Interstate 49 (I-49) is an Interstate Highway in the US state of Missouri that was designated on December 12, 2012. It overlaps U.S. Route 71 (US 71) in the western part of the state, beginning at the Arkansas state line, and ending at I-435 and I-470 on the southeast side of Kansas City.
Former southern terminus of I-49 as seen in 2011, near Pineville, Missouri; a connection from this point to CR 34 west of Bella Vista, Arkansas, opened in 2021.
Jackson County is located in the western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri, on the border with Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 717,204. making it the second-most populous county in the state.
Truman Courthouse in Independence, designed by Edward F. Neild at the request of Harry S. Truman