Interstate 29 South - Platte City to Kansas City

I-29/U.S. 71 enter the diamond interchange (Exit 30) with Highway H west and Highway Z east at the city of Dearborn. Highway Z travels 12.94 miles east from Exit 30 to Edgerton and U.S. 169 in Clinton County. Highway Z forms an L-shaped route totaling 12.31 miles from I-29 southwest to nearby New Market and Route 45/273 at Weston.

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Advancing south, I-29/U.S. 71 gradually ascend from a crossing of Bee Creek to next meet Highways E and U in five miles. Kansas City is now a half hour away.

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The final rest area of Interstate 29 south follows in an agricultural area west of Owl Creek.

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The Dearborn Rest Area can accommodate up to 90 cars and 25 truck/RV spaces. It is located at mile marker 27.

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The upcoming diamond interchange (Exit 25) with Highways E and U lies 1.7 miles west of the rural city of Camden Point.

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Southbound I-29/U.S. 71 reach the off-ramp (Exit 25) to Camden Point. Highway E runs 8.56 miles east to Highway B at Ridgely. Highway U comprises a 0.94 mile connector west from I-29 to parallel Route 371 (old U.S. 71).

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Remaining rural, I-29/U.S. 71 undulates over a series of hills to Platte City. 32,795 vehicles per day (vpd) were recorded by MoDOT along this stretch in 2015.

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Truck parking areas line both sides of the freeway at mile marker 24.

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The Platte County truck parking areas were converted from former weigh stations.

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Continuing south, Interstate 29 progresses toward the small city of Tracy and south end of Route 273 at Exit 20. Route 273 angles northwest from Tracy alongside Route 45 from Weston to U.S. 59 outside Winthrop.

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Exit 20 departs I-29/U.S. 71 south for Route 273 north. Route 371 begins here as well, briefly sharing an overlap with Route 273 before branching northward. Route 273 totals 23.75 miles from I-29 to the U.S. 59 Missouri River bridge to Atchison, Kansas.
Changes made at Exit 20 in 2008-09 realigned the southbound on-ramp from Route 273 and Route 371 to the east.

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I-29/U.S. 71 south pass through the Platte County seat of Platte City over the ensuing three miles.

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The freeway shifts southeast from below the 1958-built overpass for Route 273/371 ahead of the Platte River valley.

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Forthcoming Exit 19 uses Prairie View Road (old U.S. 71) south from Vine Street to Main Street and Highway HH east.

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The Platte River through Iowa and Missouri flows south 200 miles into the Missouri River near the community of Farley. A second more well known Platte River is located in Nebraska.

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Highway H stems 4.47 miles east from Main Street and Prairie View Road to Interurban Road.i

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The second Platte City interchange joins I-29/U.S. 71 with Route 92 (Branch Street) in one mile. The state highway forms a multi state route with K-92 west to Leavenworth and Oskaloosa.

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Interstate 29 south combines with the Kansas City Beltway just beyond Route 92 on the southeast side of Platte City at Exit 17.

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Exit 18 leaves I-29/U.S. 71 south for Route 92 (Branch Street). The state highway extends east ten miles to Smithville while traveling 39.38 miles overall to U.S. 69 at Excelsior Springs.

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A number of traveler services line the west side of I-29/U.S. 71 at the diamond interchange (Exit 18) with Route 92.

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Interstate 435 wraps around the north side of Kansas City from Platte City south to Parkville and east toward Liberty and Claycomo. The freeway provides a bypass for I-29 travelers headed to I-70 (Kansas Turnpike) west to Topeka.

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I-435 follows a rural route south to Kansas City, Kansas. The beltway continues beyond I-70 to Edwardsville, Lake Quivira and Lenexa to meet Interstate 35.

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I-29/435 combine for 3.58 miles along a mostly rural stretch to the north of Kansas City International Airport (MCI).

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A folded diamond interchange (Exit 15) lies one mile ahead with Mexico City Avenue for the air cargo facilities of MCI Airport. I-29 south / I-435 east split at the succeeding exit.

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Mexico City Avenue heads south from Exit 15 to Paris Street at the airport and dead ends north of adjacent 132nd Street.

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The six lane section of Interstate 29 concludes as I-435 branches east to Ferrelview and the Nashua community of north Kansas City.

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A fourth southbound lane accompanies I-29/435 to their split at Exit 14.

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I-29/U.S. 71 resume a southward heading from Interstate 435 through northwest Kansas City to Platte Woods and Riverside. The beltway affords a bypass for long distance travelers bound for points east along I-70 to St. Louis.

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Motorists partition for I-29 south and I-435 east at a wye interchange (Exit 14) just northeast of Kansas City International Airport (MCI). Interests to the airport passenger terminal should remain along Interstate 29 to the adjacent off-ramp for L.P. Cookingham Drive.

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Exit 13 quickly follows from Interstate 29 south after I-435 for L.P. Cookingham Drive (Highway D) west to Kansas City International Airport. Highway D overlays Cookingham Drive for 1.64 miles between the airport and adjacent Interstate 435.

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Prairie View Road runs along the west side of I-29/U.S. 71 as a service road from Highway D to the Route 152 freeway.

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A diamond interchange (Exit 12) next joins I-29/U.S. 71 with NW 112th Street.

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NW 112th Street spurs west from Exit 12 to the aviation services area of MCI Airport and east to the Airworld Center Business Park and Congress Avenue.

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Interstate 29 angles southeast by Airworld Center Business Park and several other office buildings beyond this confirming marker.

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Tiffany Springs Parkway meets I-29/U.S. 71 at a diverging diamond interchange (DDI) in one mile. Work on the $14 million project to build the Northland DDI commenced in March 2013. The new interchange opened to traffic in Summer 2014.¹

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Exit 10 leaves I-29/U.S. 71 south for Tiffany Springs Parkway. Currently the parkway dead ends just west of the freeway, but a planned extension takes the roadway west to future areas of the KCI Intermodal BusinessCentre.¹

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The on-ramp from Tiffany Springs Parkway briefly adds a fourth southbound lane. Interstate 29 maintains six overall lanes southward to Interstate 635.

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Progressing south through the Northland of Kansas City, I-29/U.S. 71 advance to the Prairie Point-Wildberry commercial area.

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The first in a series of interchange sequence signs appears along I-29/U.S. 71 south ahead of the cloverleaf interchange (Exits 9B/A) with Route 152.

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Route 152 forms a freeway west from Exit 9B to Weatherby Lake and I-435 and east from Exit 9A to I-435 by Hodge Park.

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The 8.57 mile route of Route 152 concludes as a controlled access arterial to Interstate 35 and the city of Liberty.

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The diamond interchange (Exit 8) with NW Barry Road overlays some of the ramps with Route 152, due to it preexisting the nearby freeway. Barry Road (old Route 152 / Highway T) serves a number of retail, including the Zona Rosa Town Center both west and east of I-29.

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Prairie View Road diverges from the Interstate 29 frontage as the former alignment of U.S. 71 through the small city of Platte Woods. The northernmost stretch of the road, from Barry Road south to Belvidere Parkway, doubles as Route 9, a 9.42 mile urban route to the Alphabet Loop at Downtown Kansas City.

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Southbound drivers pass through Platte Woods to the off-ramp (Exit 6) to NW 72nd Street. Prairie View Road (old U.S. 71) returns to the freeway at the forthcoming exchange.

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I-29/U.S. 71 reenter Kansas City between the Hawthorne / Picture Hills and Park Plaza neighborhoods ahead of NW 64th Street. I-635 provides a second freeway to Kansas City, Kansas in 3.5 miles.

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Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 6) with NW 72nd Street on I-29/U.S. 71 south. 72nd Street runs along the Platte Woods city line west to Route 9 and east to Chatham Avenue.

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Confirming markers for I-29/U.S. 71 south stand between the mainline and Prairie View Road as the freeway passes by the Linden Park neighborhood.

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Route 45 concludes a 36.93 mile from U.S. 59 in western Buchanan County at the upcoming diamond interchange (Exit 5) with Interstate 29.

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64th Street extends east from Exit 5 to Park Plaza and Breen Hills subdivisions to become Gower Avenue. Route 45 lines the arterial west to become Tom Watson Parkway ahead of Riss Lake and the city of Parkville.

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Traffic merges onto Interstate 29 south from NW 64th Street as the freeway continues by the Parkdale and Walden neighborhood.

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A second shield stands along I-29 south as the route lowers toward the small city of Houston Lake.

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Back to back ramps depart from I-29/U.S. 71 south for Interstate 635 (Exit 3C) south and NW Gateway Avenue (Exit 3B) in one mile. I-635 in Missouri travels just 3.39 miles through the city of Riverside.

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Through traffic headed south to Downtown Kansas City reduces to two lanes through the forthcoming directional T interchange (Exit 3C) with Interstate 635.

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Interstate 635 winds south to U.S. 69 and west to the K-5 freeway spur in Kansas City, Kansas. The freeway constitutes a 12.7 mile urban loop to I-35 and U.S. 69 at Merriam and Mission in Kansas.

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Two lanes separate from the I-29/U.S. 71 southbound mainline for I-635. The freeway loop was originally proposed to use the K-5 freeway and U.S. 69 Fairfax Bridge across the Missouri River. The current alignment was decided in 1968 when funding was made available for a new crossing.

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NW Gateway Drive (Highway A) stems south from I-29 at a wye interchange (Exit 3C) folded within the I-635 exchange. The 1.25 mile route of Highway A links I-29 with U.S. 69 and Vivion Road.

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Interstate 29/U.S. 71 crosses over Line Creek ahead of the half diamond interchange (Exit 3A) with Highway AA.

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The southbound freeway expands to four lanes from Interstate 635 north to U.S. 169 south (Exit 2B).

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I-29 briefly passes through the city limits of Northmoor before crossing back into Kansas City at the Clay County line.

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U.S. 169 travels south from Exit 2B as an expressway to Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC) and the River Market neighborhood outside Downtown Kansas City. The route replaced Burlington Street as the mainline of U.S. 71 and Route 9, when U.S. 169 was relocated east from the Fairfax Bridge and U.S. 69.

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A flyover shuttles motorists from U.S. 169 north to I-29 north above the U.S. 169 and I-29 southbound mainlines. A wye interchange originally joined U.S. 169 south with I-29 south here. The left side ramp ahead is a leftover from that configuration.

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U.S. 69 (Vivion Road) takes a convoluted route through Riverside, Northmoor and south Gladstone. The route follows Vivion Road east from Gateway Avenue (Highway A) to cross I-29 at Exit 1E.

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Exit 2A loops away from I-29/U.S. 71 south next for U.S. 169 north to Gladstone and Smithville. U.S. 169 is a freeway north to Interstate 435 at Nashua in north Kansas City.

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The folded diamond interchange (Exit 1E) with U.S. 69 (Vivion Road) is located on the Gladstone and Kansas City line. U.S. 69 travels east-west along this stretch, paralleling I-29 from U.S. 169 to an adjacent retail area at Route 283 (Oak Trafficway).

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U.S. 69 enters the Kansas City metropolitan area as a freeway north through Overland Park. The portion between I-70 and I-35 at Liberty travels a series of surface routes carrying mostly local traffic. Vivion Road constitutes an arterial route east from Exit 1E to I-35 and Claycomo.

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Exit 1D quickly follows as a cloverleaf interchange joining Interstate 29 with Route 283 (Oak Trafficway). The state highway replaced U.S. 169 Alternate as it leads south to Route 9 at North Kansas City.

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Route 283 ends a 2.19 mile route north at the adjacent intersection with U.S. 69 (Vivion Road). Oak Trafficway continues as a locally maintained arterial north to Oaks, Oakwood, Oakwood Park and Oakview.

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Exits 1B and 1A leave Interstate 29 south in quick succession for I-35 north to Claycomo, Liberty and Cameron and Davidson Road to the Crestview community.

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I-29/U.S. 71 curve south between the Crestview neighborhood and Anita B. Gorman Park to merge with Interstate 35 south.

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Interstate 35 north connects the Kansas City area with Des Moines, Iowa and the Twin Cities in Minnesota.

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A directional T interchange (Exit 1B) connects I-29 south with Interstate 35.

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The diamond interchange (Exit 1A) with Davidson Road ties into Interstate 29 independent of ramps with I-35. Davidson Road serves a number of apartment complexes to the south. The road north becomes Highland Avenue ahead of U.S. 69 (Vivion Road).

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The ramps to north I-35 and from I-35 south were added to the preexisting wye interchange between the two freeways later.

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Motorists continuing south onto Interstate 35 encounter a weave area for the adjacent off-ramp (Exit 8A) to Parvin Road. The I-29 exit numbering system ends, as the remainder of the route uses the mileage of I-35.

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