Avenue of the Saints

Avenue of the Saints
High Priority Corridor 2
Route information
Length:	563 mi (906 km)
Existed:	1991 – present
Component highways:	US 61 from St. Louis to Wayland, Mo. Route 27 from Wayland to Iowa state line Iowa 27 in Iowa I-35 in Minnesota I-35E in Minnesota
Major junctions
South end:	I-64 near St. Louis, Mo.
	I-70 / US 40 at Wentzville, Mo. I-72 / US 36 at Hannibal, Mo. US 34 / Iowa 163 at Mount Pleasant, Iowa I-80 / I-380 at Coralville, Iowa US 20 at Waterloo, Iowa I-35 near Clear Lake, Iowa I-90 at Albert Lea, Minn. I-35W at Burnsville, Minn. I-494 at Mendota Heights, Minn.
North end:	I-94 at St. Paul, Minn.
Location
States:	Missouri Iowa Minnesota
Highway system
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act ← Iowa 26 Iowa 27 Iowa 28 → ← Route 25 Route 27 Route 28 →

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

The Avenue of the Saints is a 563-mile-long (906 km) highway in the Midwestern United States that connects St. Paul, Minnesota and St. Louis, Missouri.

The southern end of the Avenue of the Saints is at exit 28A of Interstate 64 (I-64) /U.S. Route 40 (US 40), which is also the southern end of its concurrency with US 61. The Avenue of the Saints heads west, to Chesterfield, crossing I-270. Here, the Avenue of the Saints turns northwest, crosses the Missouri River via the Daniel Boone Bridge. In Wentzville, the route interchanges with I-70. The western end of I-64 and the northern end of the concurrency with US 40 is here. The Avenue of the Saints continues north as just US 61, intersects with the western end of I-72 in Hannibal, reaches the northern terminus of its concurrency with US 61, then crosses the Des Moines River into Iowa.

The Avenue of the Saints is co-signed with Missouri Route 27 to the Iowa state line.

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