Missouri Route 152
MO 152 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
Length | 16.875 mi[1] (27.158 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Missouri | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route 152 is a state highway in the northern Kansas City metropolitan area. It begins at Interstate 435 south of the Kansas City International Airport and ends at Route 291 in Liberty. The route is a limited-access highway between its two junctions with I-435. It crosses I-29 five miles (8.0 km) south of the airport in Platte County and US 169 in Clay County.
History
[edit]The original route, established in 1827, was called "Military Road" and connected the Liberty Arsenal with Fort Leavenworth. In the North Kansas City area, Military Road was renamed Barry Road in 1829 after the newly established town of Barry, which in turn is named after the postmaster-general William Taylor Barry. The road remained marked Highway 152. A short extension of Barry Road, identified as Highway 152, was created between 1980 and 1982. Proper construction of Highway 152 did not continue until 1990. Barry Road, the original Highway 152, runs parallel to the current Highway 152 on its south side on the west side and parallel to 152 on the north side in the eastern portions. According to satellite imagery, the freeway section of the highway was completely finished sometime between September 2005 and February 2006.[2] In 2008, the Kansas City City Council approved a master plan for Kansas City International Airport that called for extensive improvements to the road so it could become a main thoroughfare to the proposed Central Terminal on the south side of the airport by 2025.[3]
Route Description
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Missouri Route 152 begins at the junction between Route N and I-435 at Exit 24 in Parkville. It travels east and enters Kansas City, where it continues northeast and east along the outskirts of the northern neighborhoods of Kansas City. It continues east through the Prairie Point-Wildberry neighborhood where it junctions with I-29/ US 71 at Exit 9, then enters the Coves North. Leaving Coves North, the highway travels northeast, intersects US 169 and continues east through the Kansas City neighborhoods of Sherrydale and Gashland, where it turns southeast after its intersection with the Maplewoods Parkway. In the southeast of Gashland, Route 152 intersects Route 1 then continues easterly to its junction with the ring road I-435 again at Exit 49, and continues east through the northeast portion of Kansas City until it enters Liberty at the intersection with I-35 at the southwest point of the Liberty Triangle. The route finshing at the southeast corner of the Liberty Triangle with its intersection with Route 291.
Junction list
[edit]County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Platte | Parkville | 0.000– 0.323 | 0.000– 0.520 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-435 exit 24; continuation as Route N. |
Kansas City | 1.328 | 2.137 | ![]() | West end of freeway. | |
3.904 | 6.283 | Amity Avenue | |||
4.931 | 7.936 | Congress Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only | ||
5.146– 5.784 | 8.282– 9.308 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-29 exits 9A-B. | ||
5.906 | 9.505 | Ambassador Drive | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only | ||
6.915 | 11.129 | Green Hills Road – Lake Waukomis | |||
8.566 | 13.786 | Platte Purchase Drive | Diverging diamond interchange | ||
Clay | 8.916– 9.674 | 14.349– 15.569 | ![]() | ||
9.952 | 16.016 | North Oak Trafficway | |||
10.933 | 17.595 | Maplewoods Parkway | |||
12.292 | 19.782 | ![]() | |||
13.347 | 21.480 | Brighton Avenue | |||
13.727– 14.403 | 22.091– 23.179 | ![]() | I-435 exits 49A-B; east end of freeway. | ||
Liberty | 16.765– 16.875 | 26.981– 27.158 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-35 exit 16. | |
![]() | Eastern terminus of Route 152 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Future
[edit]Route 152 might be extended to Leavenworth, Kansas in the future.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Missouri Department of Transportation (June 1, 2014). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "City of Platte Woods". Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2009.
- ^ KCI Studies - airportsites.net - Retrieved February 9, 2010 Archived February 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "MARC Transportation Department - Regional Transportation Plan (2050) - 2019 Call for Projects". marc2.org. Retrieved February 23, 2023.