate segments of US 63 and Route 37. The project was completed in 2010 for the Camden County section, it was built on a new realignment to bypass the existing alignment. The Laclede County was built with the existing alignment and was completed in 2011.[10]

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Ozark​0.0000.000 
  AR 5 south – Mountain Home		Arkansas state line
Gainesville8.59513.832 
  US 160 west – Isabella, Theodosia		Southern end of US 160 overlap
10.71117.238 
  US 160 east – West Plains		Northern end of US 160 overlap
​24.10638.795 
  Route 95 north – Almartha		Southern end of Route 95 overlap
Wasola27.35144.017 
  Route 95 south – Thornfield		Northern end of Route 95 overlap
DouglasAva40.12264.570 
  
 
  Route 76 west / Route 5 Bus. north – Forsyth		Southern end of Route 76 overlap
41.93567.488  
 
  Route 14 / Route 5 Bus. south (Northwest 12th Avenue) – Sparta
​44.24871.210 
  
  Route 76 east / Route B north – Mt. Zion		Northern end of Route 76 overlap
WrightMansfield54.01386.925 
 
  
  US 60 Bus. east / Route B south – Mansfield		Southern end of US 60 Bus. overlap
54.18587.202 
  
  US 60 west / Route EE north – Springfield		Interchange; northern end of US 60 Bus. overlap; southern end of US 60 overlap
55.49389.307 
  
 
  US 60 east / US 60 Bus. west – Mountain Grove, Cabool, Mansfield		Interchange; northern end of US 60 overlap
Hartville66.326106.741  
  Route 38 to Route 95 – Marshfield
LacledeLebanon100.926162.425 
  Route 32 east – Licking		Southern end of Route 32 overlap
101.147162.780  I-44 – Springfield, Rolla, St. LouisI-44 exit 129; southern end of Route 64 overlap
101.802163.834  
  Route 32 / Historic US 66 west – Lebanon		Northern end of Route 32 overlap
102.741165.346 
  Route 64 west (Jefferson Avenue) – Bennett Springs		Northern end of Route 64 overlap
Camden​124.496200.357 
  
 
  Route 7 south / Route 5 Bus. north – Camdenton, Richland		Interchange; southern end of Route 7 overlap
Camdenton126.628203.788  US 54 – Camdenton, Nevada, Osage BeachInterchange
129.095207.758 
 
  Route 5 Bus. south / Pier 31 Road – Camdenton		Interchange
Lake of the OzarksNiangua Bridge
CamdenGreenview134.531216.507 
  Route 7 north – Climax Springs		Northern end of Route 7 overlap
Lake of the Ozarks136.531219.725Hurricane Deck Bridge
MorganLaurie146.159235.220 
  Route 135 north – Stover
Versailles162.670261.792 
  
  Route 52 west / Route W south – Stover		Southern end of Route 52 overlap; Future roundabout[11]
​165.374266.144 
  Route 52 east – Eldon		Northern end of Route 52 overlap
MoniteauTipton179.843289.429 
  
  US 50 east / Route B north – Bunceton, California		Southern end of US 50 overlap
Morgan​184.381296.732 
  US 50 west – Syracuse		Northern end of US 50 overlap
CooperBoonville204.055328.395  
  I-70 / US 40 west – Kansas City, Columbia		I-70 exit 101; southern end of I-70 Bus. / US 40 overlap
205.077330.039 
  Lewis and Clark Trail west (Sportsman Road)		Former US 40 west; southern end of Lewis and Clark Trail overlap
207.132333.347 
  
  
  I-70 BL east / Route 87 south / Lewis and Clark Trail east (Main Street)		Northern end of I-70 Bus. / Lewis and Clark Trail overlap; southern end of Route 87 overlap
Missouri River207.866334.528Boonslick Bridge
HowardOld Franklin208.484335.522 
  
  Route 87 north / Lewis and Clark Trail west – Glasgow, Boone's Lick Historic Site		Northern end of Route 87 overlap; southern end of Lewis and Clark Trail overlap
​209.495337.150 
  
  US 40 east / Lewis and Clark Trail east – Midway		Northern end of US 40 / Lewis and Clark Trail overlap
Fayette221.876357.075 
  
  
  Route 240 east to I-70 / US 40		Southern end of Route 240 overlap
​226.876365.122 
  Route 3 north – Armstrong
​229.658369.599 
 
  Route 240 Bus. west – Glasgow
​233.827376.308 
  
  Route 87 south / Lewis and Clark Trail east – Boonville		Southern end of Route 87 / Lewis and Clark Trail overlap
Glasgow234.343377.139 
  Route 240 west – Slater		Northern end of Route 87 / Route 240 overlap; southern end of Route 240 Bus. overlap
234.839377.937 
 
  Route 240 Bus. east		Northern end of Route 240 Bus. overlap
Chariton​248.214399.462 
  US 24 east – Salisbury		Southern end of US 24 overlap
Keytesville252.994407.154 
  
  US 24 west / Lewis and Clark Trail west – Brunswick		Northern end of US 24 / Lewis and Clark Trail overlap
Linn​277.626446.796 
  
 
  
  US 36 east / Route 110 (CKC) east / Route U north – Macon		Interchange; southern end of US 36 / Route 110 overlap
Brookfield284.651458.101 
 
   US 36 Bus. west / Route 11 – Mendon, Brookfield		Interchange
286.446460.990 
 
  US 36 Bus. east – Brookfield
Laclede290.193467.020 
  
 
   US 36 west / Route 110 (CKC) west / Route 139 – Chillicothe, Sumner		Northern end of US 36 / Route 110 overlap
Sullivan​316.782509.811 
  Route 6 west – Trenton		Southern end of Route 6 overlap
​319.953514.914 
 
  Route 5 Bus. north – Milan
Milan322.653519.260 
 
  Route 5 Bus. south
322.816519.522 
  Route 6 east – Green City, Kirksville		Northern end of Route 6 overlap
Putnam​343.843553.362 
  US 136 west – Princeton		Southern end of US 136 overlap
Unionville344.399554.256 
  US 136 east – Business District		Northern end of US 136 overlap
​352.834567.831 
  Iowa 5 north – Centerville		Iowa state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business routes

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Ava route

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Route 5 Business
LocationAva
Length2.36 mi (3.80 km)

A two-mile business route of MO 5 exists in Ava.

Camdenton route

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Route 5 Business
LocationCamdenton
Length4.94 mi (7.95 km)
Existed2009–present

A five-mile business route of MO 5 exists in Camdenton. It was created in 2009.

Milan route

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Route 5 Business
LocationMilan
Length2.64 mi (4.25 km)

A three-mile business route of MO 5 exists in Milan.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Missouri Department of Transportation (November 24, 2019). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "You'll spend half a day traveling this Missouri highway". FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports. 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  3. ^ Ava, Missouri, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2011-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "National Highway System Maps | Missouri Department of Transportation". www.modot.org. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  6. ^ Missouri Highways - 1921 map of Missouri state highways, also see Figure 7 here: http://www.cr.nps.gov/rt66/HistSig/MissouriContext.htm
  7. ^ Ava, Missouri, 30x60 Minute Topographic Map, USGS, 1985; Mountain Grove, Missouri, 30x60 Minute Topographic Map, USGS, 1983; Mansfield, Missouri, 15 Minute Topographic Map, USGS, 1951; Ava, Missouri, 15 Minute Topographic Map, USGS, 1945; Gainesville, Missouri, 15 Minute Topographic Map, USGS, 1940
  8. ^ "New highway 5 bypass opens Monday evening". LakeExpo.com. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  9. ^ MoDOT Shared four lane
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Versailles Route 52/Route 5 Improvements | Missouri Department of Transportation". www.modot.org. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
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