Route 52 is an east/west highway running from its eastern terminus at Route 133 east of St. Elizabeth to the

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state line where it continues as K-52 (this road continues for 23 additional miles). Highway 52 comprises of primarily two-lane roadway in Missouri. Missouri Route 52

Route 52 was formerly Route 24 between Eldon and the Kansas state line. The numbering change was to avoid duplication with the new

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which came through Missouri in 1926.

Route description

Route 52 begins at the

state line from a continuation from K-52. It shares a brief

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with

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. After leaving I-49 it passes through Deepwater then it shares a concurrency with Route 13. It passes through

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where it leaves Route 13. Route 52 intersects with

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in Windsor. Route 52 shares a concurrency with

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. After leaving US 65, Route 52 passes through Cole Camp,

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, and

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where it has a concurrency with

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. It leaves Route 5 and then passes through Marvin,

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, and Eldon before crossing US 54. It passes through Tuscumbia then it crosses the Osage River with a concurrency with Route 17. After leaving Route 17, it passes through St. Elizabeth then it ends at Route 133.

History

Major intersections

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