MISSOURI: The Perfect Center
corridor linking St. Louis with St. Paul, Minn. Highways 60, 54, 50, and 36 are major east-west routes, and Highways 65 and 71 cross the state from top to bottom. That road network, already excellent, is seeing continuous improvement. During the past few years, Missouri has invested nearly $2.5 billion of state money in expanding more sections of highway to four lanes. Over the longer term, trans- portation officials hope to make parts of Missouri’s highway network even more hospitable to truck traffic, building some of the nation’s first dedicated truck lanes on I-70 and I-44. The plan is to add two lanes in each direction to the existing two, Missouri’s highway system, the nation’s seventh-largest, comprises 32,800 miles of road, including this section in Kansas City.
separating passenger vehicles from heavy commercial traffic. “Dedicated truck lanes allow for flex- ibility,” says Pete Rahn, director of the Missouri Department of Transportation.
“Heavier and longer-dimension trucks can travel those lanes, separate from family vehicles.” Missouri is working to obtain funds to support this initiative, he adds.
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WELCOME TO NORTHEAST MISSOURI
Way to go.
If you’re looking to ship to the major metros by land or water, northeast Missouri is the way to go. Highways 61 and 36 provide the least congested routes between St. Louis and St. Paul, between Kansas City and Chicago. Projected improvements to highways 63 and 54 will further the area’s reach with 4-lane access to a long list of cities in and out of the state. If it’s ports or rail you’re looking for, the northeast has both, including a new full-service port in the tri-state area. So if you’re looking high and low, up and down, for the right place to locate your business, Northeast Missouri is the way to go.
NORTHEAST MISSOURI DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP Corey Mehaffy | 660.263.8811 | email: cmehaffy@Moberly-EDC.com | web: www.nemowib.org
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