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T d O i D r o r M MoDOT IMPROVEMENTS 71 to I-49 Changing the designation from Route required efforts City between Joplin and Kansas than 20 mere sign replacement. More beyond been 71 have intersections along Route at-grade eliminated. Some were replaced by overpasses, 7 in others by interchanges. South of Route were built at 283rd overpasses Harrisonville, Street and 327th Street. A new interchange was constructed at 307th Street. also MoDOT years, During the past four rehabilitated or replaced 19 bridges on mostly and 13 in supplementary routes in Cass County farm-to-market those former Jackson County, roads that are increasingly being used by commuters. corridor has a along the I-49 Each community is among City unique story: On the north, Kansas now served by two interstate interchanges at now served A/B and at 307th Street. In between are Routes

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9 449 e i h c r A Archie County: Cass County: 1880 Founded: 1,170 Population: along Archie is the southern-most city is Access from I-49 in Cass County. I-49 A/B interchange, and also at the Routes a new interchange at 307th Street three a miles to the north, which provides school facilities. direct route along the outer road system. direct route along the outer road system. MoDOT has replaced two bridges on local has replaced two bridges on local MoDOT The routes near Archie in the past two years. A and just west of outer road north of Route B replaced in 2011, and the Route was I-49 replaced in was bridge one mile east of I-49 River. 2012. Both span the Grand Elementary and secondary school students in the Archie Schools, with an the area attend enrollment of nearly 600. on a $3 million project to on a $3 million project to reconstruct and widen Route building on a 2011 city 7, project that added capacity to Mechanic Street and connected 7/2 intersection with a realigned Route corridor Commercial Street. The improved historic square, with the city’s connects I-49 business district, and Harrisonville central Main Street in Archie has added businesses, such as Intelliair, a high-tech grain monitoring company. e l l i v n o s i r r a Artist’s rendering of new I-49 diverging diamond interchange at Route 291 in Harrisonville H Harrisonville seat! Cass - the county County: 1837 Founded: 10,019 Population: seat of Cass is the county Harrisonville direct interchanges on With four County. of and located at the convergence I-49, is well served 291, 7 and 2, the city Routes options, including transportation by several regional airport with a municipally-owned immediately runways, lighted, paved adjacent to the new interstate. service also is available Freight rail line. along the Missouri Pacific are nearing and Harrisonville MoDOT the final design stage of a $21 million, two-phase project to replace the 291 with interchange at Route I-49 diamond, and improve a diverging 291 to the north. This cost- Route and by MoDOT share project, funded district, development a transportation is expected to be under construction in When completed, residents will 2014. Medical easy access to Cass Regional enjoy the new artery from which overlooks Center, its hillside site on the northern edge of city. also is partnering with MoDOT Harrisonville scheduled for construction in 2014. 8 continued from front page systems. The new $500 mil- Raymore and Belton teamed with Cass County Major businesses include Flying lion facility is the Kansas City and MoDOT to fund the $10.1 million North Cass J, a refueling center that serves mature, transforming cities such as Grandview, region’s largest construction 449 over-the-road truckers as well 449 served by four interchanges, Belton by four and 9 9 project. It opened November as all other vehicles; Country Harrisonville by four. Raymore and Peculiar, two 16, 2012, and is scheduled to be fullyully oc- Mart grocery; World Wide Steel; Elm- of the state’s most rapidly growing cities, are cupied in 2014. wood Reclaimed Timber; Casey’s General planning infrastructure improvements and new Store; Pete & Jake’s Hot Rod Parts; and access to I-49 that will meet future transportation Both CenterPoint and the NNSA campus are now Sioux Chief manufacturing. needs for decades. served by the new Botts Road diverging diamond interchange on Route 150 a mile west of I-49. Peculiar’s primary interchange on I-49 at These cities and towns are boldly charting a A separate half-diamond interchange at Thun- Routes C and J was improved during sum- prosperous course along the I-49 corridor. From derbird Road just west of Botts Road also offers mer 2012 with a new bridge deck, ramp north to south, here are their stories: access to CenterPoint’s intermodal facility. improvements and the addition of a pro- tected pedestrian walkway. Route C (Main KKansasansas CCityity The northern terminus of I-49 is 3-Trails Cross- Street) also was resurfaced during the ing Memorial Highway, the intersection of I-49, summer, and the city has spent well over County: Jackson I-435, I-470 and Route 71 north. Within the $1 million in the past four years on city Incorporated: 1855 shadow of 3-Trails Crossing are the Cerner Cor- street improvements. Population: 459,787 - Missouri’s largest city poration campus, 3-Trails Community Develop- Raymore, looking south from Route 58 with ment District and Sanofi -Aventis laboratories in Walmart in the foreground, Dean Avenue to Positioned at the western Missouri border with the Marion Park offi ce park. The 3-Trails refers to the left of Walmart and I-49 to North Cass Kansas, the city of Kansas City is a Parkway interchange at upper right. transportation hub at the heart of America. It is linked to St. Louis to Parkway interchange, which opened in 2010. In the east and Denver to the west addition, Raymore extended Dean Avenue and along I-70; to Northwest Hubach Hill Road to connect to North Cass Park- and the Gulf Coast to the south along way interchange, offering a second major access I-49 and Route 71; and to Omaha, to I-49. Raymore’s primary access to I-49 is at Des Moines, Minneapolis to the north Route 58, but travelers also can exit at 155th and along I-29 and I-35. 163rd Street interchanges to arrive in Raymore from the west. Major rail corridors include Burlington Routes C and J bridge over I-49, redecked Northern-Santa Fe, Union Pacifi c and Raymore is fl anked by I-49 on the west and in 2012, is the gateway to Peculiar. the Kansas City Southern railroads. Route 291 on the east. Route 291 connects south Rail passengers have Amtrak service to Harrisonville, and north to Lee’s Summit and MoDOT and the city of Peculiar are in the to St. Louis, Chicago and Los Ange- I-470. Enrollment in the Raymore Peculiar School design stage of a new interchange at I-49 les. District now exceeds 6,000 students. and 211th Street, which will provide di- rect access to residential and industrial Just southwest of I-49 and Route 150 development on the west side and to the is the CenterPoint Intermodal Center inCerner Corporation in foreground, with 3-Trails Crossing PPeculiareculiar 6,000-student Raymore Peculiar School south Kansas City. It provides access Memorial Highway in the background, looking south to District campus on the east side. County: Cass to the Kansas City Southern Railway, I-49. Incorporated: 1953, established 1868 which connects to and is The undeveloped industrial and commer- Population: 4,608 - the fastest growing city in a designated foreign trade zone. the historic Santa Fe, California and Oregon trails cial acreage on the west at 211th Street Cass County! that all diverged from the Hickman Mills area in opens up development potential where Across from CenterPoint Intermodal Center is the 1840s. high-line electric availability exceeds any Peculiar grew by 77 percent from 2000 to 2010, the new National Nuclear Security Administration site in the Kansas City area. refl ecting a strong residential construction expan- (NNSA) campus, employing 2,500 in the manu- The Hickman Mills School District serves more sion. facture of non-nuclear mechanical, electronic, than 6,000 students at the north terminus of and engineered materials for national defense I-49. continued on back page 2 7 continued from page 3 center, Tractor Supply and interchange at I-49, and Company, a multi-cinema 449 GGrandviewrandview improvements to 155th Street 449 BBeltonelton complex, several banks, four 9 from Kentucky Avenue on the 9 auto parts stores, dozens of County: Jackson east to Kensington Avenue County: Cass restaurants and other merchants. Incorporated: 1912 - This is our Centennial Year! on the west. Main Street Bridge Incorporated: 1872 Population: 24,475 over I-49 is in the early stages of design Population: 23,116 - Cass County’s largest city! Belton is working with Jackson and Cass for replacement in 2015. MoDOT is counties, Grandview and Kansas City on The former home of President Harry also working with Grandview on design Initially a railroad town, Belton grew rapidly in replacing the 155th Street interchange. Truman, Grandview has grown into a improvements to the outer road system the 1950s when Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base Belton also has opened eastern segments vital suburban community with over that would allow two-way traffic. of Markey Parkway, a city project to 600 businesses including Peterson eventually connect Route 58 near Mullen Manufacturing, employing more than 500, Road with a loop that goes northwest, MeadWestvaco Calmar employing 475, and then west to Scott Avenue and then bends Sika Corporation about 250. Grandview south to Route 58 near Prospect Avenue. has I-49 interchanges at Blue Ridge Markey Extension is part of a TDD, offering Boulevard, Main Street, 140th Street, Route commercial space immediately adjacent to 150 and 155th Street, and an off ramp at and visible from I-49. Belton has created Harry Truman Drive, offering a variety of an Enhanced Enterprise Zone to draw access points to Grandview homes and businesses and select industries by offering businesses. up to a 25-year tax abatement. Grandview is developing rapidly along the Belton Regional Medical Center, a 71-bed newly improved Route 150 corridor east acute care facility, is just northeast of the of I-49. Recently widened to a four-lane, I-49 and Route 58 interchange. More than divided highway for eight miles to Route The Route 58 corridor just west of I-49 is 5,000 students attend the highly accredited 291 in Lee’s Summit, the new Route 150 bustling with commerce. Belton School District. includes a multi-use path coordinated with opened along the northwest corner of the city. Grandview’s local trails, community center That growth continues to today, with much of the RRaymoreaymore (The View), eleven parks, and Longview now-closed air base changed to other uses. Part Lake to promote a wide spectrum of transportation and recreation options. of the area is now the CenterPoint Intermodal County: Cass

Center. Adesa, a vehicle remarketing company, Incorporated: 1872 Commercial developer RED Legacy has now operates on several hundred acres on the Population: 19,206 - one of the fastest growing signed an agreement to acquire Truman Phase II of multi-phase improvements to east side of the former military site. cities in Missouri! Corners Shopping Center at the southwest Downtown Grandview streetscape. corner of I-49 and Blue Ridge Boulevard. Belton has access to I-49 at four inter- Situated on the highest point in Cass County, RED’s approved TIF plan will invest $91 Nearly 3,900 students are enrolled in the changes: 155th Street; 163rd Street; Route Raymore’s population has grown more than 72 million for the redevelopment of the Grandview School District, composed of five 58; and the North Cass Parkway at 187th percent from 2000 to 2010. The primarily resi- 54-year-old shopping center. Along with elementary schools, two middle schools, Street. dential community is composed of more than 40 the recent revitalization efforts along Main a high school, early childhood center and neighborhoods with at least 50 lots, complement- Street, a new Highway 150 Sustainable alternative instruction center. Improvements to 163rd Street interchange, ed by growing retail along the Route 58 corridor. Development Corridor Plan. New and and construction of the North Cass Parkway Stores include a Walmart SuperCenter, Lowe’s proposed commercial development is interchange, were both cost-share projects home improvement center, Offi ce Max, NTB, Fire- occurring along Highway 150 east of I-49 paid for by MoDOT and municipal funds. stone, a Price Chopper grocery store, CVS and similar to Gail’s Harley-Davidson and the Walgreens pharmacies, an Orscheln Farm and new Hickman Mills medical office complex. The Route 58 commercial corridor, from Home, O’Reilly Auto Parts and many restaurants Scott Avenue east to the heart of Raymore, and other merchants. Six banks, a credit union Grandview is working with Jackson offers a multitude of retail stores including and several insurance companies also provide County, Cass County, Belton and Kansas Walmart, HyVee, Price Chopper and Aldi fi nancial services in Raymore. grocery stores, a Lowe’s home improvement City to replace the 155th Street bridge continued on page 6 6 3 ?> 291 RQ45 435 UV ¨¦§ ?>N ?>B CBJJ O ¨¦§29 ?> CBEE ?>H UV152 ¨¦§435 CBEE 169 ?>K ¤£ ¨¦§35 UV210 RQ45 RQ1 T CBFF ?> RQ9 UV283 UV269 635 210 ?>Z ¨¦§ UV UV291 ¤£24

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