Route 8 (Missouri 1922)

U.S. Route 36
V.F.W. Memorial Highway
Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length:	192.660 mi (310.056 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US-36 in St. Joseph
	I-229 / US 59 in St. Joseph I-29 / US 71 in St. Joseph I-35 / Route 110 in Cameron US 65 in Chillicothe US 63 in Macon US 24 in Monroe City US 24 near Hannibal US 61 in Hannibal I-72 in Hannibal
East end:	I-72 / US 36 / IL 110 (CKC) / Great River Road at Illinois state line
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Replaced Missouri State Highway System Interstate US State Supplemental ← I-35 Route 37 →

U.S. Route 36 (U 36) in the state of Missouri is an expressway with many freeway sections, connecting Kansas to Illinois. From Cameron to the Illinois state line, it forms part of the principal route between Kansas City and Chicago, known as the Chicago–Kansas City Expressway.

All of US 36 in Missouri is named the V.F.W. Memorial Highway.

U.S. Route 36 in Missouri runs from the Pony Express Bridge over the Missouri River in St. Joseph to the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River in Hannibal. After leaving the Missouri River valley, U.S. 36 then links major cities in Northern Missouri with Kansas City and cities in the east. From Cameron to the Illinois state line, it is overlapped with Missouri Route 110, also known as the Chicago–Kansas City Expressway. Starting in St. Joseph, it passes through the cities of Cameron, Hamilton, Chillicothe, Macon, Shelbina, Monroe City, and Brookfield. The final 2 miles (3.2 km) of US 36 in Missouri is concurrent with Interstate 72. The route passes through mostly flat, fertile, productive farmland. Even though there are some surface intersections, U.S. 36 has many grade-separated interchanges and town bypasses that suggest a future extension of I-72 west from Hannibal.

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