Business Loop I-29 - St. Joseph

Interstate 229 loops west from I-29 to Downtown St. Joseph along the Missouri River while I-29 bypasses the city to the east. In addition to the urban freeway loop, a 14.066 mile long Business Loop follows streets and arterials through St. Joe.

Business Loop I-29 branches northwest from Exit 44 with U.S. 169 along a four lane arterial (Belt Highway) to Pear Street. U.S. 169 stays north parallel to I-29 while the business route follows Pear Street west and Garfield Avenue north adjacent to a BNSF Railroad. The locally maintained section separates into a couplet along 9th and 10th Streets (old U.S. 59) across Downtown.

The one-way pair combines along Frederick Avenue at Francis Street (old U.S. 36 / Missouri Route 6) by St. Joseph City Hall. The three lane boulevard angles northeast to Highly Street, and east back to U.S. 169 (Belt Parkway) at East Hills Mall.

Belt Parkway constitutes a commercial arterial northward to the Andrew County line, and a rural divided highway from the village of Country Club to I-29 at Exit 53. Business Loop I-29 overlaps with U.S. 169 from Frederick Boulevard to Rochester Road and U.S. 59 from Country Club Road to Interstate 29.