Wornall Road is a major north–south road in
Kansas City,
Missouri
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. It is named for John Bristow Wornall, an early settler of Kansas City, whose estate still stands today as
a museum.
Route description
Wornall Road begins at 42nd Street in the
Old Westport neighborhood. This section dead-ends after one block, interrupted by the campus of St. Luke's Hospital. Wornall then picks back up on the other side, extending to 47th Street on
the Plaza.
After a one-block interruption in the Plaza (where the road is named Broadway Street), Wornall Road begins in earnest after it crosses
Brush Creek
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and
Ward Parkway
Ward Parkway is a boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, near the Kansas-Missouri state line. Ward Parkway begins at Brookside Boulevard on the eastern edge of the Country Club Plaza and continues westward along Brush Creek as U.S. ...
at the south end of the Plaza. Upon leaving the Plaza, Wornall Road climbs up a hill and passes by
Loose Park
Loose Park is the third largest park in Kansas City, Missouri, located at 51st Street and Wornall Road. It has a lake, a shelter house, Civil War markers, tennis courts, a water park, picnic areas, and a Rose Garden. The Rose Garden hosts all ...
. Between Ward Parkway and Gregory Boulevard (formerly 71st Street), Wornall is a largely residential street, passing through the up-market neighborhoods of
Country Club District and
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. It is along this stretch (at the corner with 61st Terrace) that the Wornall House is located.
South of Gregory Boulevard, Wornall Road changes to more of a commercial, suburban arterial-type road (although remaining within Kansas City city limits). This stretch of commercial development (interspersed by apartments and middle-class suburban
ranch houses) extends more-or-less uninterrupted to the junction with
Interstate 435
Interstate 435 (I-435) is an Interstate Highway beltway that encircles much of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the states of Kansas and Missouri in the United States.
Route description
I-435, a loop route of I-35, is long and i ...
, just south of 103rd Street. It is along this section (centered on the corner with 75th Street) that the neighborhood of
Waldo is located.
South of Interstate 435, Wornall Road once again assumes a mostly residential nature, passing numerous apartment complexes and suburban housing developments. Between I-435 and Red Bridge Road (the equivalent of 111th Street), Wornall deviates somewhat to the east; south of Red Bridge Road, Wornall Road drops to two lanes.
At around 119th Street, Wornall Road runs past the campus of
Avila University
Avila University is a private Roman Catholic university in Kansas City, Missouri. It is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees. Its 13 buildings are situated on a campus of in Ka ...
. The street goes past houses, as well as a couple golf courses, along its southernmost stretch. Wornall Road has its southern terminus at the intersection with 135th Street in
Martin City, not far from
Highway 150 and the
Kansas
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state line.
Overall, Wornall Road extends a distance of about through Kansas City.
References
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Streets in Kansas City, Missouri