Missouri Route 224

{{Infobox road

|state=MO

|type=Route

|route = 224

| map={{maplink-road|from=Missouri Route 224.map}}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=MO 224 highlighted in red

|established = 1969{{cite map|title=1969 Missouri Highway Map |url=https://www.modot.org/media/13959 |accessdate=August 19, 2020}}

|length_mi = 13

|length_ref = {{MoDOT Flex|accessdate=February 2, 2014}}

|direction_a = West

|terminus_a = {{Jct|state=MO|US|24}} west of Napoleon

|direction_b = East

|terminus_b = {{Jct|state=MO|US|24}} near Lexington

|counties = Lafayette

|previous_type = MO

|previous_route= 221

|next_type = I

|next_route = 229

}}

Route 224 is a highway in western Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 24 near Lexington; its western terminus is at US 24 west of Napoleon. It follows the Missouri River and is prone to flooding.

History

Before 1959, U.S. Route 24 used to travel through Napoleon and Lexington.{{cite map|title=1958 Missouri Highway Map |url=https://www.modot.org/media/13925 |accessdate=August 19, 2020}} A bypass was finished in 1959 which caused US 24 to reroute onto the bypass. This resulted in the creation of US 24 Business.{{cite map|title=1959 Missouri Highway Map |url=https://www.modot.org/media/13927 |accessdate=August 19, 2020}} It remained like that until 1969 when the business route was removed. This led to the creation of Route 224 and still remains like this to this day.

Major intersections

{{MOint

|location=Clay Township

|ctdab=Lafayette

|mile=0.000

|road={{Jct|state=MO|US|24|city1=Independence}}

}}

{{MOint

|location=Napoleon

|mile=0.947

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

}}

{{MOint

|location=Wellington

|mile=5.990

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|131|dir1=South|city1=Odessa}}

}}

{{MOint

|location=Lexington

|lspan=3

|type=concur

|mile=13.193

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO-Bus|13|dab1=Lexington|dir1=South|name1=13th Street}}

|notes=West end of Route 13 Business overlap

}}

{{MOint

|type=concur

|mile=14.799

|mile2=14.982

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|13|MO-Bus|13|dab2=Lexington|dir2=ends|city1=Richmond|city2=Higginsville}}

|notes=Interchange; east end of Route 13 Business overlap

}}

{{MOint

|mile=15.217

|road={{Jct|state=MO|US|24|city1=Marshall}}

}}

References

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Category:Transportation in Lafayette County, Missouri