.svg) Future Interstate 49 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Missouri DOT | ||||
| Length | 174 mi (280 km) | |||
| Existed | 2012–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Route HH near Neosho | |||
 US 60 in Neosho  I-44 near Joplin  US 160 near Lamar US 54 near Nevada | ||||
| To |  I-435 in Kansas City | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Missouri | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 49 is upgrading the existing US Highway 71 to interstate standards. The highway commission is planning to have the highway from the Grandview Triangle to Interstate 44 near Joplin, MO. Due to Arkansas being able to only create a two lane bypass (not interstate compatible) over six years, Missouri's highway department transferred $60 million from the Bella Vista Bypass project.