Main Street
- Boulevard
- North–south
- 8.4 mi
- Kansas City
Name the lit road
Good to know
Main St is the city's spine. It runs north–south from the River Market all the way through the Plaza — the streetcar follows it.
Crosses
- 79th St79th Street
- 75th St75th Street
- GregoryGregory Boulevard
- MeyerMeyer Boulevard
- 63rd St63rd Street
- 51st St51st Street
- 47th St47th Street
- 39th St39th Street
- ArmourArmour Boulevard
- LinwoodLinwood Boulevard
- 31st St31st Street
- 18th St18th Street
- Truman RdTruman Road
- Interstate 670
- 12th St12th Street
- Independence AveIndependence Avenue
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.
- Country Club PlazaSpanish-style shopping district at 47th & Main. The city's orientation anchor.
- Downtown LoopThe freeway-ringed core: Power & Light, City Hall, the arena and the Crossroads below it.
- BrooksideLeafy neighbourhood shops around 63rd and Brookside Blvd, just north of Meyer.
- WaldoSouth-side pocket where Wornall meets 75th.
- Crown Center & Union HillUnion Station, the WWI Museum hill and the Hallmark complex.
- WestportNightlife blocks around 39th & Broadway, one mile north of the Plaza.
- River MarketNorth of the loop, on the river. City Market, lofts and the streetcar's north terminus.
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