# U.S. Route 54 in Missouri

U.S. Route 54 (US 54) in Missouri is a west-east highway that runs between the Kansas state line in Nevada, Missouri and the Illinois state line in Louisiana, Missouri.

## Route description

In Missouri, US 54 runs from the southwest portion of the state to the northeast. It is a major conduit through the Ozarks and is the primary access road to Pomme de Terre Lake and Lake of the Ozarks.
After entering the state from neighboring Kansas, the route moves eastward through many rural towns and communities. It passes through Nevada, where it serves as the main access road to the town's business market. In Nevada, the route intersects with I-49 and US 71 as exits 102A and 102B on I-49/US 71. Here, it also passes by the Nevada Municipal Airport. Moving eastward, the route continues through El Dorado Springs, Collins, Weaubleau, and Wheatland, the latter is home of the Lucas Oil Speedway. It passes through Hermitage and Preston, where it intersects with US 65 at a four-way stop. US 54 intersects northern end of Route 73 then passes through Macks Creek.
The route continues eastward and begins to enter the areas surrounding the Lake of the Ozarks, a popular tourist destination and lake. It first crosses over the lake's Niangua Branch near Ha Ha Tonka State Park. It then passes through Camdenton. In Camdenton, the road intersects with MO 5 and MO 7 at an interchange. These routes provide access to Lebanon and I-44. After leaving Camdenton, the route becomes a four-lane divided highway and remains that way to Mexico. US 54 then passes through Linn Creek and enters Osage Beach. The route continues on a new expressway path initially built in 2010 and 2011. It crosses Lake of the Ozarks a second time on the Grand Glaize Bridge. The route then briefly enters Lake Ozark and Lakeland, although access to these towns is only provided by exits from the highway. A sign seen westbound imitating the Hollywood Sign reads ''Lake of the Ozarks." The route then leaves the Lake of the Ozarks after crossing the Osage River before bypassing Eldon.
US 54 then goes through Jefferson City, where it crosses US 50 and crosses the Missouri River via the Senator Roy Blunt Bridge and briefly overlaps US 63. Just north of the bridge, it splits then leaves the Ozark Plateau before passing through Fulton, crossing I-70 and US 40 at Kingdom City, passes through Auxvasse, then bypassing Mexico where it turns into a two-lane highway. US 54 then turns right and continues on. Future plans call for passing lanes on US 54 from Mexico to the Missouri town of Louisiana. At a roundabout, US 54 picks up a concurrency with Route 19 and then passes through Laddonia. North of Laddonia, US 54 splits from Route 19 before passing just north of Vandalia, bypasses Bowling Green crossing US 61, and ultimately crossing the Mississippi River via the Champ Clark Bridge into Illinois at Louisiana.
US 54 is a part of the National Highway System, a system of highways important to the nation's defense, economy, and mobility.

## History

US 54 was originally formed in Missouri after changing from US 26, however the routing went from Cedar County to Polk County, then Dallas County, then into Camden County. In 1932, the highway was rerouted into Saint Clair County and then Hickory County, and paved over.
In Macks Creeks, a well known speed trap existed on US 54 upon entering the town until 1995 when a law named Macks Creek Law was passed.
In the Lake of the Ozarks area, US 54 was rerouted onto a new 4 lane highway in 2010 and another part of US 54 was rerouted in 2011 in the Lake of the Ozarks area. The old US 54 was renamed "Osage Beach Parkway."
The original Champ Clark Bridge opened in 1928. In 2019, a replacement bridge opened and the old one was torn down.

## Junction list

All exits are unnumbered.
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Vernon | Coal Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | US-54 west – Fort Scott | Continuation into Kansas |
| Vernon | Coal Township | 1.807 | 2.908 | Route T – Swart | |
| Vernon | Deerfield | 5.807 | 9.345 | Route H – Richards | |
| Vernon | Deerfield Township | 9.805 | 15.780 | Route 43 – Moundville, Bronaugh | |
| Vernon | Nevada | 14.071 | 22.645 | Route BB / Route W | |
| Vernon | Nevada | 14.562 | 23.435 | I-49 BL north (Osage Boulevard) | Western end of Loop 49 overlap |
| Vernon | Nevada | 15.056 | 24.230 | I-49 BL south (Austin Boulevard) | Eastern end of Loop 49 overlap |
| Vernon | Nevada | 15.864– 15.883 | 25.531– 25.561 | I-49 / US 71 – Joplin, Kansas City | I-49 exit 102A |
| Vernon | Walker Township | 21.782 | 35.055 | Route C – Walker | |
| Vernon | Clear Creek Township | 27.439 | 44.159 | Route K – Nevada | |
| Vernon | Clear Creek Township | 27.650 | 44.498 | Route AA – Schell City | |
| Cedar | Box Township | 31.173 | 50.168 | Route HH – Virgil City | |
| Cedar | El Dorado Springs | 33.673 | 54.191 | Route 82 – Osceola | |
| Cedar | El Dorado Springs | 34.215 | 55.064 | Route 32 – Stockton | |
| Cedar | Cedar Township | 40.832 | 65.713 | Route 39 / Route DD – Stockton | |
| St. Clair | Roscoe Township | 45.899 | 73.867 | Route K | |
| St. Clair | Washington Township | 50.082 | 80.599 | Route V – Vista | |
| St. Clair | Washington Township | 51.687 | 83.182 | Route J – Stockton | |
| St. Clair | ​ | 53.832 | 86.634 | Route PP – Stockton | |
| St. Clair | Collins | 56.578 | 91.053 | Route 13 – Humansville, Osceola | |
| St. Clair | Collins | 56.756 | 91.340 | Route 13 Bus. | |
| St. Clair | ​ | 59.466 | 95.701 | Route MM | |
| Hickory | Weaubleau | 61.246 | 98.566 | Route 123 – Humansville | |
| Hickory | Weaubleau Township | 62.857 | 101.159 | Route H | |
| Hickory | Montgomery Township | 65.101 | 104.770 | Route AA | |
| Hickory | Montgomery Township | 67.333 | 108.362 | Route 83 – Warsaw | Western end of Route 83 concurrency |
| Hickory | Wheatland | 71.367 | 114.854 | Route 83 / Route B – Bolivar | Eastern end of Route 83 concurrency |
| Hickory | Hermitage | 76.298 | 122.790 | Route 254 – Galmey | |
| Hickory | Center Township | 77.488 | 124.705 | Route U – Cross Timbers | |
| Hickory | Preston | 82.203 | 132.293 | Route D | |
| Hickory | Preston | 82.697 | 133.088 | US 65 – Urbana, Cross Timbers | |
| Hickory | Stark Township | 85.157 | 137.047 | Route F | |
| Camden | Branch | 93.976 | 151.240 | Route 73 – Tunas, Buffalo | |
| Camden | Macks Creek | 97.224 | 156.467 | Route O / Route W | |
| Camden | Macks Creek | 97.326 | 156.631 | Route N – Climax Springs | |
| Camden | Russell Township | 101.301 | 163.028 | Route J / Route U | |
| Camden | ​ | 104.956 | 168.910 | Route AA | |
| Camden | Niangua Township | 107.780 | 173.455 | Route D | Access to Ha Ha Tonka State Park |
| Camden | Camdenton | 110.243 | 177.419 | Route 5 Bus. | |
| Camden | Camdenton | 110.934– 110.954 | 178.531– 178.563 | Route 5 / Route 7 – Sunrise Beach, Lebanon | Interchange |
| Camden | Linn Creek | 112.745 | 181.445 | Route V – Hugo | |
| Camden | Osage Township | 114.074 | 183.584 | Route A – Richland | J-turn intersection |
| Camden | Osage Township | 116.148 | 186.922 | Route Y | Interchange |
| Camden | Osage Beach | 118.900 | 191.351 | Route KK | West end of freeway; access to Grand Glaize-Osage Beach Airport |
| Camden | Osage Beach | 119.607 | 192.489 | Nichols Road | Access to Lake Regional Hospital |
| Camden | Osage Beach | 120.807 | 194.420 | Case Road | Access to Lake of the Ozarks State Park |
| Camden | Osage Beach | 121.571 | 195.650 | Business 54 (Jefferies Road to Osage Beach Parkway) | No westbound entrance |
| Camden | Osage Beach | 121.819 | 196.049 | Grand Glaize Bridge over the Lake of the Ozarks | Grand Glaize Bridge over the Lake of the Ozarks |
| Camden | Osage Beach | 122.675 | 197.426 | Business 54 (Passover Road to Osage Beach Parkway) | Southern terminus of US 54 Business |
| Camden | Osage Beach | 124.283 | 200.014 | Route 42 / Business 54 (Osage Beach Parkway) | Western terminus of Route 42; access to Lake of the Ozarks State Park |
| Camden | Osage Beach | 124.487 | 200.342 | Creek Cove Lane | Right-in/right-out interchange; westbound exit and entrance only |
| Miller | Lake Ozark | 126.211 | 203.117 | Route 242 (Bagnell Dam Boulevard) To Route 5 – Sunrise Beach | East end of freeway |
| Miller | Lake Ozark | 129.045 | 207.678 | Route W – Bagnell Dam, Lake Ozark | interchange replacing an signalized at-grade intersection opened April 21, 2021 |
| Miller | Franklin Township | 130.059 | 209.310 | Route V – Bagnell | |
| Miller | Franklin Township | 136.583 | 219.809 | US 54 Bus. north / Route 52 – Eldon, Tuscumbia | Interchange |
| Miller | Eldon | 139.738 | 224.887 | Route 87 / Route M – Eldon | Interchange; Access to Saline Valley Conservation Area |
| Miller | Eldon | 140.901 | 226.758 | US 54 Bus. – Eldon | Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| Miller | ​ | 142.277 | 228.973 | Route FF – Mount Pleasant | |
| Miller | ​ | 145.180 | 233.645 | Route MM | |
| Miller | Saline Township | 148.289 | 238.648 | Route AA – Russellville | |
| Cole | Clark Township | 149.156 | 240.043 | Route 17 – Eugene, Fort Leonard Wood | Interchange |
| Cole | Brazito | 155.930 | 250.945 | Route E – Wardsville, Henley | |
| Cole | ​ | 157.906 | 254.125 | Route D – Lohman | |
| Cole | ​ | 163.155 | 262.573 | Route CC | |
| Cole | Jefferson City | 165.064 | 265.645 | Route 179 / Route B – Wardsville | West end of freeway; access to SSM St. Mary’s Health Center |
| Cole | Jefferson City | 166.231 | 267.523 | Route C (Southwest Boulevard) / Ellis Boulevard | |
| Cole | Jefferson City | 167.231 | 269.132 | Stadium Boulevard / Tanner Bridge Road / Jefferson Street | Access to Lincoln University and Capital Region Medical Center |
| Cole | Jefferson City | 167.271 | 269.197 | Madison Street | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; access to Business District and Capital Region Medical Center |
| Cole | Jefferson City | 168.188 | 270.672 | US 50 Bus. (Missouri Boulevard) | Access to the Missouri State Capitol |
| Cole | Jefferson City | 168.444 | 271.084 | US 50 / US 63 south – St. Louis, Sedalia | Western end of US 63 concurrency; interchange dubbed as "tri-level" |
| Cole | Jefferson City | 168.534 | 271.229 | McCarty Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| Cole | Jefferson City | 168.726 | 271.538 | Main Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; access to the Missouri State Capitol |
| Cole–Callaway county line | Jefferson City | 168.821– 168.950 | 271.691– 271.899 | Jefferson City Bridge over the Missouri River | Jefferson City Bridge over the Missouri River |
| Callaway | Jefferson City | 169.582 | 272.916 | Route W | Access to Jefferson City Memorial Airport |
| Callaway | Jefferson City | 170.036 | 273.646 | US 63 north / Route 94 – Columbia, Mokane | Eastern end of US 63 concurrency |
| Callaway | Summit Township | 170.965 | 275.141 | Summit Drive | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| Callaway | Holts Summit | 173.995 | 280.018 | Center Street | |
| Callaway | Holts Summit | 175.215 | 281.981 | Route OO / Route AA – Holts Summit | |
| Callaway | Cedar Township | 178.492 | 287.255 | Route AE / Route TT | |
| Callaway | New Bloomfield | 180.184 | 289.978 | Route J (Redwood Drive) / CR 436 – Guthrie | East end of freeway |
| Callaway | East Fulton Township | 184.830 | 297.455 | Route BB – Dixie | |
| Callaway | Fulton | 189.020 | 304.198 | Route H / US 54 Bus. – Fulton | Interchange |
| Callaway | Fulton | 190.944 | 307.295 | Route F – Millersburg, Fulton | Interchange; access to Historic Downtown Fulton, Westminster College, Fulton Medical Center, the National Churchill Museum, the Missouri School for the Deaf, and Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area |
| Callaway | Fulton | 193.017 | 310.631 | Route HH | Interchange; access to William Woods University |
| Callaway | Fulton | 194.510 | 313.034 | US 54 Bus. – Fulton | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| Callaway | Kingdom City | 198.277– 198.290 | 319.096– 319.117 | I-70 / US 40 – Columbia, St. Louis | I-70 exit 148; future Dumbbell interchange; was going to be Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) |
| Callaway | Kingdom City | 198.616 | 319.641 | Route FF | |
| Callaway | Kingdom City | 203.729 | 327.870 | Route T | |
| Callaway | Auxvasse | 204.819 | 329.624 | Route B (Harrison Street) / Route E – Montgomery City, Hatton | Interchange |
| Audrain | Salt River Township | 208.453 | 335.473 | Route HH | |
| Audrain | Mexico | 211.877 | 340.983 | US 54 Bus. / Route 15 north / Route 22 west to Route D – Mexico | Interchange |
| Audrain | Vandiver | 216.380 | 348.230 | US 54 Bus. south – Mexico | Access to the Missouri Military Academy |
| Audrain | Vandiver | 216.992 | 349.215 | Route JJ | |
| Audrain | Linn Township | 220.6299 | 355.0694 | Route A – Benton City | |
| Audrain | Linn Township | 222.683 | 358.374 | Route B – Rush Hill | |
| Audrain | Linn Township | 226.672– 226.756 | 364.793– 364.928 | Route 19 / Route BB – Martinsburg, Wellsville, Montgomery City | Western end of Route 19 concurrency; roundabout |
| Audrain | Laddonia | 231.805 | 373.054 | Route K / Route KK | |
| Audrain | Prairie Township | 234.853 | 377.959 | Route 19 / Route J – Perry, New London | Eastern end of Route 19 concurrency; roundabout |
| Audrain | Farber | 238.477 | 383.792 | Route AA | |
| Audrain | Farber | 238.648 | 384.067 | Route PP | |
| Audrain | Vandalia | 243.167 | 391.339 | Route P – Center | |
| Audrain | Vandalia | 243.805 | 392.366 | Route F / Route W | |
| Ralls | No major junctions | No major junctions | No major junctions | No major junctions | No major junctions |
| Pike | Spencer Township | 248.664 | 400.186 | Route 154 – Perry, Paris | |
| Pike | Curryville | 252.279 | 406.004 | Route E / Route M | |
| Pike | ​ | 254.816 | 410.087 | Route U | |
| Pike | Bowling Green | 258.291 | 415.679 | US 54 Bus. – Bowling Green | |
| Pike | Bowling Green | 259.630 | 417.834 | US 61 Bus. | |
| Pike | Bowling Green | 260.144– 260.161 | 418.661– 418.689 | US 61 (Avenue of the Saints) – Hannibal, St. Louis | |
| Pike | Tarrants | 261,171 | 420,314 | US 54 Bus. – Bowling Green | |
| Pike | Buffalo Township | 267.574 | 430.619 | Route UU – Bowling Green | |
| Pike | Buffalo Township | 268.122 | 431.501 | Route NN | |
| Pike | Louisiana | 271.194 | 436.444 | Route 79 / Great River Road north – Hannibal | Western end of Route 79/Great River Road concurrency |
| Pike | Louisiana | 271.444 | 436.847 | Route 79 / Great River Road south – Clarksville | Eastern end of Route 79/Great River Road concurrency |
| Mississippi River | Mississippi River | 271.508 | 436.950 | Champ Clark Bridge; Missouri–Illinois line | Champ Clark Bridge; Missouri–Illinois line |
| Mississippi River | Mississippi River | 271.508 | 436.950 | US 54 east – Pittsfield | Continuation into Illinois |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access ||||||