Route 6 is a 211-mile-long (340 km) state highway in the northern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. It travels from I-29 Bus./US 169 in St. Joseph to US 24/US 61 about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Quincy, Illinois. Route 6, if only a few miles longer in each direction, would be the only state highway to cross Missouri west to east. It is one of the original 1922 highways in Missouri.
 Route 6 | ||||
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| Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
| Length | 211 mi (340 km) | |||
| Existed | 1922–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   I-29 BL / US 169 in St. Joseph | |||
| East end |    US 24 / US 61 south of Taylor | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Missouri | |||
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Route description
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Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Buchanan | St. Joseph | 0.0 | 0.0 | I-29 BL / US 169 (Belt Highway / Frederick Boulevard) | |
| 0.5 | 0.80 |   I-29 / US 71 – Council Bluffs, Kansas City | I-29 exit 47 | ||
| DeKalb | | 13.0 | 20.9 |     Route 31 south to US 36 | west end of Route 31 overlap |
| Oak | 22.9 | 36.9 |  Route 31 north – King City | east end of Route 31 overlap | |
| Maysville | 32.0 | 51.5 |   Route 33 south / Route A north | ||
| Daviess | | 43.7 | 70.3 |  I-35 – Bethany, Des Moines, Cameron, Kansas City | I-35 exit 64 |
| | 45.7 | 73.5 |  US 69 north – Pattonsburg | west end of US 69 overlap | |
| | 46.8 | 75.3 | US 69 south – Winston | east end of US 69 overlap | |
| Gallatin | 55.3 | 89.0 |  Route 13 south – Hamilton | west end of Route 13 overlap | |
| | 56.9 | 91.6 | Route 13 north – Jameson | east end of Route 13 overlap | |
| | 66.0 | 106.2 |  Route 190 – Edinburg, Jamesport | ||
| Grundy | | 75.0 | 120.7 |    Route 146 west / Route W south – Edinburg, Hickory, Crowder State Park | |
| Trenton | 78.9 | 127.0 |   US 65 Bus. north (Oklahoma Avenue) | west end of US 65 Bus. overlap | |
| 79.0 | 127.1 | US 65 – Princeton, Chillicothe | interchange; east end of US 65 Bus. overlap | ||
| | 92.4 | 148.7 |  Route 139 north – Osgood | west end of Route 139 overlap | |
| Sullivan | Humphreys | 95.2 | 153.2 | Route 139 south – Meadville | east end of Route 139 overlap |
| | 104.4 | 168.0 |  Route 5 south – Linneus | west end of Route 5 overlap | |
| | 107.6 | 173.2 | Route 5 Bus. north – Milan | ||
| Milan | 110.3 | 177.5 | Route 5 Bus. south | ||
| 110.5 | 177.8 | Route 5 north – Unionville | east end of Route 5 overlap | ||
| Green City | 119.7 | 192.6 |  Route 129 – Green City, Winigan | ||
| Adair | | 127.7 | 205.5 |   Route 149 south to Route 11 | west end of Route 149 overlap |
| Novinger | 133.7 | 215.2 | Route 149 north – Connelsville | east end of Route 149 overlap | |
| | 137.5 | 221.3 |  Route 157 south – Thousand Hills State Park | ||
| Kirksville | 140.8 | 226.6 |  US 63 Bus. north – Lancaster | west end of US 63 Bus. overlap | |
| 142.4 | 229.2 | US 63 Bus. – Macon | east end of US 63 Bus. overlap | ||
| 143.4 | 230.8 | US 63 north / Route 11 north – Lancaster, Adair | west end of US 63/MO 11 overlap | ||
| 145.4 | 234.0 | US 63 south / Route 11 south – Macon, Kirksville | east end of US 63/MO 11 overlap | ||
| Knox | | 166.5 | 268.0 |  Route 15 south – Plevna | west end of Route 15 overlap |
| Edina | 167.4 | 269.4 | Route 15 north – Memphis | east end of Route 15 overlap | |
| Lewis | | 188.5 | 303.4 |   Route 16 east – Monticello | |
| Ewing | 195.5 | 314.6 |  Route 156 west – Newark, Henry Sever Lake Conservation Area | ||
| | Outer Road - Taylor | ||||
| Marion | | 211 | 340 | US 24 / US 61 (Avenue of the Saints) – Canton, Quincy, IL, Palmyra, Hannibal | interchange |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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