Grandview Triangle
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The 3-Trails Crossing Memorial Highway is the official name for a highway interchange in south Kansas City
, Missouri
that was once considered one of Missouri's most congested locations. From the nickname, it may be assumed to be located in Grandview
, Missouri
, but it is actually north of Grandview, still within the limits of Kansas City. After several years of reconstruction, the interchange itself is largely congestion free despite the high traffic on the highways approaching the interchange.
The name "Three Trails Crossing" refers to the Santa Fe
, Oregon
and California
Trails that cross there. It is a major interchange of 4 major highways in the Kansas City area: I-435, I-470
, US 50, and US 71.
US 71 is a major traffic corridor from the suburbs in south Jackson County, Missouri
and Cass County, Missouri
into Downtown Kansas City and is the alignment I-49 is expected to follow in the future, at least to the south of the Crossing. (Designation of US 71 north of the Crossing as I-49 cannot be done without a modification of a Federal court order that mandates the three at-grade intersections in that section.) I-435 is a beltway around the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
. I-470 is a major traffic corridor that connects Southern Kansas City to the suburbs of Eastern Jackson County, mainly Lee's Summit, Missouri
. The 3-Trails Crossing currently handles approximately 250,000 vehicles per day. Now that the reconstruction is completed, it is be able to accommodate more than 400,000 vehicles per day.
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
that was once considered one of Missouri's most congested locations. From the nickname, it may be assumed to be located in Grandview
Grandview, Missouri
Grandview is a city in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 24,475 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Grandview is located at , along U.S...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, but it is actually north of Grandview, still within the limits of Kansas City. After several years of reconstruction, the interchange itself is largely congestion free despite the high traffic on the highways approaching the interchange.
The name "Three Trails Crossing" refers to the Santa Fe
Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1822 by William Becknell, it served as a vital commercial and military highway until the introduction of the railroad to Santa Fe in 1880...
, Oregon
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail is a historic east-west wagon route that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon and locations in between.After 1840 steam-powered riverboats and steamboats traversing up and down the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers sped settlement and development in the flat...
and California
California Trail
The California Trail was an emigrant trail of about across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns to what is now the state of California...
Trails that cross there. It is a major interchange of 4 major highways in the Kansas City area: I-435, I-470
Interstate 470 (Missouri)
Interstate 470 is a loop of the Interstate Highway System that serves to link southeast Kansas City to Independence via Lee's Summit in Jackson County, Missouri. The western terminus of the freeway is at the Grandview Triangle interchange while the northern terminus is an cloverleaf interchange...
, US 50, and US 71.
US 71 is a major traffic corridor from the suburbs in south Jackson County, Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. With a population of 674,158 in the 2010 census, Jackson County is the second most populous of Missouri's counties, after St. Louis County. Kansas City, the state's most populous city and focus city of the Kansas City Metropolitan...
and Cass County, Missouri
Cass County, Missouri
Cass County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 99,478. Its county seat is Harrisonville. The county was organized in 1835 as "Van Buren County", renamed in 1848 after Michigan U.S...
into Downtown Kansas City and is the alignment I-49 is expected to follow in the future, at least to the south of the Crossing. (Designation of US 71 north of the Crossing as I-49 cannot be done without a modification of a Federal court order that mandates the three at-grade intersections in that section.) I-435 is a beltway around the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a fifteen-county metropolitan area that is anchored by Kansas City, Missouri and is bisected by the border between the states of Missouri and Kansas. As of the 2010 Census, the metropolitan area has a population of 2,035,334. The metropolitan area is the...
. I-470 is a major traffic corridor that connects Southern Kansas City to the suburbs of Eastern Jackson County, mainly Lee's Summit, Missouri
Lee's Summit, Missouri
Lee's Summit is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Cass. As of the 2010 census found the population at 91,364 making it the sixth-largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and the sixth-largest city in Missouri...
. The 3-Trails Crossing currently handles approximately 250,000 vehicles per day. Now that the reconstruction is completed, it is be able to accommodate more than 400,000 vehicles per day.