Editing Interstate 70 (section)

===Missouri===
{{Main|Interstate 70 in Missouri}}
[[File:I-70 Western Missouri.jpg|thumb|right|I-70 in [[Saline County, Missouri]]]]
After crossing the [[Intercity Viaduct]], I-70 enters Missouri. It encounters a loop of freeways, called the [[Downtown Loop (Kansas City)|Downtown Loop]], which contains I-70 as well as [[Interstate 35|I-35]], [[Interstate 670 (Kansas–Missouri)|I-670]], [[U.S. Route 24|US&nbsp;24]], [[U.S. Route 40|US&nbsp;40]], [[U.S. Route 71|US&nbsp;71]], and [[U.S. Route 169|US&nbsp;169]]. In the southern part of this loop, I-670 cuts directly through the downtown while I-70 bypasses the taller buildings a few blocks north near the [[Missouri River]]. Westbound I-670 is also designated Alternate I-70. Most of the Interstates in this loop are in their second mile, so all exits (no matter which Interstate the road carries) are numbered 2 and suffixed with every letter of the alphabet except for I, O, and Z, leading to the loop's nickname, the Alphabet Loop.

The section of I-70 in [[Downtown Kansas City]] is approximately the southern city limits of "City of Kansas" when it was incorporated in 1853. The first two auto bridges in Missouri mark the city's original boundaries with the [[Buck O'Neil Bridge]] (US&nbsp;169) being the west boundary while the [[Heart of America Bridge]] ([[Missouri Route 9|Route&nbsp;9]]) is the east boundary. Another intersection of note is the second traverse of [[Interstate 435|I-435]]. This is primarily notable because it immediately precedes the [[Truman Sports Complex]] (home of both [[Arrowhead Stadium|Arrowhead]] and [[Kauffman Stadium|Kauffman]] stadiums) and also because the entrance ramps from I-435 northbound onto I-70 eastbound also serve as the exit ramps from I-70 into the Truman Sports Complex parking lots. This section of the Interstate is marked as the "[[George Brett]] Super Highway", named after the [[Kansas City Royals]] third-base player who played the entirety of his career (1973–1993) at Kauffman Stadium. The last Interstate intersection in the immediate Kansas City metro area is with [[Interstate 470 (Missouri)|I-470]] in [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]].

After passing Kansas City, I-70 traverses the length of Missouri, west to east. It passes through the largest city between Kansas City and St. Louis, [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]], which is about halfway between the two major cities and the home of the [[University of Missouri]]. The terrain is rolling with some hills and bluffs near rivers. I-70 also crosses the Missouri River twice (as did the original US&nbsp;40)—at [[Rocheport, Missouri|Rocheport]], about {{convert|15|mi|km}} west of Columbia, and at [[St. Charles, Missouri|St. Charles]], about {{convert|20|mi|km}} northwest of St. Louis. Most of the highway on this stretch is four lanes. Various proposals have been made to widen it (at an estimated cost of $3.5&nbsp;billion) including turning it into a toll road.<ref name="mo70widening">{{cite news |date=February 8, 2006 |title=Missouri official calls for rebuilding I-70 |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2006/02/06/daily24.html |access-date=January 30, 2007 |work=[[Kansas City Business Journal]] |language=en-US |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112142246/http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2006/02/06/daily24.html |url-status=live }}</ref> I-70 eventually gets into [[Greater St. Louis]], and US&nbsp;40 splits to the south, along with [[U.S. Route 61|US&nbsp;61]], which does not have a [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with I-70. In late 2009, the intersecting road was upgraded to [[Interstate standards]] along with the completion of the overhaul of [[Interstate 64|I-64]].<ref name="I-64">{{cite web | url = http://www.modot.org/stlouis/major_projects/route4061.htm | title = Route 40/61 Corridor Projects | access-date = January 30, 2007 | publisher = [[Missouri Department of Transportation]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070311231823/http://www.modot.org/stlouis/major_projects/route4061.htm | archive-date = March 11, 2007 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> After this interchange, I-70 intersects two auxiliary routes, [[Interstate 270 (Missouri–Illinois)|I-270]] and [[Interstate 170|I-170]]. After passing several [[bedroom communities]] in north [[St. Louis County, Missouri|St. Louis County]], I-70 enters the city limits of St. Louis. It turns east to cross the [[Mississippi River]] on the [[Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge]], connecting with an extension of [[Interstate 44|I-44]], which takes the former I-70 route through [[Downtown St. Louis]] to meet [[Interstate 55|I-55]] at its connection to the [[Poplar Street Bridge]].

The [[1985 World Series]] between the [[Kansas City Royals]] and [[St. Louis Cardinals]] was nicknamed the "I-70 Series" because St. Louis and Kansas City are the two endpoints of I-70 in [[Missouri]], and the highway passes within sight of both the Royals' [[Kauffman Stadium]] and, at the time, the Cardinals' [[Busch Stadium]].