Interstate 70 Missouri – East

Guide signs for I-70/U.S. 40 at U.S. 71 and I-670 in Kansas City were replaced when U.S. 24 was realigned from Independence Boulevard in 2018. 06/19/15

I-70/U.S. 24-40 turn east from U.S. 71 at the east end of I-670 in Downtown Kansas City. 06/19/15

Signs for the Poplar Street Bridge exchange between I-44, I-55, I-64 and I-70 appeared two miles ahead of the former merge of I-70 east with I-55 north / I-64 east. This sign bridge was removed with the realignment of I-70 in February 2014. 04/13/13

The Express Lanes prepared to split with Exit 292B (old Exit 249D) onto Broadway south ahead of the Dome at America's Center and the I-44 /Former I-70 mainline. 04/13/13

Ramps joined Tucker Boulevard and the Stan Musial Veterans Bridge above the Interstate 70 east transition to Interstate 44 west. The lower ramp of the tri-level stack interchange is the new I-70 eastbound mainline. 04/13/13

Sign changes made at former Exit 249C / new Exit 292B removed Busch Stadium and redirected motorists south to Exit 292A for Convention Plaza. 04/13/13

The I-70 Express Lanes concluded at Broadway (Exit 249D). 04/13/13

Exit 250A departed from I-70 east for Martin Luther King Bridge east to Illinois and Laclede's Landing Boulevard toward the Gateway Arch. 04/13/13

Exit 250A was renumbered to Exit 292A. The ramp was expanded by 2015 to include access to Convention Plaza west. 04/13/13

Expansion of Exit 292A coincided with the elimination of Exit 250B to Memorial Drive during the CityArch2015 project. 04/13/13

Elevating across the west approach roads to both the MLK Bridge (historic U.S. 40-50-66) and the Eads Bridge, I-44 west / A half-diamond interchange originally joined I-70 with parallel Memorial Drive at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. 04/13/13

Ramps to Memorial Drive from I-44 west and from Memorial Drive to I-44 west were swapped as part of the CityArchRiver project through to October 28, 2015. 04/13/13

The Gateway Arch rose prominently between the freeway and Mississippi River as former Exit 250B departed onto Memorial Drive at Pine Street. 04/13/13

All signs posted here at the old Exit 250B gore point are historical due to the Park Over the Highway (CityArchRiver) Project and Poplar Street Ramp project. 04/13/13

All signs posted here at the old Exit 250B gore point are historical due to the Park Over the Highway (CityArchRiver) Project and Poplar Street Ramp project. 06/01/11

I-70 turned east from the below grade freeway through Downtown to join I-55 north / I-64-U.S. 40 east across the Poplar Street Bridge into East St. Louis, Illinois. I-64 branches southeast from the overlap with I-55 north to Mount Vernon, Illinois and Louisville, Kentucky while I-55 north combines with I-70 northeast to Troy. 04/13/13

I-44 west / I-55 south overlap one mile from the Poplar Street Bridge to Soulard. The former single lane mainline ramp of I-70 east was closed and subsequently dismantled, along with the adjacent Memorial Drive on-ramp to the PSB. 04/13/13

The I-70 mainline combined with a single lane ramp of I-55 north to add two lanes to the eight-lane Poplar Street Bridge. Three other elevated ramps at this exchange were torn down and replaced with work started in early 2014. 06/01/11

The I-70 mainline combined with a single lane ramp of I-55 north to add two lanes to the eight lane Poplar Street Bridge. Three other elevated ramps at this exchange were torn down and replaced with work started in early 2014. 04/13/13