Missouri Route Z (Pulaski County)

Route Z
Missouri Route Z in red
Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length	8.103 mi (13.041 km)
Existed	c. 1979–present
Major junctions
West end	Route Y / I-44 BS in St. Robert
Major intersections	I-44 near St. Robert
East end	Route J in Phelps County
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Counties	Pulaski, Phelps
Highway system
Missouri State Highway System Interstate US State Supplemental

Route Z is a short highway in Pulaski County, Missouri, with a short portion in Phelps County. It serves as a sort of outer road/bypass for Interstate 44 in Pulaski County, providing access to towns formerly served by Route 66. For the majority of its length, Route Z is a four-lane divided highway, using the pavement of a former alignment of Route 66.

Route description

Route Z begins as a two-lane road at a junction with I-44 BL in St. Robert. The highway heads east for 2.8 miles (4.5 km), where it meets Missouri Route 28 and I-44. It continues east for approximately 1 mile (1.6 km), becoming a four-lane divided highway using a former alignment of Route 66, where it has an at-grade intersection with Teardrop Road, which provides access to Devil's Elbow.

It meets Teardrop Road again 1.2 miles (1.9 km) later, where it then continues east for 2.7 miles (4.3 km) before entering Phelps County, where it briefly becomes a two-lane undivided road, and then ends 0.2 miles (0.32 km) later at an intersection with Route J near I-44.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Pulaski	St. Robert	0.000	0.000	Historic US 66 / I-44 BL to I-44 I-44 BS / Route Y	Western terminus
		2.862	4.606	I-44 – Springfield, Rolla Route 28 east – Dixon	Western end of Route 28
Phelps	Liberty Township	8.103	13.041	Route J to I-44	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Missouri supplemental route
• U.S. Route 66