The North Missouri Cross State Highway - Part 2

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 (Unless where noted.).

Satellite images courtesy of Google Maps.

 Part 2 - Excelsior Springs, MO to Richmond, MO

Between Excelsior Springs, MO & Richmond, MO, the route roughly follows MO 10.

From Excelsior Springs, MO, the autotrail heads East on E. Broadway Ave, Saratoga St & Isley Blvd. East of here, the road follows the predecessor to MO 10, which was an old stage route on it's way to Richmond, MO, which can be seen in the following pictures. A section of this road was obliterated by the Excelsior Springs Memorial Airport.







More coming soon in part 3.

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