Route 37 is a highway in southwest
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
. Its northern terminus is at
U.S. Route 160
U.S. Route 160 (US 160) is a 1,465 mile (2,358 km) long east–west United States highway in the Midwestern and Western United States. The western terminus of the route is at US 89 five miles (8 km) west of Tuba City, Arizo ...
in
Golden City (it shares this terminus with
Route 126); its southern terminus is at the
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
state line where it continues as
Highway 37, though it only runs ''very'' briefly before ending at
U.S. Route 62
U.S. Route 62 or U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs from the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, to Niagara Falls, New York, near the Canadian border. It is the only east-west United States Numbered Highway that connects Mexico and Can ...
in
Gateway, Arkansas
Gateway is a town in Benton County, Arkansas, Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 405 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 116 in 2000 United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Northwest Arkansas region. ...
.
Route description
Route 37 begins as a continuation of
Arkansas Highway 37
Arkansas Highway 37 is a designation for two state highways in Arkansas. The main segment of runs from McCrory to Cord. A short segment of runs north in Benton County from U.S. Route 62 to the Missouri state line.
Route description
McCrory ...
which starts about one half of a mile south of the state line in
Gateway, Arkansas
Gateway is a town in Benton County, Arkansas, Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 405 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 116 in 2000 United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Northwest Arkansas region. ...
. It then passes through
Seligman and intersects the southern terminus of
Route 112. Route 37 then intersects
Route 90 in
Washburn
Washburn (alternatively Wasseburne, Wasseborne, Wasshebourne, Wassheborne, Washbourne, Washburne, Washborne, Washborn, Wasborn, Washbon) is a toponymic surname, probably of Old English origin, with likely Anglo-Norman and Norman-French influen ...
and then enters
Cassville, where it intersects
Route 86 and the northern terminus of Route 112. From here, it produces a business route that goes through Downtown Cassville. Route 37 continues north all the way into
Monet
Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During ...
where it intersects
US 60
U.S. Route 60 is a major east–west United States highway, traveling from southwestern Arizona to the Atlantic Ocean coast in Virginia.
The highway's eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where it is known as Pacific Avenue, in the ...
before it turns west. The junction of US 60 is where Route 37 becomes part of the
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was an ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government. As part of the Indian removal, members of the Cherokee, ...
Automobile Route going all the way down to the Arkansas state line. It then goes through
Pierce City
Pierce City, formerly Peirce City, is a city in southwest Lawrence County, Missouri, Lawrence and northwest Barry County, Missouri, Barry counties, in southwest Missouri, United States. The population was 1,292 at the 2010 United States Census, 201 ...
where it forms a
Wrong way concurrency
A concurrency in a road network is an instance of one physical roadway bearing two or more different route numbers. When two roadways share the same right-of-way (transportation), right-of-way, it is sometimes called a common section or commons. O ...
with
Route 97 for .
Route 37 continues northwest, passing through
Wentworth Wentworth may refer to:
People
* Wentworth (surname)
* Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth (1873–1957), Lady Wentworth, notable Arabian horse breeder
* S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator
* Wentworth Miller (born 1 ...
and
Sarcoxie
Sarcoxie is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,406 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Sarcoxie was platted in the early 1830s, and it was originally ...
. It becomes concurrent with
Interstate 44 Business as it heads west from Sarcoxie, also forming a wrong way concurrency until it interchanges
Interstate 44
Interstate 44 (I-44) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. Although it is nominally an east–west road as it is even-numbered, it follows a more southwest–northeast alignment. Its western terminus is in Wichita Fal ...
. It then continues north, passing through
Reeds and then
Avilla, where it runs concurrent with
Route 96. After leaving Avilla, Route 37 continues north and enters
Golden City. It becomes concurrent with
Route 126 before it reaches its northern terminus while Route 126 reaches its eastern terminus at the junction of
US 160
U.S. Route 160 (US 160) is a 1,465 mile (2,358 km) long east–west United States highway in the Midwestern and Western United States. The western terminus of the route is at US 89 five miles (8 km) west of Tuba City, Arizo ...
.
Major intersections
Route 37 Business
Official
*
Cassville
*
Seligman
Locally signed, not official
*
Purdy
*
Butterfield Butterfield may refer to:
* Butterfield (surname)
* Butterfield Market
Places
* Butterfield, Dublin, a suburb and townland of Dublin, Ireland
* Butterfield Green, Luton, England
United States
* Butterfield, Minnesota
* Butterfield, Misso ...
References
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Transportation in Barry County, Missouri
Transportation in Lawrence County, Missouri
Transportation in Jasper County, Missouri
Transportation in Barton County, Missouri