Business Loop I-55 - New Madrid



Traveling 5.75 miles, Business Loop I-55 in New Madrid County overlays U.S. 61/62 east from I-55 between Exits 44 and 49. The two-lane roadway bypasses the New Madrid street grid, with Old Kings Highway, Mott Street, Main Street and Highway U (Dawson Road) acting as the de facto business route to Downtown New Madrid.



U.S. 61/62 east meet Interstate 55 at a diamond interchange east of Howardville. Business Loop I-55 joins the pair east by this shield assembly into the city of New Madrid.
12/19/09
Route U follows Dawson Road west to intersect Business Loop I-55 and U.S. 61-62 at the New Madrid city line. The east-west route continues four miles west to Lilbourn.
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Business Loop I-55 south begins at the diamond interchange with U.S. 61/62 in a rural area north of the New Madrid city limits.
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Route U crosses paths with Business Loop I-55 south at the New Madrid city line. The supplemental road follows Dawson Road east to Main Street, the Hunter-Dawson Home Historic Site and the New Madrid Farrenburg Levee.
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Route U curves southeast from Business Loop I-55 over a portion of the old Kings Highway, which remains in service as a residential road south to Waters Street. Kings Highway was the predecessor to U.S. 61 northward to St. Louis.
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Reassurance markers posted for Business Loop I-55 and U.S. 61-62 between Route U and Pinnell Lane. The trio are a part of the Missouri Great River Road system.
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Scott Street is the first of three residential streets tying into Business Loop I-55 south at this flasher.
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Returning to open farm land, Business Loop I-55 and U.S. 61-62 bend westward to again meet Interstate 55.
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Interstate 55 continues north uninterrupted back to the other end of the Business Loop and 22 miles to Sikeston.
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Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 12/19/09
- AARoads: 04/13/13
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Page Updated Monday October 28, 2013.