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The North Missouri Cross State Highway - Part 12

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The North Missouri Cross State Highway Missouri's forgotten early 20th century autotrail. By Route66Fan Information is from Volume 5 of the 1918 Official Automobile Blue Book. Satellite images courtesy of Google Maps. Part 12 - St. Charles, MO to St. Louis, MO. Leaving St. Charles, MO, the autotrail follows St. Charles Rock Rd (MO 180) & Old St. Charles Rock Rd, as well as Union Blvd, Lindell Blvd & Locust St, ending at N. Tucker Blvd. End of autotrail.
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The North Missouri Cross State Highway - Part 11

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The North Missouri Cross State Highway Missouri's forgotten early 20th century autotrail. By Route66Fan Information is from Volume 5 of the 1918 Official Automobile Blue Book. Satellite images courtesy of Google Maps. Part 11 - Harvester, MO to St. Charles, MO. This section  of the autotrail follows Harvester Rd., N. St. Peters Pkwy., N. Outer Rd., S. Old Hwy 94, 1st Capitol Dr. (MO 94 & BL 70), a driveway\parking lot. More to come in part 12.
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The North Missouri Cross State Highway - Part 10

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The North Missouri Cross State Highway Missouri's forgotten early 20th century autotrail. By Route66Fan Information is from Volume 5 of the 1918 Official Automobile Blue Book. Satellite images courtesy of Google Maps. Part 10 - Warrenton, MO to Harvester, MO. This section of route follows a mix of MO M (Leaving Warrenton, MO.), Fruit Farm Rd., MO F, N. Elm St. (I am not sure if the route followed W. 1st St. S. or W 2nd St. S.), E. 2nd St. N., N. Locust St., E. 1st St. S. (In Wright City, MO.), S. Stringtown Rd., Archer Rd., Veterans Memorial Pkwy., Seeger St., N. Main St. (In Foristell, MO.), Veterans Memorial Pkwy. (Again), Goodfellow Rd. (I am not exactly sure about the Western section of this part of the routing.), North Point Prarie Rd., N. Service Rd., Thomas RV Way, An unnamed driveway, Wilmer Rd., W. Pearce Blvd., Allen St., E. Pitman St., N. Callahan Rd., GTE Dr. (In Wentzville, MO.), S. Callahan Rd., Sunbird Dr., Prospect Rd., Freymuth Rd., Lake St. Louis Blvd. Orf Rd., M...
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The North Missouri Cross State Highway - Part 9

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The North Missouri Cross State Highway Missouri's forgotten early 20th century autotrail. By Route66Fan Information is from Volume 5 of the 1918 Official Automobile Blue Book. Satellite images courtesy of Google Maps. Part 9 - Mexico, MO to Warrenton, MO. This section of the autotrail mostly follows US 54 (Leaving Mexico, MO.), MO 19, I-70 & US 40. It also follows E. Monroe St., S. Jefferson St., E. Promenade St. (In Mexico, MO.), CR 725, E. Kellet St., Hickory St., E. Jefferson St. (In Martinsburg, MO.), Cedartown Rd, unknown drive, Krekel St., N. Madison St., E. Hudson St. (In Wellsville, MO.), Cedar Rd. (CR 26), Porters Rd. (CR 172), Glazer Rd. (CR 170), Farnen Rd. (CR 175), Allen St., S. Walker St., Long Rd. (CR 223), Harness Dr. (In Montgomery City, MO.), Kimmich Rd. (CR 219), Prarie St. Main St. (MO WW) (In New Florence, MO.), Old US 40 (In High Hill, MO.), Old High Point Rd., N. Booneslick Rd., Old US 40 (Again) (In Jonesburg, MO.), MO B, Pendleton Cutoff Rd., (Old US 4...
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The North Missouri Cross State Highway - Part 8

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The North Missouri Cross State Highway Missouri's forgotten early 20th century autotrail. By Route66Fan Information is from Volume 5 of the 1918 Official Automobile Blue Book. Satellite images courtesy of Google Maps. Part 8 - Clark, MO to Mexico, MO. While most of this section of the autotrail follows MO 22, other sections follow Main St., Morris St. & South Ave (In Clark, MO.), CR 242, CR 110, MO Y, Dinwiddle School Rd., MO 151 (Morris Rd), Southgate St. (Running parallel.), N. Fullenwider St., E. Switzler St., N. Barr St., Wilson St., N. Allen St., E. Singleton St., N. Jefferson St., South St., N. Howard Burton Dr. & a closed off section of North St (In Centralia, MO.), CR 215, CR 308, CR 945 (In Thompson, MO.), CR 306, W. Curtis St. & N. Abat St. (Called Abbot St. in the 1918 Official Automobile Blue Book.) (In Mexico, MO.). The road also goes past the Northern outskirts of Sturgeon, MO. More to come in part 9.
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The North Missouri Cross State Highway - Part 7

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The North Missouri Cross State Highway Missouri's forgotten early 20th century autotrail. By Route66Fan Information is from Volume 5 of the 1918 Official Automobile Blue Book. Satellite images courtesy of Google Maps. Part 7 - Moberly, MO to Clark, MO. Heading South from Moberly, MO, this section of the route passes the Randolph County Fairgrounds & goes through Urbandale, MO & Renick, MO, before entering Clark, MO. This section of the autotrail parallels, & crosses, US 63 &, for a time from 1922-1927, was part of Missouri State Route #7. It also follows S. Williams St. (Leaving Moberly, MO.), CR D170, Six Mile Ln., MO AA, CR D196, Front St. (Old US 63) (In Rennick, MO.), a gravel driveway, CR 236, CR 257, CR 237 & MO P, entering into Clark, MO. More to come in part 8.
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