Route 45 (Missouri)
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| Length: | 42 mi (68 km) | |||
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  Interstate 29/U.S. Route 71 in Kansas City
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  U.S. Route 59/Route 273 in Lewis & Clark Village
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Route 45 is a highway in northwest Missouri in Buchanan County, Missouri and Platte County, Missouri which is largely in the bottom land alongside of the Missouri River.
Its northern terminus is U.S. Route 59 just east of Atchison, Kansas where 59 turns sharply to St. Joseph, Missouri north while 45 heads south towards Kansas City, Missouri.
It overlaps Route 273 until just south of Weston, Missouri where 273 breaks off to head east.
At Beverly, Missouri, in what is referred to locally as the "Beverly Curve", it intersects Route 92 going east to Platte City, Missouri and west to Leavenworth, Kansas.
About three miles (5 km) later at East Leavenworth, Missouri, Route 45 intersects its spur which goes northwest to Leavenworth. The spur, which is signed as "Route 45" and also known as the "Leavenworth cutoff", was built as a shortcut from Leavenworth, Kansas to Kansas City during the construction of the Centennial Bridge (Leavenworth, Kansas). Even though it is in Missouri it was maintained by the city of Leavenworth until the tolls were removed from the Centennial Bridge in May 1977. This is now maintained by MODOT.
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