Missouri Route 79

State highway in Missouri

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Route 79

Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length| 86 mi (138 km)
Tourist
routes|  Little Dixie Highway of the Great River Road
Major junctions
South end|  I-70 in O'Fallon
Major intersections|

* US 54 in Louisiana

North end|
I-72 / US 36 / Route 110 (CKC) in Hannibal
Location
Country| United States
State| Missouri
Highway system

* Missouri State Highway System

* Interstate
* US
* State
* Supplemental

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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 O'Fallon. The route closely parallels the Mississippi River.

## History

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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

## Major intersections

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All exits are unnumbered.

County| Location| mi[2]| km| Destinations| Notes

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St. Charles| O'Fallon–St. Peters line| 0.000| 0.000|  I-70 / Great River Road – St. Louis, Columbia| Southern end of Great River Road overlap
0.408| 0.657| Outer Road north| Interchange
1.125| 1.811| Pearl Drive, Salt River Road| Interchange
Lincoln| Old Monroe| 11.393| 18.335|  Route C – Old Monroe, Moscow Mills| Interchange
Winfield| 15.492| 24.932|
Route 47 south – Troy|
Pike| Louisiana| 54.567| 87.817|
US 54 east – Pittsfield| Eastern end of US 54 overlap
54.817| 88.219|
US 54 west – Bowling Green| Western end of US 54 overlap
Ralls
| No major junctions
Marion| Hannibal| 87.952| 141.545|
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

*       Concurrency terminus

## 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.

## External links

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* Media related to Missouri Route 79 at Wikimedia Commons

*[mi]: Miles
*[km]: Kilometers