Bicycle Route Larned, KS to Clinton, MO (W end Katy Trail)

[baturner@nccn.net]

What is best bike route from Larned, KS (TransAm) to Clinton, Missouri to pick up the west end of the Katy Trail?  Is there a good route then from St. Louis (east end of Katy Trail) to get back to TransAm route (heading east)?   

[SlowAndSlower]

I did it just the opposite. Clinton to Eureka.

Eureka 54, 3, 31, 52, 69, 52, Y, 18 to Clinton. 54 has a narrow shoulder. 69 is almost an interstate, 4 lanes and wide shoulders.


St Louis Airport take metro to Belleville, IL take 13 to Murphysboro and the TA. I took 13 all the way to Kentucky and then 56 into Sebree.
13 has a good shoulder all the way across.