Route 152 is a state highway in the northern Kansas City metropolitan area. It begins at Interstate 435 south of the Kansas City International Airport and ends at Route 291 in Liberty. The route is a limited access highway between its two junctions with I-435. It crosses I-29 five miles (8.0 km) south of the airport in Platte County and US 169 in Clay County.
 Route 152 | ||||
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 MO 152 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
| Length | 16.875 mi[1] (27.158 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   I-435 / Route N in Parkville | |||
| East end |  Route 291 in Liberty | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Missouri | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The original route, established in 1827, was called "Military Road" and connected the Liberty Arsenal with Fort Leavenworth. In the North Kansas City area, Military Road was renamed Barry Road in 1829 after the newly established town of Barry, which in turn is named after the postmaster-general William Taylor Barry. The road remained comarked Highway 152. A short extension of Barry Road, identified as Highway 152, was created between 1980 and 1982. Proper construction of Highway 152 did not continue until 1990. Barry Road, the original Highway 152, runs parallel to the current Highway 152 on its south side on the west side and parallel to 152 on the north side in the eastern portions. According to satellite imagery, the freeway section of the highway was completely finished sometime between September of 2005 and February of 2006.[2]
In 2008, the Kansas City City Council approved a master plan for Kansas City International Airport that called for extensive improvements to the road so it could become a main thoroughfare to the proposed Central Terminal on the south side of the airport by 2025.[3]
Junction list
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Platte | Parkville | 0.000– 0.323 | 0.000– 0.520 |  I-435 – Kansas City International Airport, St. Joseph, Topeka Route N | I-435 exit 24; continuation as Route N. |
| Kansas City | 1.328 | 2.137 |  Route K (NW Hampton Road) | West end of freeway. | |
| 3.904 | 6.283 | Amity Avenue | |||
| 4.931 | 7.936 | Congress Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only | ||
| 5.146– 5.784 | 8.282– 9.308 |   I-29 / US 71 – Kansas City International Airport, St. Joseph, Downtown Kansas City | I-29 exits 9A-B. | ||
| 5.906 | 9.505 | Ambassador Drive | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only | ||
| 6.915 | 11.129 | Green Hills Road – Lake Waukomis | |||
| 8.566 | 13.786 | Platte Purchase Drive | Diverging diamond interchange | ||
| Clay | 8.916– 9.674 | 14.349– 15.569 |  US 169 (Arrowhead Trafficway) – Smithville, Kansas City | ||
| 9.952 | 16.016 | North Oak Trafficway | |||
| 10.933 | 17.595 | Maplewoods Parkway | |||
| 12.292 | 19.782 |  Route 1 (Indiana Avenue) – Gladstone | |||
| 13.347 | 21.480 | Brighton Avenue | |||
| 13.727– 14.403 | 22.091– 23.179 | I-435 – St. Joseph, St. Louis | I-435 exits 49A-B; east end of freeway. | ||
| Liberty | 16.765– 16.875 | 26.981– 27.158 |     I-35 / US 69 / Route 110 (CKC) – Des Moines, Downtown Kansas City | I-35 exit 16. | |
| Route 291 | Eastern terminus of Route 152 | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Future
editRoute 152 might be extended to Leavenworth, Kansas in the future.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Missouri Department of Transportation (June 1, 2014). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "City of Platte Woods". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ KCI Studies - airportsites.net - Retrieved February 9, 2010 Archived February 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "MARC Transportation Department - Regional Transportation Plan (2050) - 2019 Call for Projects". marc2.org. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
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