Great River Road - Missouri
Driving Directions

Driving the Byway

Driving the Byway

  • Begin your drive along the Missouri Great River Road at the northeast corner of the state on US Highway 61.
  • Follow US 61 past Canton and La Grange.
  • At Hannibal, take State Highway 79.
  • Continue on State Highway 79 past Louisiana to I-70.
  • Travel through St. Louis and continue south on US 61/67.
  • Stay on US 61 when the highways split.
  • Continue on US 61 to the end of the Missouri Great River Road and the beginning of the Arkansas Great River Road.