Missouri Route 142

{{short description|State highway in southern Missouri}}

{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox road

|state=MO

|route = 142

|type = Route

| map={{maplink-road|from=Missouri Route 142.map}}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=MO 142 highlighted in red

|length_mi = 122.328

|length_ref=

|direction_b = West

|terminus_b = {{Jct|state=MO|MO|53}} in Poplar Bluff

|junction={{Plainlist|

}}

|direction_a = East

|terminus_a = {{Jct|state=MO|MO|101}} in Bakersfield

|previous_type = MO

|previous_route= 141

|next_type = MO

|next_route = 143

}}

Route 142 is a highway in southern Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at Route 53 in southern Poplar Bluff; its western terminus is at Route 101 in Bakersfield. Route 142 is the southernmost east–west highway in the south-central part of the state. Despite its length, there are relatively few towns on the route.

Major intersections

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{{MOint

|county=Ozark

|cspan=2

|location=Bakersfield

|lspan=2

|mile=0.000

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|101}}

}}

{{MOint

|mile=0.040

|road={{Jct|state=MO|Supp|AR|to2=y|AR|87}}

}}

{{MOint

|county=Howell

|location=Lanton

|mile=20.811

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|17|location1=Arkansas state line|city2=West Plains}}

}}

{{MOint

|county=Oregon

|cspan=3

|location=Thayer

|lspan=3

|type=concur

|mile=36.010

|road={{Jct|state=MO|US-Bus|63|dab1=Thayer|dir1=north}}

|notes=Western end of US 63 Business overlap

}}

{{MOint

|type=concur

|mile=36.472

|road={{Jct|state=MO|US|63|dir1=south|location1=Mammoth Spring}}
{{Jct|state=MO|US-Bus|63|dab1=Thayer|dir1=ends}}

|notes=Eastern end of US 63 Business overlap; western end of US 63 overlap

}}

{{MOint

|type=concur

|mile=37.105

|road={{Jct|state=MO|US|63|dir1=north|city1=West Plains}}

|notes=Eastern end of US 63 overlap

}}

{{MOint

|county=Ripley

|cspan=3

|township=West Doniphan

|ctdab=Ripley

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|mile=78.768

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|21|dir1=south|location1=Pocahontas}}

|notes=Western end of Route 21 overlap

}}

{{MOint

|type=concur

|mile=80.015

|road={{Jct|state=MO|US|160|dir1=west|city1=Alton}}

|notes=Western end of US 160 overlap

}}

{{MOint

|location=Doniphan

|type=concur

|mile=81.904

|road={{Jct|state=MO|US|160|dir1=east|MO|21|dir2=north|Supp|Y}}

|notes=Eastern end of US 160 and Route 21 overlaps

}}

{{MOint

|county=Butler

|cspan=4

|location=Neelyville

|mile=103.147

|road={{Jct|state=MO|US|67|location1=Corning|location2=Poplar Bluff}}

|notes=

}}

{{MOint

|township=Coon Island

|ctdab=Butler

|mile=109.200

|road={{Jct|state=MO|Supp|HH}}

|notes=Route 142 changes from an east–west to north–south orientation

}}

{{MOint

|township=Poplar Bluff

|ctdab=Butler

|lspan=2

|mile=116.700

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|158|dir1=west|city1=Harvell}}

}}

{{MOint

|mile=122.328

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|53|to2=y|US-Bus|67|dab2=Poplar Bluff|noshield2=y|Supp|WW}}

}}

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