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Looking back toward Downtown Kansas City from U.S. 71 southbound at the exchange with I-670 west and I-70/U.S. 24-40 east.
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The Missouri State Office Building and the Sprint Center appear west of U.S. 71 and north of I-670.
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22nd Street and Toost Avenue cross over U.S. 71 as Bruce R Watkins Drive shifts eastward through an S-curve.
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A half diamond interchange joins Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard with U.S. 71 south at this overpass.
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Linwood Boulevard spans U.S. 71 between Center City and Oak Park Northwest.
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The ensuing split diamond interchange with Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and Swope Parkway (U.S. 56 west) serves interests to UMKC - Volker Campus, Rockhurst University and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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U.S. 56 begins along Swope Parkway west from U.S. 71 (Bruce R. Watkins Drive).
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U.S. 56 parallels Brush Creek along Swope Parkway and Volker Boulevard west to Brookside Boulevard north. U.S. 56 continues to Westwood Hills and Mission Woods, Kansas.
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Bruce R. Watkins transitions into an at-grade boulevard south of the 51st Street overpass. 53rd Street ties in from the west at the succeeding intersection.
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55th Street and 59th Street meet U.S. 71 (Bruce R. Watkins Drive) at signalized intersections over a one mile stretch.
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A wide median separates the U.S. 71 roadways at 55th Street, alluding the cancelled plans to complete the Midtown South Freeway.
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57th Street stems west from Bruce R. Watkins Drive south.
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59th Street runs across residential areas west and east from U.S. 71 (Bruce R. Watkins Drive).
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U.S. 71 resumes as a freeway south at the grade separation with 63rd Street.
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Two lanes shift inward along the resumption of the U.S. 71 freeway as a service road separates southward to 63rd Street and Meyer Boulevard.
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U.S. 71 (Bruce R. Watkins Drive) passes under 63rd Street with four overall lanes.
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A pair of overpasses carry Meyer Boulevard over U.S. 71 west from Swope Park and Kansas City Zoo.
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U.S. 71 downgrades back into an at-grade arterial ahead of Gregory Boulevard.
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With a wide median reserved for the unbuilt freeway mainline, U.S. 71 shifts onto the frontage road system ahead of Gregory Boulevard.
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Southbound Bruce R. Watkins Drive at the traffic light with Gregory Boulevard.
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U.S. 71 proceeds south to a diamond interchange with 75th Street.
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The ramps for 75th Street form the south end of the Bruce R. Watkins Drive service road system.
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The roadways for U.S. 71 converge as the freeway resumes south across 75th Street.
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Photo Credits:
06/19/15, 10/07/21 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 435
Interstate 470
U.S. 56
Page Updated 10-20-2021.