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Route 9 is a highway in the Kansas City, Missouri area. Its northern terminus is at Interstate 29/U.S. Route 71 in Kansas City North; its southern terminus is at Interstate 35/Interstate 70/U.S. Route 24/U.S. Route 40 in downtown Kansas City. Even though both termini are in Kansas City, it passes through other towns and cities. It is carried across the Missouri River by the Heart of America Bridge between downtown Kansas City, Missouri and North Kansas City, Missouri. In North Kansas City, the highway serves as a main thoroughfare, Burlington Street.
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
| Length | 14.275 mi (22.973 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |     I-35 / I-70 / US 24 / US 40 in Kansas City | |||
| North end |   I-29 / US 71 in Kansas City | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Missouri | |||
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History
editRoute 9 was created in 1922 as Route 59 and was renumbered in the early 1930s when US 59 entered Missouri.
Junction list
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Jackson | Kansas City | 0.000 | 0.000 | Heart of America Bridge continues beyond southern terminus | |
| 0.094 | 0.151 | I-35 / I-70 / US 24 / US 40 | Southern terminus; I-35/I-70 exit 2E; US-40 is unsigned | ||
| 0.406 | 0.653 | 3rd Street | Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| Missouri River | 1.258 | 2.025 | North end of Heart of America Bridge | ||
| Clay | North Kansas City | 3.160– 3.282 | 5.086– 5.282 | Oak Trafficway | Formerly Route 283 |
| Kansas City | 4.069 | 6.548 |  US 169 (Arrowhead Trafficway) – Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, Smithville | South end of freeway; northbound exit and southbound entrance; SB access to US 169 north via U-turn | |
| 4.646 | 7.477 | Briarcliff Parkway | |||
| Platte | Riverside | 5.425 | 8.731 |   US 69 north (Riverway Parkway) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of US 69 overlap |
| 6.135 | 9.873 |   US 69 south / I-635 – Kansas | I-635 exit 11; north end of freeway; north end of US 69 overlap | ||
| Parkville | 11.100 | 17.864 |  Route 45 (Tom Watson Parkway) | ||
| Kansas City | 14.275 | 22.973 | NW Barry Road | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ Missouri Department of Transportation (December 17, 2020). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
External links
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