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in a three-way junction. After being proposed in 1930, a road was built from the national park to US 60 in 1933. The gravel road was designated as Route 103, and it was paved five years later.

Route description

Ozark National Scenic Riverways park map

All of the route is located in Carter County. In 2016, the

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(MoDOT) calculated 267 vehicles, including 29 trucks travelling on Route 103 north of its southern terminus. This is expressed in terms of annual average daily traffic (AADT), a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. Route 103 begins at the intersection of Peavine Road and

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Z inside the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, at the

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. The road travels westward through the forest, and it curves northward near the southern terminus of Skyline Drive. The route then intersects the eastern terminus of County Road 202 (CRD 202) north of Skyline Drive. About past CRD 202, Route 103 leaves the national park, and it meets the northern ends of Skyline Drive and Peavine Road. The road shifts to the northeast, and intersects a road leading to the unincorporated area of Chicopee. The road ends at US 60 in South Van Buren at a three-way junction south of Current River and the city of

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History

Around 1930, a road was proposed to start from the Ozark National Scenic Riverways to US 60 as a park connection. The gravel road was constructed by 1933, and it was designated as Route 103. The route was paved by 1938, as part of a larger project with a cost of $836,300 (), with a fraction going to Route 103's improvement. In 1959, a project was announced to establish a supplemental route, Route Z, that would start at the southern terminus of Route 103. The route was built as a gravel road by 1961, and it was paved around nine years later.

Major intersections

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Ozark National Scenic Riverways
– National Park Service

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Transportation in Carter County, Missouri