U.S. Route 63 in Missouri

Section of U.S. Highway in Missouri, United States

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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 63 in Missouri. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 63.

U.S. Route 63

US 63 highlighted in red

Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length| 337.748 mi[1] (543.553 km)
Existed| 1926–present
Major junctions
South end|  US 63 at the Arkansas state line
Major intersections|

* US 160 in West Plains
* US 60 in Willow Springs
* I-44 in Rolla
* US 50 / US 54 in Jefferson City
* I-70 / US 40 in Columbia
* US 24 in Moberly

US 36 / Route 110 (CKC) in Macon
* US 136 in Lancaster

North end|  US 63 at the Iowa state line
Location
Country| United States
State| Missouri
Counties| Oregon, Howell, Texas, Phelps, Maries, Osage, Cole, Callaway, Boone, Randolph, Macon, Adair, Schuyler
Highway system

* United States Numbered Highway System

* List
* Special
* Divided

* Missouri State Highway System

* Interstate
* US
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U.S. Route 63 (US 63) is the portion of a north-south highway that runs through the U.S. state of Missouri from the Arkansas state line near Thayer to the Iowa state line near Lancaster.

## Route description[edit]

Senator Roy Blunt Bridge

The highway passes south-to-north through Missouri, from Arkansas to Iowa, serving cities such as Rolla, Jefferson City, Columbia, Moberly, Macon, and Kirksville. Notable routes that are intersected include U.S. Route 160 and U.S. Route 60 in Howell County, Interstate 44 at Rolla, U.S. Route 50 (which it shares a concurrency with into Jefferson City south of the Missouri River until it reaches the junction with U.S. 54), US Route 54 (which it overlaps in Jefferson City from the junction with U.S. Route 50 and crosses the Missouri River with on the Senator Roy Blunt Bridge), Interstate 70 at Columbia, U.S. Route 24 at Moberly, U.S. Route 36 at Macon, and U.S. Route 136 at Lancaster.

Stonehenge next to U.S. Route 63

The road enters the state (passing the Oregon County line) at Thayer. Immediately after leaving Thayer, U.S. 63 intersects Route 19, then continues into Howell County on a two-lane highway with alternating passing lanes, then the highway enters West Plains. The highway then widens to a four-lane divided highway, bypassing West Plains to the south and west, intersecting U.S. Route 160 then continues on a divided highway to Willow Springs. The route then joins US Route 60, and the two highways run concurrently northwest to Cabool.

US 63 south of Vienna

North of Cabool, the highway returns to two-lane status (with alternating passing lanes), passing through Houston and intersecting Route 32 in Licking. The highway then enters Phelps County and passes through Rolla, the home of Missouri University of Science and Technology, and becomes locally known as Bishop Avenue. In Rolla, Route 63 intersects Route 72, and later, Business Loop 44. The Business Loop runs concurrently with Route 63 past the University's campus to Interstate 44, where the Business Loop ends. As it leaves Rolla, the highway quickly narrows to two lanes. US 63 between Rolla and US 50 is being studied for improvements.[2] It crosses into Maries County toward Vienna, intersecting Highway 42. After entering Osage County, Route 63 passes through Freeburg and Westphalia. A few miles north of Westphalia, Highway 63 widens to a four-lane divided highway, and almost immediately intersects US Route 50, and the two highways' head west toward Jefferson City, the state capital. After passing through downtown on the Whitton Expressway, the route leaves Route 50, joining the eastbound direction of US Route 54 to cross the Missouri River into Callaway County.

After crossing the river, Route 63 exits Route 54, and heads north on a four-lane divided highway. About five miles north of US 54, the highway enters Boone County, then after five miles more, leaves the Ozark Plateau and enters the Columbia metropolitan area. Highway 63 passes through the eastern edge of Ashland then passes along the eastern edge of Columbia, but gains freeway status for about 10 miles (16 km) through town. In the north part of town, Route 63 intersects Interstate 70. There is no direct connection between Route 63 and I-70; access to and from the Interstate is via an at-grade connector road, which intersects I-70 at a simple Diamond interchange. The route then leaves Columbia, returning to expressway status, and intersects Route 22 near Clark, right on the Boone-Randolph county line. After passing by Clark proper, U.S. 63 gains a Business Route, which passes through the otherwise-bypassed town of Renick, then passes through the city of Moberly. Mainline Route 63, meanwhile, upgrades to a freeway for about four miles as it passes through Moberly, intersecting US Route 24 at an interchange on the northern end of town.

Heading north, U.S. 63 leaves the Columbia metropolitan area and enters Macon County just north of Jacksonville, and heads toward the city of Macon. Through town, the highway narrows to a two-lane city street, with a center left-turn lane. Near the northern edge of town, US 63 intersects US Route 36, which is part of the Chicago-Kansas City Expressway. Leaving Macon, the highway re-gains expressway status, and passes by La Plata before crossing into Adair County. South of Kirksville, the route interchanges with a Business Route, which passes through the city proper, while mainline Route 63 narrows to two lanes and enters a newly-constructed bypass to the east of town. While on the bypass, the highway intersects Route 6 and Missouri Route 11, and the two east-west state routes form a three-mile long Wrong-way concurrency with each other following US 63. Leaving the Kirksville bypass, US 63 returns to a two-lane surface highway, and enters Schuyler County. Near Lancaster, the highway intersects US Route 136, which briefly overlaps with Route 63 into Lancaster itself. There, Route 136 turns east, while Route 63 continues north into Iowa, exiting Missouri about five miles north of Lancaster.

## History[edit]

U.S. 63 in Missouri was Route 7 from 1922 to 1926.

## Junction list[edit]

All exits are unnumbered.

County| Location| mi[1]| km| Destinations| Notes

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Oregon| ​| 0.000| 0.000|
US 63 south – Mammoth Spring| Continuation into Arkansas
Thayer| 1.202| 1.934|
Route 142 / US 63 Bus. – Lanton| Southern terminus of Route 142 concurrency. Access to Grand Gulf State Park.
1.823| 2.934|
Route 142 east – Doniphan| Northern terminus of Route 142 concurrency
3.229| 5.197|
Route 19 / US 63 Bus. – Alton, Thayer| Access to Grand Gulf State Park and Business District.
​| 4.514| 7.265|  Route OO|
Koshkonong| 10.301| 16.578|  Route F| Access to Cover Prairie Conservation Area
​| 11.064| 17.806|  Route Z| Access to Warm Fork Conservation Area
​| 11.586| 18.646|  Route M – Rover|
Howell| ​| 22.173| 35.684|  Route PP| Access to Cover Prairie Conservation Area
West Plains| 24.432| 39.319|  Route ZZ|
24.910| 40.089|
US 63 Bus. (Bill Virdon Blvd.) – West Plains|
25.994| 41.833|  Route 17 – Lanton| Southern terminus of Route 17 concurrency
27.219| 43.805|
US 160 west – Gainesville| Southern terminus of US 160 concurrency. Access to Bull Shoals Lake and Norfork Lake.
27.880| 44.869|  Route K – Pottersville|
29.048| 46.748|  US 160 / Route 17 / Route CC – Hammond Camp| Northern terminus of US 160 / Route 17 concurrency. Access to Ozarks Medical Center.
29.850| 48.039|
US 63 Bus. – West Plains| Interchange
33.154| 53.356|  Route 14 – Ava|
Pomona| 38.360| 61.734|  Route N / Route P| Access to West Plains Regional Airport
​| 42.380| 68.204|  Route UU – Burnham|
Willow Springs| 45.514| 73.248|
US 60 east – Mountain View, Poplar Bluff| Interchange; southern end of freeway; southern terminus of US 60 concurrency
46.433| 74.727|

US 60 Bus. / US 63 Bus. – Willow Springs|
48.508| 78.066|

Route 76 west / Route 137 north – Willow Springs|
50.739| 81.657|

US 60 Bus. / US 63 Bus. – Willow Springs| Interchange; northern end of freeway. Access to Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop G Headquarters.
Texas| Cabool| 59.410| 95.611|
US 60 west – Mountain Grove, Springfield| Northern terminus of US 60 concurrency; southern terminus of US 60 Bus. concurrency
60.953| 98.094|
US 60 Bus.| Northern terminus of US 60 Bus. concurrency. Access to Business District.
​| 62.107| 99.952|  Route PP|
​| 66.078| 106.342|  Route H – Elk Creek|
Simmons| 69.933| 112.546|  Route Z|
​| 71.152| 114.508|  Route UU – Solo|
Houston| 76.940| 123.823|  Route 17 – Summersville| Southern terminus of Route 17 concurrency; access to Texas County Memorial Hospital and Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
77.141| 124.146|  Route 17 – Success, Fort Leonard Wood| Northern terminus of Route 17 concurrency
77.888| 125.349|  Route B / Route F – Raymondville|
​| 80.557| 129.644|  Route E|
​| 88.093| 141.772|

Route P to Route 137 / Route BB|
Licking| 91.392| 147.081|
Route 32 to Route 137 – Success, Salem| Access to South Central Correctional Center
Sherrill| 97.289| 156.571|  Route CC – Sherrill, Maples| Access to White River Trace Conservation Area
Phelps| ​| 100.465| 161.683|  Route K – Beulah|
Edgar Springs| 105.142| 169.210|  Route H – Lenox, Salem|
105.969| 170.541|  Route M / Route FF – Flat, Edgar Springs|
​| 117.948| 189.819|  Route W|
Rolla| 124.465| 200.307|  Route 72 (Ridgeway Road) – Salem|
124.860| 200.943|  I-44 BL (Kingshighway)| Southern terminus of BL I-44 concurrency
125.093| 201.318|  Route BB (10th Street) – Saint James|
125.345| 201.723|
Route E (University Drive) to I-44 – Gasconade River| Access to Missouri University of Science and Technology
126.161| 203.036|  I-44 – Springfield, Saint Louis| I-44 exit 186; Eastern terminus of BL I-44
Maries| ​| 134.218| 216.003|
Route P to Route 68|
Vichy| 137.315| 220.987|  Route 68 – Saint James|
138.081| 222.220|  Route FF|
138.587| 223.034|  Route 28 – Belle| Southern terminus of Route 28 concurrency. Access to Rolla National Airport
​| 142.879| 229.941|  Route A|
​| 147.596| 237.533|  Route 28 – Dixon, Fort Leonard Wood| Northern terminus of Route 28 concurrency
​| 147.975| 238.143|

Route 28 Spur to Route 28 west – Dixon, Fort Leonard Wood|
Vienna| 150.246| 241.797|  Route 42 – Iberia, Belle, Lake of the Ozarks|
151.122| 243.207|  Route AA – Argyle|
Osage| Freeburg| 160.516| 258.325|  Route P – Koeltztown|
​| 166.109| 267.327|  Route E – Rich Fountain|
​| 168.790| 271.641|  Route T – Koeltztown|
Westphalia| 172.454| 277.538|  Route 133 – Meta|
​| 175.420–
175.625| 282.311–
282.641|
US 50 east – Saint Louis| Southern terminus of US 50 concurrency
Cole| Schubert| 178.755| 287.678|  Route M / Route J – Taos, Osage City| Access to Clark's Hill/Norton State Historic Site
Jefferson City| 180.576| 290.609| Militia Drive| Access to the Missouri National Guard Armory and the Missouri Military Museum
183.088| 294.652| McCarty Street|
184.721| 297.280| Eastland Drive|
185.875| 299.137| Clark Avenue| Access to Missouri State Highway Patrol General Headquarters
186.367| 299.929| Lafayette Street| Access to Lincoln University
187.388| 301.572|

US 50 Bus. west (Missouri Boulevard) to US 54 west – Lake of the Ozarks| At-grade intersection; eastern end of freeway; eastern terminus of US 50 Bus.
187.476–
187.749| 301.713–
302.153|

US 54 west / US 50 west – Eldon, Lake of the Ozarks, Sedalia| Northern terminus of US 50 concurrency; southern terminus of US 54 concurrency
Missouri River| 187.952–
188.081| 302.479–
302.687| Senator Roy Blunt Bridge
Callaway| Jefferson City| 188.713| 303.704|  Route W| Access to Jefferson City Memorial Airport
189.176–
189.493| 304.449–
304.959|
US 54 east / Route 94 – Fulton, Mokane, Jefferson City| Northern terminus of US 54 concurrency
Boone| ​| 200.701| 322.997|  Route A – Hartsburg|
Ashland| 203.706| 327.833|  Route M / Route Y – Ashland, Guthrie| Interchange
Elkhurst| 207.716| 334.286|  Route 163 / Route H| Interchange; access to Columbia Regional Airport and Rock Bridge Memorial State Park
Columbia| 212.874| 342.587| Discovery Parkway| Interchange; southern end of freeway; access to Missouri Department of Conservation Central Regional Office and Resource Science Center
214.168| 344.670|  Route AC (Grindstone Parkway) / East New Haven Road|
215.486| 346.791|  Route 740 (Stadium Boulevard)| Access to the University of Missouri, University Hospital, and Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital
216.486| 348.400|  Route WW / Broadway Street| Access to Downtown Columbia, Boone Hospital Center, University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital, and Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area
217.022–
218.352| 349.263–
351.403|  I-70 / US 40 / Route PP – Kansas City, Saint Louis| I-70 exit 128
218.836| 352.182| Vandiver Drive / Bass Pro Drive|
219.745| 353.645|  Route B – Hallsville, Centralia|
220.214| 354.400| Brown School Road / Oakland Gravel Road|
221.958| 357.207| Prathersville Road|
Prathersville| 223.245| 359.278|
Route 763 south – Columbia| Interchange; northern end of freeway; southbound exit and northbound entrance
​| 229.814| 369.850|
Route 124 east – Hallsville| Southern terminus of Route 124 concurrency
​| 230.645| 371.187|
Route 124 west – Harrisburg| Northern terminus of Route 124 concurrency
​| 235.038| 378.257|  Route NN|
​| 237.090| 381.559|  Route CC – Sturgeon|
Boone–Randolph
county line| Sturgeon| 238.559| 383.923|  Route 22 / Route F – Centralia, Sturgeon| Interchange
Randolph| Clark| 241.224| 388.212|  Route B / Route P – Higbee, Clark|
​| 246.386| 396.520|
US 63 Bus. / Route NN – Renick, Moberly|
Moberly| 250.225| 402.698|  Route M – Moberly, Middle Grove| Interchange
251.825| 405.273|  Route EE (Rollins Street)| Interchange; access to Moberly Regional Medical Center, Downtown Moberly, and Moberly Area Community College
253.861| 408.550|  US 24 – Moberly| Interchange; access to Moberly Regional Medical Center
254.863| 410.162|
US 63 Bus. (Morley Street)| Interchange; access to Omar N Bradley Airport \- MBY
Cairo| 258.674| 416.295|  Route K / Route Z|
Jacksonville| 264.109| 425.042|  Route J – Duncans Bridge|
Macon| Excello| 267.828| 431.027|  Route T / Route Y – College Mound|
Macon| 273.817| 440.666|  Route PP| Access to Macon-Fowler International Airport
275.902| 444.021|
US 36 Bus.| Access to Samaritan Hospital
276.045–
276.057| 444.251–
444.271|
Future I-72 / US 36 / Route 110 (CKC) – Saint Joseph, Hannibal| Interchange
​| 279.643| 450.042|  Route DD – Ten Mile|
Atlanta| 285.319| 459.176|  Route M – Economy|
​| 287.842| 463.237|  Route J – Elmer|
​| 292.375| 470.532|  Route NN|
La Plata| 295.028| 474.802|  Route 156 – South Gifford, Novelty|
Adair| ​| 298.319| 480.098|  Route E – Wilson|
Millard| 302.056| 486.112|  Route KK| Access to Kirksville Regional Airport
Kirksville| 304.438–
304.933| 489.945–
490.742|

US 63 Bus. north (South Baltimore Street)| Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance
307.140| 494.294|  Route 6 / Route 11 – Edina, Brookfield| Southern terminus of Route 6 / Route 11 concurrency
309.136| 497.506|  Route 6 / Route 11 – Milan, Baring| Northern terminus of Route 6 / Route 11 concurrency
312.432| 502.811|

US 63 Bus. south (North Baltimore Street)| Interchange
​| 314.788| 506.602|  Route T – Sperry|
​| 318.981| 513.350|  Route A – Downing|
Schuyler| Greentop| 320.179| 515.278|  Route K|
Queen City| 324.035| 521.484|  Route E / Route W – Worthington|
325.112| 523.217|  Route O|
​| 327.583| 527.194|  Route P / Route U – Lancaster|
​| 330.468| 531.837|  US 136 – Unionville| Southern terminus of US 136 concurrency
Lancaster| 332.587| 535.247|  US 136 / Route 202 – Glenwood, Keokuk| Northern terminus of US 136 concurrency
​| 337.748| 543.553|
US 63 north – Bloomfield| Continuation into Iowa
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Concurrency terminus
* Incomplete access

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Missouri Department of Transportation (August 16, 2017). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
2. ^ "Route 63 Corridor Study - Osage, Maries, & Phelps Counties | Missouri Department of Transportation". www.modot.org. Retrieved 2022-11-30.

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