U.S. Route 54 in Missouri

U.S. Route 54
Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length:	279 mi[1] (449 km)
Existed:	1927[2] – present
Major junctions
West end:	US-54 at the Kansas state line
	I-49 in Nevada US 50 / US 63 in Jefferson City I-70 in Kingdom City US 61 in Bowling Green
East end:	US 54 at the Illinois state line
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Missouri State Highway System Interstate US State Supplemental ← Route 53 I-55 →

U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is a west-east highway that starts from the Kansas state line in Nevada to the Illinois state line in Louisiana.

Route description

Jefferson City Bridge

In Missouri, US 54 runs from the southwest portion of the state to the northeast. It is a major conduit through the Ozarks and is the primary access road to Pomme de Terre Lake and Lake of the Ozarks. After entering the state it passes through Nevada, El Dorado Springs, Hermitage, crossing Lake of the Ozarks the first time just north of Ha Ha Tonka State Park. It passes through Camdenton and crosses the lake a second time on the Grand Glaize Bridge at Osage Beach before bypassing Eldon and going through Jefferson City, where it crosses the Missouri River via the Jefferson City Bridge and briefly overlaps US 63. Just north of the bridge, it splits passing through Fulton, crossing I-70 and US 40 at Kingdom City, bypassing Mexico, sharing a concurrency with Route 19 through Laddonia, passing just north of Vandalia, and ultimately crossing the Mississippi River via the Champ Clark Bridge into Illinois at Louisiana.

History

US 54 was originally formed in Missouri after changing from US 26, however the routing went from Cedar County to Polk County, then Dallas County, then into Camden County. In 1932, the highway was rerouted into Saint Clair County and then Hickory County, and paved over.^[2]

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Kansas state line		0.0	0.0	US-54 continues west into Kansas
Vernon	Coal Township			Route T – Swart
	Deerfield			Route H – Richards
	Deerfield Township			Route 43 – Moundville, Bronaugh
	Nevada			Route BB
				Route K
				I-49 / US 71 – Joplin, Kansas City	I-49 exit 102A
				– Nevada Municipal Airport
	Walker Township			Route C – Walker
	Clear Creek Township			Route K – Nevada
				Route AA – Schell City
Cedar	Box Township			Route HH – Virgil City
	El Dorado Springs			Route 82 – Roscoe
				Route 32 – Stockton
				– El Dorado Springs Memorial Airport
	Cedar Township			Route 39 / Route DD – Stockton
Saint Clair	Roscoe Township			Route K
	Washington Township			Route V – Vista
				Route J – Stockton
	Collins			Route 13 – Humansville, Osceola
Hickory	Weaubleau			Route 123 – Humansville
	Weaubleau Township			Route H
	Montgomery Township			Route AA
				Route 83 – Warsaw	Western terminus of Route 83 concurrency
	Wheatland			Route 83 / Route B – Bolivar	Eastern terminus of Route 83 concurrency
	Hermitage			Route 254 – Galmey
	Center Township			Route U – Cross Timbers
	Preston			Route D
				US 65 – Sedalia, Springfield
	Stark Township			Route F
Camden	Branch			Route 73 – Tunas, Buffalo
	Macks Creek			Route NN – Climax Springs
	Russell Township			Route J
	Niangua Township			Route D – Ha Ha Tonka State Park, Eldridge
	Camdenton			Route 5 Bus.
				Route 5 / Route 7 – Decaturville, Montreal, Greenview	Interchange
	Linn Creek			Route V – Hugo
	Osage Township			Route A – Richland
				Route Y	Interchange
	Osage Beach			Route KK – Grand Glaize-Osage Beach Airport	Interchange; west end of freeway
				Nichols Road – Lake of the Ozarks General Hospital
				Case Road
				Osage Beach Parkway / Jefferies Road	No westbound entrance
		Bridge over the Lake of the Ozarks
				Osage Beach Parkway / Passover Road
				To Route 134 / Osage Beach Parkway	Interchange; east end of freeway
Miller	Glaze Township			Route 242 – Lake Ozark	Interchange
	Lakeside			US 54 Bus. – Lake Ozark
	Franklin Township			US 54 Bus. / Route 52 – Eldon, Barnett, Tuscumbia	Interchange
	Eldon			Route 87 / Route M – California	Interchange
				US 54 Bus. – Eldon	Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Saline Township			Route AA – Russellville
Cole	Clark Township			Route 17 – Eugene, Tuscumbia	Interchange
				Route D – Lohman
	Jefferson City			Route 179 / Route B – Wardsville	Interchange; west end of freeway
				Route C (Southwest Boulevard) / Ellis Boulevard
				Stadium Boulevard
				Madison Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				US 50 Bus.
				US 50 / US 63 – Kansas City, Saint Louis, West Plains	Western terminus of US 63 concurrency
				McCarty Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				West Main Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		Bridge over the Missouri River
				Cedar City Road / Airport Road – Jefferson City Memorial Airport
				US 63 / Route 94 – Columbia, Mokane	Eastern terminus of US 63 concurrency
Callaway	Summit Township			South Summit Drive / Riviera Heights Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Holts Summit			East Center Street
				East Simon Boulevard
	Cedar Township			Route TT
	New Bloomfield			Route J (Redwood Drive) / CR 436 – Guthrie	Interchange; east end of freeway
	East Fulton Township			Route BB – Dixie
	Fulton			US 54 Bus. / Route H	Interchange
				Route F	Interchange
				Route HH	Interchange
				US 54 Bus.	Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Kingdom City			I-70 / US 40 – Columbia, Kansas City, Saint Louis	I-70 exit 148
	Auxvasse			Route B (Harrison Street) / Route E – Montgomery City, Hatton	Interchange
Audrain	Salt River Township			Route HH
				US 54 Bus. – Mexico	Interchange
	Vandiver			US 54 Bus. – Mexico
	South Fork Township			– Mexico Memorial Airport
	Linn Township			Route A – Benton City
				Route B – Rush Hill
				Route 19 / Route BB – Martinsburg, Wellsville, Montgomery City	Western terminus of Route 19 concurrency
	Laddonia			Route K
	Prairie Township			Route 19 / Route J – Perry, New London	Eastern terminus of Route 19 concurrency
	Farber			Route PP
	Vandalia			Route P – Center
				Route F / Route W
Pike	Spencer Township			Route 154 – Perry, Paris
	Curryville			Route E / Route M
	Cuivre Township			US 54 Bus. – Bowling Green
	Bowling Green			US 61 to US 61 Bus. – Hannibal, Saint Louis
	Tarrants			US 54 Bus. – Bowling Green
	Buffalo Township			Route UU – Bowling Green
	Louisiana			Route 79 – Hannibal	Western terminus of Route 79 concurrency
				Route 79 – Clarksville	Eastern terminus of Route 79 concurrency
Mississippi River				US 54 continues east via the Champ Clark Bridge into Illinois
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

External links

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