U.S. Route 65 in Missouri

U.S. Route 65
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Route information
	Maintained by MoDOT
Length:	313.114 mi (503.908 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 65 at the Arkansas state line
	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> US 160 north of Branson; US 60 in Springfield; I-44 in Springfield; US 54 in Preston; US 50 in Sedalia; I-70 south of Marshall; US 24 in Carrollton; US 36 in Chillicothe; US 136 in Princeton;
North end:	US 65 at the Iowa state line
Highway system

U.S. Route 65 is a north-south U.S. highway that runs from Clayton, Louisiana to Albert Lea, Minnesota. In Missouri, the highway enters the state from Arkansas, just south of Branson. The highway exits the state into Iowa near South Lineville.

Route description

U.S. Route 65 in Springfield, Missouri.

US 65 enters Missouri between Omaha, Arkansas and Ridgedale, Missouri. The road is a four-lane expressway, traveling through Branson and Hollister toward the Springfield metro area. Through the Branson area, U.S. 65 is built as a freeway. North of Branson there is an interchange with Route 465 (a freeway spur) and U.S. Route 160. U.S. 160 to Highlandville is the old alignment of U.S. 65 (until the 1960s).

Just south of Route EE at the Highlandville exit, U.S. 65 returns to freeway status. The freeway is called the "Schoolcraft Freeway" in Springfield, in honor of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. In Springfield, there are junctions with U.S. Route 60 and Interstate 44. The one with I-44 includes a flyover ramp connecting northbound U.S. 65 with westbound I-44. Construction is underway to rebuild the interchange at U.S. 60 (also known as the James River Freeway). In September 2011, U.S. 65 became a six-lane divided freeway in Springfield between Interstate 44 and U.S. 60. It is the first six-lane highway to appear in Southwest Missouri.^[2] North of Springfield, it returns to a four-lane, non-interstate highway.

U.S. 65 from Springfield to Buffalo has been upgraded to a four-lane, non-interstate highway. This project began with the addition of a partial four-lane highway through the Fair Grove, MO area to replace a dangerous traffic light intersection with an overpass, it culminated with the entire length of U.S. 65 becoming a four-lane highway from Springfield to just outside Buffalo. It was completed in summer 2010.

Through the town of Buffalo, the highway becomes two lanes with a center lane for left turns. This part of the highway has also seen upgrades in recent years, such as rumble strips and extending the middle turn lane to just outside the northern part of the city.

From Buffalo to Preston, U.S. 65 is a two-lane highway, having an intersection with U.S. Route 54 at Preston (a four-way stop).

At Warsaw the highway crosses over the western end of the Lake of the Ozarks and becomes a four lane, non interstate highway again at the intersection with Missouri Route 7.

At Sedalia (where it is called Limit Avenue), there is an intersection with U.S. Route 50 (or Broadway Blvd), and at Marshall Junction there isan another one with Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 40. In Marshall, the four-lane highway ends and U.S. 65 is now a two-lane highway and stays like that all the way up to Iowa. At Waverly is the beginning of a concurrency with U.S. Route 24 (which continues to Carrollton). Also in Waverly, U.S. 65 and U.S. 24 cross the Missouri River via the Waverly Bridge. Further north, the road crosses U.S. Route 36 at Chillicothe and U.S. Route 136 at Princeton. The highway leaves Missouri at South Lineville and enters Iowa.

The section of highway from Preston to Marshall Junction has been cited as a good drive for motorcyclists, with its sparsely-populated areas and the hilly landscape.^[3]

History

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Major intersections

All exits are unnumbered.

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Taney	Oliver Township	0.000	0.000	US 65 south – Harrison	Continuation into Arkansas
		2.807	4.517	Route 86 west – Blue Eye
		5.570	8.964	Route 265 north – Table Rock Lake
	Hollister	8.850	14.243	US 65 Bus. north / Route 165 north – Table Rock Lake
	Branson	11.447	18.422	US 65 Bus. south / Route 76 – Reeds Spring, Forsyth
		12.407	19.967	US 65 Bus. south / Route 248 north – Branson, Galena	Diverging diamond interchange^[4]
		13.250	21.324	Bee Creek Road, Branson Hills Parkway
		16.142	25.978	Route 465 west (Ozark Mountain Highroad) / Route F east – Bull Creek
	Jasper Township	18.756	30.185	US 160 – Reeds Spring, Forsyth
		21.698	34.920	Route 176 south – Walnut Shade	Southern end of Route 176 overlap
		22.597	36.366	Route 176 north – Spokane	Northern end of Route 176 overlap
Christian	North Galloway Township	32.741	52.692	Route EE west – Highlandville
	Ozark	37.001	59.547	US 65 Bus. north / Route F (South Street) – Sparta
		38.295	61.630	Route 14 – Billings, Ava
		41.513	66.809	Route J west / Route CC east – Air Park South
Greene	Springfield	43.622	70.203	Evans Road
		45.541	73.291	US 60 / US 65 Bus. north – Aurora, Seymour
		47.711	76.783	Battlefield Street
		49.249	79.259	Route D (Sunshine Street)
		51.274	82.518	US 65 Bus. south (Chestnut Expressway) – Springfield	Diverging diamond interchange^[5]
		52.284	84.143	Route YY (Division Street) – Downtown Airport
		53.292	85.765	Route 744 (Kearney Street) – Springfield-Branson National Airport
		54.079	87.032	I-44 – Joplin, St. Louis
	North Campbell Township	54.809	88.207	Valley Water Mills Road (County Road 102)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
	Fair Grove	64.869	104.397	Route 125 east / Route CC west – Fair Grove
Dallas	Sheridan Township	70.052	112.738	Route 215 west / Route O east – Olive, Pleasant Hope	Michigan left U-turn intersection
	Jackston Township	74.162	119.352	Route 38 east / Route TT west – Fairgrove, Marshfield	Michigan left U-turn intersection
	Buffalo	83.153	133.822	Route 32 – Lebanon, Bolivar
	Buffalo	85.026	136.836	Route 73 north
	Louisburg	91.671	147.530	Route 64 east – Lebanon
Hickory	Preston	105.306	169.474	US 54 – Jefferson City, Nevada
Benton	Fristoe Township	124.044	199.629	Route 7 south – Climax Springs	Southern end of Route 7 overlap
	Tom Township	128.063	206.097	Route 83 south
	Warsaw	129.688	208.713	Warsaw (Main Street)	No northbound entrance
		130.249	209.615	Route 7 north / Route Z west	Northern end of Route 7 overlap
		131.327	211.350	Truman Dam Access Road
	Williams Township	146.378	235.573	Route 52 east – Cole Camp	Southern end of Route 52 overlap
Benton–Pettis county line	Williams–Flat Creek township line	151.426	243.697	Route 52 west – Windsor	North end of Route 52 overlap
Pettis	Sedalia	163.315	262.830	US 50 (Broadway Blvd) – Jefferson City, Kansas City, La Monte, Warrensburg, Knob Noster
	Sedalia	163.912	263.791	Route 765 north (Main Street)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
	Cedar Township	165.752	266.752	Route 765 south (Ohio Avenue) – Downtown Sedalia	Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
Saline	Blackwater Township	181.887	292.719	I-70 / US 40 – Kansas City, St. Louis
	Marshall	190.141	306.002	US 65 Bus. north
		193.242	310.993	Route 20
		194.015	312.237	US 65 Bus. south / Route 240 east to Route 41
	Grand Pass Township	204.818	329.623	Route 127 south
Lafayette	Waverly	211.213	339.914	US 24 west – Waverly	Southern end of US 24 overlap
Carroll	Carrollton	220.839	355.406	US 65 Bus. north / Route 10 west
Carroll	Carrollton	222.526	358.121	US 24 east / US 65 Bus. south	Northern end of US 24 overlap
Livingston	Chillicothe	253.257	407.578	US 36 / Route 110 (CKC) / US 36 Bus. begins	Southern end of US 36 Business overlap
		253.359	407.742	US 36 Bus. east	Northern end of US 36 Business overlap
		256.428	412.681	Route 190 west
Grundy	Trenton	276.310	444.678	US 65 Bus. north / Route 6 – Trenton, Milan
Grundy	Trenton	277.384	446.406	US 65 Bus. south
Mercer	Princeton	299.403	481.842	US 136 east – Unionville	Southern end of US 136 overlap
	Princeton	299.731	482.370	US 136 west – Bethany	Northern end of US 136 overlap
	South Lineville	313.114	503.908	US 65 north – Des Moines	Continuation into Iowa
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access