U.S. Route 136 in Missouri

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Highway detail hatnote Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other[[Category:Infobox road instances Template:Infobox road/meta/mask/category]] U.S. Highway 136 (US 136) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs for between Edison, Nebraska, and Speedway, Indiana. It is a spur route of US 36 despite never intersecting its parent. Its largest subsection is within the state of Missouri, and it begins at the Missouri River and continues east across the very northern part of the state to the Missouri-Iowa state line near Alexandria along the banks of the Des Moines River. The highway travels across the croplands of northern Missouri to the woods of the Mississippi River Valley encountering plains, forests, and wind turbines. For its entire length, US 136 is a two-lane highway and it encounters all nine county seats for the counties it passes through. Throughout Missouri, it intersects two Interstate Highways and eight other US Highways, and it runs concurrently with seven of the US Highways.

Route description

Rock Port to Maryville

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US 136 runs east in Rock Port

US 136 begins in Missouri by crossing the Missouri River at Brownville, Nebraska and traveling easterly about through the Missouri River bottomlands to Rock Port where it junctions with Interstate 29 (I-29). After ascending the Loess Hills, the highway intersects with the southern terminus of US 275 and consequently intersects with the northern terminus of Route 111, all within Rock Port. After leaving the town, US 136 continues east around to its intersection with US 59; it travels north into Tarkio after running concurrently with US 59 for . US 136 continues east through town, while US 59 continues north into Iowa.

Next is roughly of easterly travel, amongst many wind turbines, until it reaches the Nodaway River. After crossing, the highways comes into Burlington Junction Template:One2a later. In Burlington Junction, the highway intersects the northern terminus of Route 113 and travels east to US 71. US 136 and US  continue concurrently from this point until Maryville in south and east spurts until reaching the east end of town where the two separate at their junction with Route 46. While circumscribing Maryville, the highway intersects US 71 Business (US 71 Bus.) and the southern terminus of Route 148.

Maryville to Bethany

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US 136 in the Platte River valley north of Conception Junction, Missouri

Leaving the east side of Maryville begins traveling concurrently with Route 46. As the highway travels east towards Ravenwood it first crosses the One Hundred and Two River, then passes south of Mozingo Lake, and finally crosses Platte River, all in the span of . Route 46 continues northeasterly into Ravenwood while US 136 turns south and travels about to the Tri-C Area of Conception, Conception Junction, and Clyde. The highway makes a semi-circle splitting the three communities before heading southeasterly about to Stanberry.

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Western terminus Business US 136 in Albany, Missouri

In Stanberry, US 136 meets US 169, and together they travel north out of town about before curving eastward towards Albany. The highway travels before US 169 separates from US 136 by heading north, whereas US 136 continues east-northeast about before reaching the north end of Albany where it meets the northern terminus of Route 85. US 136 continues easterly from Albany to New Hampton and then another from New Hampton to its junction with US 69. The highway travels concurrently eastward before reaching the northern terminus of Route 13 in southern Bethany. The highway turns north for before US 136 separates from US 69 by turning east in the center of Bethany.

Bethany to Lancaster

As US 136 leaves Bethany, the last 2,000-plus population city on its path in Missouri, it first crosses I-35, the last Interstate it will cross until central Illinois, then it continues east another before reaching the northern terminus of Route 146. The rest of the highway's travels in Missouri will be less dense with intersections and settlements than the preceding . US 136 continues east, then northeast about before reaching Mt. Moriah. From there, US 136 travels another or so before reaching the southern terminus of Route 145 nearby Lake Paho and then continues about east to Princeton. In Princeton, the highway meets US 65 and travels concurrently for then leaves the town to its east and travels northeasterly about before reaching Ravanna. From there, it travels approximately easterly to the northern terminus of Route 139 and then passes north of the village of Lucerne almost to Unionville.

On the west end of Unionville, US 136 joins Route 5 and runs concurrently north then east through the town about Template:One2a before Route 5 separates and travels north out of town. Then the highway travels about out of Unionville to the east and reaches Route 129 and travels with it about a mile before Route 129 separates and continues south. US 136 continues about easterly until the northern terminus of Route 149 then it runs around northeasterly to Livonia. Leaving there, the highway continues almost to its intersection with US 63 where they both run concurrently about until the eastern terminus of Route 202 where they separate with US 136 directing itself east into the town of Lancaster.

Lancaster to Alexandria

Leaving Lancaster to the east, US 136 travels around to Downing; at one point on that stretch, the highway was only about from the Sullivan Line of the Iowa-Missouri border. Continuing southeasterly about the highway junctions with the northern terminus of Route 15 Template:One2a west of Memphis. After sweeping south of Memphis, US 136 continues easterly to the village of Luray, then another southeasterly later it passes by Medill, before reaching Kahoka after about more. In southern Kahoka, Route 81 junctions with the highway, then US 136 travels east, southeast, and then northeast before arriving at Wayland. Afterward, it crosses Route  27, before traveling east and around southeast where it meets US 61. Then it runs concurrently with US 61, passes by Alexandria, and after crosses the Des Moines River and enters Iowa just west of Keokuk, Iowa.