Bruce R. Watkins Drive (US-71)
- Highway
- North–south
- 7.7 mi
- Kansas City
Name the lit road
Good to know
US-71 (Bruce R. Watkins Dr) is the fast north–south freeway through the east side, feeding straight into downtown.
Crosses
Landmarks along it
Runs through
- MidtownThe belt between Westport and Crown Center — Hyde Park, Armour and Linwood.
- Hyde ParkGrand old houses between Armour and 39th, either side of Gillham Rd.
- Crown Center & Union HillUnion Station, the WWI Museum hill and the Hallmark complex.
- Downtown LoopThe freeway-ringed core: Power & Light, City Hall, the arena and the Crossroads below it.
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