Missouri Route 79

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Route 79

Missouri Route 79
Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length86 mi (138 km)
Tourist
routes
MUTCD D6-4.svg Little Dixie Highway of the Great River Road
Major junctions
South endI-70.svg I-70 in St. Peters
Major intersections
North endI-72.svgUS 36.svgChicago-Kansas City Expressway plate.svg
MO-110.svg
I-72  / US 36  / Route 110 (CKC) in Hannibal
Location
Country United States
State Missouri
Highway system
MO-78.svg Route 78 MO-80.svg Route 80

Route 79 is a highway in eastern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at Interstate 72/U.S. Route 36 in downtown Hannibal; its southern terminus is at Interstate 70 in St. Peters. The route closely parallels the Mississippi River.

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History

When Route 79 was created in about 1930, it replaced the north–south section of Route 56, which had been created in 1922 between Troy and O'Fallon. The part of Route 56 west of Winfield became an extension of Route 47.

Route 79 had major closures as a result of the Mississippi River floods of 2019 and other recent floods. Its buckling pavement in summer 2019 was attributed to hotter and more erratic climate conditions. [1]

Along the route in downtown Hannibal Standard Printing Company in Hannibal.jpg
Along the route in downtown Hannibal

Major intersections

All exits are unnumbered.

CountyLocationmi [2] kmDestinationsNotes
St. Charles O'FallonSt. Peters line0.0000.000I-70.svgGreatRiverRoad.svg I-70  / Great River Road  St. Louis, Columbia Southern end of Great River Road overlap
0.4080.657Outer Road northInterchange
1.1251.811Pearl Drive, Salt River RoadInterchange
Lincoln Old Monroe 11.39318.335MO-supp-C.svg Route C Old Monroe, Moscow Mills Interchange
Winfield 15.49224.932South plate.svg
MO-47.svg
Route 47 south Troy
Pike Louisiana 54.56787.817East plate.svg
US 54.svg
US 54 east Pittsfield
Eastern end of US 54 overlap
54.81788.219West plate.svg
US 54.svg
US 54 west Bowling Green
Western end of US 54 overlap
Ralls
No major junctions
Marion Hannibal 87.952141.545I-72.svgUS 36.svgChicago-Kansas City Expressway plate.svg
MO-110.svg
GreatRiverRoad.svg I-72  / US 36  / Route 110 (CKC)  / Great River Road  Monroe City, Springfield IL
Northern end of Great River Road overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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  1. Gray, Bryce. "Rising heat and climate extremes mean questions, challenges for roads, the power grid, and other infrastructure". St. Louis Post Dispatch . Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  2. Missouri Department of Transportation (December 29, 2020). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 29, 2020.