Missouri Route 32: Difference between revisions

|terminus_a=[[MississippiEnd River]]of nearstate maintenance in [[Ste. Genevieve, Missouri|Ste. Genevieve]]

|terminus_b=[[Image:US 54.svg{{jct|20px]] [[U.S. Route 54 (Missouri)state=MO|US |54]]}} in [[El Dorado Springs, Missouri|El Dorado Springs]]

Route 32 is one of the original Missouri highways from 1922. It originally ran only from [[Licking, Missouri|Licking]] to [[Flat River, Missouri|Flat River]] (now Park Hills). Other portions were defined as '''Route 66''' (El Dorado Springs to [[Fair Play, MO|Fair Play]]), [[Route 13 (Missouri)|Route 13]] (Fair Play to [[Buffalo, MO|Buffalo]]), and '''Route 68''' ([[Farmington, MO|Farmington]] to Ste. Genevieve). Route 66 replaced Route 13 to Buffalo in 19261925,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicalroadmaps.com/MissouriPage/1926ClasonsMissouriPage/image1.html|title=1925-26 Missouri Road Map from Clason's Touring Atlas}}</ref> but by 1927 it became part of [[US 54 (MO)|US 54]]. Route 32 also absorbed Route 68 in 1926 or 1927. [[Route 64 (Missouri)|Route 64]], which had been designated in 1922 between [[Collins, MO|Collins]] and [[Preston, MO|Preston]] (now US 54), was extended east to [[Lebanon, MO|Lebanon]] in the early 1930s, and by 1935 it had swapped alignments with US 54, becoming the El Dorado Springs-Lebanon route that now mostly carries Route 32. Route 32 was extended west to Lebanon by 1946, and it was later extended west, leaving only the [[Louisburg, MO|Louisburg]]-Lebanon section of Route 64, which has since been extended west.

[[File:BL-44,_Route_5,_Route_32,_Route_64_run_together_in_Lebanon,_MO.JPG|left|thumb|Route 32 leaves [[Business routes of Interstate 44#Lebanon businessBusiness (Lebanon, loopMissouri)|BL-Interstate 44 Business]] and joins Route 5/Route 64 in Lebanon.]]

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At Caledonia, the highway turns south and forms a four -mile (6&nbsp;km) [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with [[Route 21 (Missouri)|Route 21]], then turns west and enters the [[Mark Twain National Forest]]. In the national forest, the highway forms a six -mile (10&nbsp;km) concurrency with [[Route 49 (Missouri)|Route 49]]. As the highway nears the western boundary of the Mark Twain National Forest, the highway joins [[Route 72 (Missouri)|Route 72]], the two highways will be united to the west side of Salem. Nine miles west of Salem is the northern terminus of [[Route 119 (Missouri)|Route 119]].

At Buffalo, Route 32 forms a brief concurrency with [[Route 73 (Missouri)|Route 73]], which it joins to the terminus of Route 73 atintersects [[U.S. Route 65 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 65]]. The road then continues west, forming the main highway between the two county seats of Buffalo and Bolivar. At Bolivar, the highway intersect [[Route 83 (Missouri)|Route 83]], and then intersects [[Route 13 (Missouri)|Route 13]].

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