Missouri Route 51

{{Infobox road

|state=MO

|type=MO

|route = 51

|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=230|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Missouri Route 51}}}}

|map_custom=yes

|established= 1922

|length_mi = 120.811

|length_ref={{MoDOT Flex|accessdate=December 31, 2020}}

|direction_b = North

|direction_a = South

|terminus_b = {{jct|state=IL|IL|150|GRR}} at the Illinois state line

|junction =

{{jct|state=MO|Future|57|US|60}} at Fisk
{{jct|state=MO|I|55}} at Perryville
{{jct|state=MO|US|61}} at Perryville

|terminus_a = {{jct|state=AR|AR|139}} at the Arkansas state line

|previous_type = US

|previous_route= 50

|next_type = MO

|next_route = 52

}}

Route 51 is a highway in southeastern Missouri. Its northern terminus is the Illinois state line near Chester, Illinois; its southern terminus is at the Arkansas state line northwest of Piggott, Arkansas. It continues into Illinois as Illinois Route 150 and it continues into Arkansas as Highway 139.

Route 51 is one of the original 1922 state highways and ran from the Mississippi River to Advance.

Route 51A, a branch route, formerly connected Route 51 with Puxico when Route 51 ended at Advance (at Route 25). Route 51A would become part of the main highway when it was re-routed and extended.

Route description

History

Major intersections

{{MOint

|county=Butler

|cspan=3

|township=Gillis Bluff

|ctdab=Butler

|mile=0.000

|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|139|dir1=south|city1=Pollard}}

|notes=Continuation into Arkansas

}}

{{MOint

|location=Qulin

|type=concur

|mile=7.354

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|53|dir1=south|city1=Campbell}}

|notes=Southern end of Route 53 overlap

}}

{{MOint

|township=Ash Hill

|ctdab=Butler

|type=concur

|mile=10.318

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|53|dir1=north|city1=Poplar Bluff}}

|notes=Northern end of Route 53 overlap

}}

{{MOint

|county=Stoddard

|township=Duck Creek

|ctdab=Stoddard

|mile=25.713

|road={{Jct|state=MO|US|60|name1=Future I-57|city1=Poplar Bluff|city2=Sikeston}}

}}

{{MOint

|county=Bollinger

|cspan=4

|township=Liberty

|ctdab=Bollinger

|mile=61.820

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|91|dir1=south|city1=Advance}}

}}

{{MOint

|location=Marble Hill

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|mile=71.679

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|34|dir1=west|name1=First Street}}

|notes=Western end of Route 34 overlap

}}

{{MOint

|type=concur

|mile=72.179

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|34|dir1=east|city1=Jackson}}

|notes=Eastern end of Route 34 overlap

}}

{{MOint

|township=Union

|ctdab=Bollinger

|mile=90.011

|road={{Jct|state=MO|MO|72|city1=Millersville|city2=Fredericktown}}

}}

{{MOint

|county=Perry

|cspan=2

|location=Perryville

|lspan=2

|mile=106.127

|road={{Jct|state=MO|I|55|city1=Cape Girardeau|location2=St. Louis}}

}}

{{MOint

|mile=108.829

|road={{Jct|state=MO|US|61|name1=Kingshighway|city1=Longtown|city2=St. Mary}}

}}

{{Jctbridge

|river=Mississippi River

|lspan=2

|mile=120.811

|mspan=2

|bridge=Chester Bridge; Missouri–Illinois state line

}}

{{Jctint

|mile=none

|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|150|dir1=east|city1=Chester}}

|notes=Continuation into Illinois

}}

Former suffixed route

References

051

Category:Transportation in Butler County, Missouri

Category:Transportation in Stoddard County, Missouri

Category:Transportation in Bollinger County, Missouri

Category:Transportation in Perry County, Missouri