Route information | ||||
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Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
Length | 186.476 mi [1] (300.104 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | I-44 / Route P North of Laquey | |||
I-49 / US 71 / Route 2 in Harrisonville I-70 in Blue Springs | ||||
North end | US 24 in northeast Independence | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Missouri | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route 7 is a state highway with its northern terminus at U.S. Route 24 in northeast Independence and its southern terminus at Interstate 44 southeast of Richland (near the town of Laquey which it doesn't quite reach). The section between Harrisonville (at a junction with Interstate 49/U.S. Route 71) and Clinton (at a junction with Route 13) provides an important link for traffic between Springfield and Kansas City.
The route begins at Interstate 44, exit 150, as a two-lane highway. It then heads northwest into Richland, intersecting with Route 133. From there, it continues northwest to a concurrency with Route 5, starting three miles south of Camdenton. In Camdenton, it crosses U.S. 54, and continues northwest, crossing the Lake of the Ozarks. After crossing the lake, Route 5 enters Greenville, and the highway diverges north, and Route 7 heads west, pass through Climax Springs and Edwards then continues west to another concurrency with US 65. The combined route crosses Harry S. Truman Reservoir and the Osage River and then enters Warsaw, where the concurrency ends; Route 7 heads west and crosses more arms of the Truman Reservoir. At Clinton, it intersects Route 13 and Route 52, and then becomes a four-lane highway, running northwest to Interstate 49/US 71 in Harrisonville. The four-lane expressway portion is part of the Springfield-Kansas City expressway. After a brief concurrency with I-49/U.S. 71, Route 7 heads north as a two-lane highway, crossing Route 58 in Pleasant Hill, Route 150, and US 50. In Blue Springs, it crosses US 40 and I-70. Continuing north, Route 7 is the eastern terminus of Route 78, before itself terminating at US 24 in Independence.
Missouri Route 7 links the Kansas City area to the Ozarks, however it was not always called Route 7. Starting in 1926-27 it connected US 71 to US 50 only, by 1937 it had been extended to US 40. The section that runs east from US 71 - US 65 (1935), to US 54, and later on to US 66 (1953) was once called State Route 35. This was changed to Route 7 in 1959. In the early 1970s with the creation of Truman Lake, the Osage River Bridge was bypassed with a new mile long span. [2]
Location | Pleasant Hill |
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Length | 0.83 mi (1,340 m) |
A one-mile business route of MO 7 exists in Pleasant Hill.
County | Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Pulaski | Liberty Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | I-44 / Route P east – Springfield, Rolla | I-44 exit 150 |
Richland | 7.829 | 12.600 | Route 133 north – Swedeborg | Southern terminus of Route 133 overlap | |
8.967 | 14.431 | Route 133 south to I-44 – Hazelgreen, Business District | Northern terminus of Route 133 overlap | ||
Camden | Osage Township | 31.390 | 50.517 | Route 5 south / Route 5 Bus. north – Camdenton, Lebanon | Interchange; southern terminus of Route 5 overlap |
Camdenton | 33.673 | 54.191 | US 54 – Camdenton, Nevada, Osage Beach | Interchange | |
36.139 | 58.160 | Route 5 Bus. south / Pier 31 Road – Camdenton | Interchange | ||
Greenview | 41.573 | 66.905 | Route 5 north – Hurricane Deck, Sunrise Beach | Northern terminus of Route 5 overlap | |
Benton | Dell Junction | 72.700 | 116.999 | US 65 south – Fristoe, Springfield | Southern terminus of US 65 overlap |
Tom Township | 77.575 | 124.845 | Route 83 south – White Branch | Interchange | |
Warsaw | 78.344 | 126.082 | Warsaw | Interchange; no northbound entrance | |
79.195 | 127.452 | US 65 north – Sedalia | Interchange; northern terminus of US 65 overlap | ||
Henry | Clinton | 107.485 | 172.980 | Route 13 south / Route 18 west / Route 52 west – Clinton, Springfield | Eastern terminus of Route 18; southern terminus of Route 13/52 overlap |
108.927 | 175.301 | Route 52 east – Windsor | Interchange; northern terminus of Route 52 overlap | ||
109.825 | 176.746 | Route 13 north / Route 13 Bus. south – Clinton, Warrensburg | Northern terminus of Route 13 overlap | ||
Bogard Township | 124.325 | 200.082 | Route K / Route B – Urich | Interchange | |
Cass | Creighton | 128.733 | 207.176 | Route B – Creighton | Interchange |
Index–Camp Branch township line | 137.498 | 221.282 | Route F / Route Z / Route N – Garden City, Blairstown | Interchange | |
Harrisonville | 146.750 | 236.171 | I-49 south / US 71 south – Joplin, Nevada | Southern terminus of I-49/US 71 overlap; Route 7 south follows exit 157 | |
147.997 | 238.178 | Route 2 east (Commercial Street) | Southern terminus of Route 2 overlap; I-49 exit 158 | ||
148.979 | 239.758 | I-49 north / US 71 north / Route 2 west – Kansas City, Freeman | Northern terminus of I-49/US 71/Route 2 overlap; Route 7 north follows exit 159 | ||
Pleasant Hill | 160.992 | 259.092 | Route 58 | Interchange | |
Jackson | | 166.498 | 267.953 | Route 150 west – Greenwood | Southern terminus of Route 150 overlap |
| 166.998 | 268.757 | Route 150 east – Lone Jack | Northern terminus of Route 150 overlap | |
| 169.004 | 271.986 | US 50 – Kansas City, Warrensburg | Interchange | |
Blue Springs | 177.238 | 285.237 | US 40 – Independence, Kansas City, Grain Valley | ||
178.690 | 287.574 | I-70 – Kansas City, Columbia | I-70 exit 20 | ||
Independence | 184.002 | 296.123 | Route 78 west / Lake City-Buckner Road – Independence, Lake City | Traffic circle; eastern terminus of Route 78 | |
186.476 | 300.104 | US 24 / Lewis and Clark Trail – Independence, Buckner | Interchange | ||
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