Editing Interstate 49 (section)

===Missouri===
{{Main|Interstate 49 in Missouri}}
I-49 enters Missouri from Arkansas on the Bella Vista Bypass, eventually reuniting with US&nbsp;71 south of [[Pineville, Missouri|Pineville]]. Continuing northward, I-49 passes through several smaller communities, including [[Neosho, Missouri|Neosho]], before reaching [[Joplin, Missouri|Joplin]]. In Joplin, I-49 junctions with [[Interstate 44 in Missouri|I-44]] and begins a short concurrency with I-44 for exits&nbsp;11 through 18.

Just a few miles east of Joplin, I-49 leaves I-44 and heads north and enters [[Carthage, Missouri|Carthage]], intersecting with [[Interstate 49 Business (Joplin, Missouri)|Interstate&nbsp;49 Business]] (I-49 Bus.)/[[Missouri Route 171|Route&nbsp;171]], which provides an alternate route for northbound I-49 travelers through Joplin. I-49 then passes through [[Nevada, Missouri|Nevada]] and other communities before reaching the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]]. I-49 intersects with I-470 and I-435, which provides connection to [[Interstate 70 in Missouri|I-70]], [[Interstate 35 in Missouri|I-35]], and [[Interstate 29 in Missouri|I-29]].

In south Kansas City, at Bannister Road just north of the [[Grandview Triangle]], the I-49 designation ends, and the freeway continues as Interstate 435 north to I-70 west and the expressway continues as US&nbsp;71, which proceeds into [[Downtown Kansas City]] as [[Bruce R. Watkins]] Memorial Drive.