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((short description|Highway in Missouri))
((Use mdy dates|date=May 2020))
((More citations needed|date=November 2023))
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|name=Downtown Loop
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The '''Downtown Loop''' (nicknamed the '''Alphabet Loop''') is a complex layout of [[highway]]s in [[Downtown Kansas City|Downtown]] [[Kansas City, Missouri]] involving 24 exits, four [[Interstate Highway]]s, four [[U.S. Highway system|U.S. Highways]], and numerous city streets. Each exit is numbered 2 and suffixed with every letter of the alphabet except I and O (to avoid confusion with the numbers 1 and 0). The entire circumference of the loop is just over ((convert|4|miles|km|)).

==Overview==
The system is nicknamed the Alphabet Loop due to all exits having letter suffixes.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-670-kansas-city/|title=Interstate 670 Kansas / Missouri - Interstate-Guide.com|date=January 22, 2019|website=Interstate-Guide))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.aaroads.com/guides/i-070-east-kansas-city-mo/|title=Interstate 70 East - Kansas City - AARoads - Missouri|website=AARoads))</ref><ref>((cite web | work=[[Business Insider]] | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/craziest-intersections-in-the-world-2011-3 | title=SATELLITE PHOTOS: The Craziest Intersections In The World))</ref> Alphabetically, the letter suffixes begin with A in the northwest corner of the loop and proceed forward in a clockwise direction around the loop. Eastbound on the north side of the loop (EB I-70/NB I-35) are A through G; then H through M southbound on the east side (EB I-70/SB US 71); then N through U westbound on the south side (WB I-670); and finally V through Z northbound on the west side (NB I-35 alone).

[[Interstate 70 (Missouri)|Interstate 70]] enters the southeast corner of the loop and moves north forming the east and north sides of the loop and exiting in the northwest corner. Exits on I-70 range from 2A to 2M.

[[Interstate 35 (Missouri)|Interstate 35]] enters the loop at its northeast corner, joining I-70 on the north side and forming the west side of the loop before exiting in the southwest corner. Exits on I-35 range from 2F to 2A while it overlaps I-70, and 2Y to 2U after I-70 exits the loop.

[[Interstate 29 (Missouri)|Interstate 29]] does not enter the loop. It begins at the northeast corner and continues north, concurrent with I-35. These two leave the loop via the [[Christopher S. Bond Bridge (Kansas City)|Christopher S. Bond Bridge]] and split several miles north.

[[Interstate 670 (Kansas-Missouri)|Interstate 670]] forms the south side of the loop. I-670 splits from I-70 in [[Kansas City, Kansas]], crosses over I-70 and enters the loop in the southwest corner, rejoining I-70 and ending in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] in the southeast corner of the loop.  I-670 is also signed as Alternate I-70.

[[U.S. Route 71 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 71]] is a highway that enters the loop in the southeast corner and leaves the loop with I-29 and I-35 in the northeast corner.

[[U.S. Route 24 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 24]] is a major city street which enters the loop in the northeast corner and follows I-35 and I-70 along the north side of the loop. Former US 24 now US-Bus 24 is also known as Independence Ave/Blvd and provides a street-level connection to Independence, Missouri.

[[U.S. Route 40 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 40]] overlaps I-70 throughout the northern and eastern sections of the loop.

[[U.S. Route 169 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 169]] enters the loop in the northwest corner from the [[Buck O'Neil Bridge]], and joins I-70, continuing westward.

[[Route 9 (Missouri)|Route 9]] also provides access to the loop, ending at I-70 after crossing the [[Heart of America Bridge]] from [[North Kansas City, Missouri|North Kansas City]].

==History==
The west side of the loop was built over a scenic road called Kersey Coates Drive. It had many affluent homes, and stairs lead down from Case Park immediately to the east. When the loop was completed, the multi-lane Interstate cut further into the bluff and these homes were razed.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.linecreekloudmouth.com/blog/kc-freeway-history/ |title = The Line Creek Loudmouth: KC Freeway History))</ref> The stairway from Case Park was cut off halfway and remains between exits 2W and 2X.

A March 2010 preliminary study<ref>((cite web|url=http://modot.org/kansascity/metroi70/documents/Chapter2-AlternativesConsidered.pdf|title=Draft I-70 First Tier Environmental Impact Statement (FTEIS)|publisher=[[Missouri Department of Transportation]]|accessdate=March 30, 2010|archive-date=July 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727091723/http://modot.org/kansascity/metroi70/documents/Chapter2-AlternativesConsidered.pdf|url-status=dead))</ref> of the Kansas City I-70 corridor made several innovative suggestions to relieve congestion in the downtown area. One proposal was to make the loop unidirectional, where the loop would essentially become a large [[roundabout]]. In 2022, plans were approved to construct a $160 million cap over a stretch of I-670, on the loop's southern half. The cap is planned to be topped with a public park called South Loop Link.<ref>((cite news |last1=Castro |first1=Monica |title=Kansas City Unveils Plans for $160M 'South Loop Link' Park over I-670 |url=https://fox4kc.com/business/kansas-city-unveils-plans-for-160m-south-loop-link-park-over-i-670/ |access-date=March 15, 2023 |work=FOX 4 Kansas City |publisher=WDAF-TV |date=April 22, 2022 |location=Kansas City, Missouri))</ref>

==Exit list==
The following is the list of exits inside the loop in order as encountered if entering the loop from eastbound [[Interstate 70 in Missouri|I-70]].

===Clockwise exits===
((jcttop|exit|location=Kansas City|county=Jackson|state=MO|length_ref=))
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((MOint|exit
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|notes=Continuation of Loop
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((MOint|exit
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|notes=Continuation of Loop
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((MOint|exit
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((MOint|exit
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|road=Broadway
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((jctbtm))

===Counterclockwise exits===
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((MOint|exit
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((MOint|exit
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((MOint|exit
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((MOint|exit
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((MOint|exit
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((MOint|exit
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|notes=Continuation of Loop; left exit
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((MOint|exit
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|road=((jct|state=MO|US-Bus|24|dir1=east|MO|9|dir2=north|road|Admiral Boulevard|to1=to))
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((MOint|exit
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|road=((jct|state=MO|I|29|dir1=north|I|35|dir2=north|US|71|dir3=north))
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((MOint|exit
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|road=Oak Street, Grand Avenue, Walnut Street
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((MOint|exit
|exit=2D
|road=Main-Delaware, Wyandotte Street
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((MOint|exit
|exit=2C
|road=((jct|state=MO|US|169|dir1=north|road|Broadway))
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((MOint|exit
|road=((jct|state=MO|I|70|dir1=west|US|40|dir2=west|US|169|dir3=south))
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((MOint|exit
|exit=2A
|road=((jct|state=MO|I|35|dir1=south))
|notes=Continuation of Loop
))
((jctbtm))

==See also==
*[[Spaghetti junction]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((Attached KML|from=Downtown freeway loop|display=title,inline))

[[Category:Transportation in Kansas City, Missouri]]
[[Category:Interstate 35]]
[[Category:Interstate 70]]
[[Category:Interstate 29]]
[[Category:U.S. Route 24]]
[[Category:U.S. Route 40]]
[[Category:U.S. Route 71]]
[[Category:U.S. Route 169]]
[[Category:Transportation in Jackson County, Missouri]]

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