U.S. Federal Route 169 runs north-south in Western Clay County. This provides a main surface highway link in the North-Central Kansas City Metro Area. It runs from the Clay/Jackson County Line, at Downtown Kansas City on the Broadway Bridge, north to the Clay/Clinton County Line, near Trimple. U.S. Rt. 169 passes through the following towns in Clay County. Kansas City
North Kansas City Gladstone Smithville U.S. Rt. 169 is not multi-plexed in Clay County. U.S. Rt. 169 intersects the following highways in Clay County. Missouri State Route 9, at Kansas City. U.S. Rt. 69, at Gladstone. Interstate 29, at Kansas City. U.S. Rt. 71, at Kansas City.
