Kansas City, Missouri

===Highways===
[[File:Alphamap.gif|thumb|Kansas City is a major meeting place for several of the nation's busiest highways.]]
Missouri and Kansas were the first states to start building interstates with [[Interstate 70]]. [[Interstate 435]], which encircles the entire city, is the second longest beltway in the [[Interstate Highway System]]. ([[Interstate 275 (Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana)|Interstate 275]] around [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] is the longest.) The Kansas City metro area has more limited-access highway lane-miles per capita than any other large US metro area, over 27% more than the second-place [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]], over 50% more than the average American metropolitan area. From 2013 to 2017 the average commuting time was 21.8 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/kansascitycitymissouri/PST045218|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Kansas City city, Missouri|website=census.gov|access-date=November 3, 2019|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513051925/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/kansascitycitymissouri/PST045218|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Sierra Club]] blames the extensive freeway network for excessive [[urban sprawl|sprawl]] and the decline of central Kansas City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/report98/kansas_city.asp |title=1998 Sprawl Report- Sprawl – Sierra Club |publisher=Sierraclub.org |access-date=May 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516193458/http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/report98/kansas_city.asp |archive-date=May 16, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> On the other hand, the relatively uncongested road network contributes significantly to Kansas City's position as one of America's largest [[logistics]] hubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcsmartport.com/sec_news/media/documents/ShippingCentral.pdf |title=Shipping Central |website=Kcsmartport.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325133930/http://www.kcsmartport.com/sec_news/media/documents/ShippingCentral.pdf |archive-date=March 25, 2009 }}</ref>

====Interstate highways====
Kansas City has a confluence of major U.S. [[Interstate Highway System|interstate highways]]: [[Interstate 29 in Missouri|I-29]], [[Interstate 35 in Missouri|I-35]], [[Interstate 49 in Missouri|I-49]], [[Interstate 70 in Missouri|I-70]], [[Interstate 435|I-435]], [[Interstate 470 (Missouri)|I-470]], [[Interstate 635 (Kansas–Missouri)|I-635]], and [[Interstate 670 (Kansas–Missouri)|I-670]].

====US highways====
Kansas City includes these US highways: [[U.S. Route 24 in Missouri|US 24]], [[U.S. Route 40 in Missouri|US 40]], [[U.S. Route 50 in Missouri|US 50]], [[U.S. Route 56 in Kansas|US 56]], [[U.S. Route 69 in Missouri|US 69]], [[U.S. Route 71 in Missouri|US 71]], and [[U.S. Route 169 in Missouri|US 169]].

====Missouri state highways====
[[Missouri State Highway System|State routes]] are [[Missouri Route 1|Route 1]], [[Missouri Route 9|Route 9]], [[Missouri Route 12|Route 12]], [[Missouri Route 45|Route 45]], [[Missouri Route 78|Route 78]], [[Missouri Route 92|Route 92]], [[Missouri Route 150|Route 150]], [[Missouri Route 152|Route 152]], [[Missouri Route 210|Route 210]], [[Missouri Route 269|Route 269]], [[Missouri Route 283|Route 283]], [[Missouri Route 291|Route 291]], and [[Missouri Route 350|Route 350]]. [[Missouri supplemental route]]s are Route AA, Route D, Route K, Route V, and [[Bannister Road|Route W]].<ref name=rm21atlas>{{cite map | publisher= Rand McNally|title = 2021 Road Atlas|map =Missouri |year = 2020|scale = [1:253440] |page =58 |inset = Kansas City & Vicinity |isbn = 978-0-528-02243-2}}</ref>

====Other routes====
Other routes include the [[Chicago–Kansas City Expressway]] and the [[Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail]].