Titan Tow & Repair dispatches from its yard in Liberty, the Clay County seat, and covers the whole county 24 hours a day. We run I-35, I-435, I-29, US-69 and Route 291, plus Route 92 and Route 10 out to Kearney, Smithville and Excelsior Springs, for heavy, medium and light towing, winch-outs, recovery and roadside truck repair.
I-35 runs the length of Clay County, from the Bond Bridge at North Kansas City to the Clinton County line near Holt. On the way it has interchanges with I-435 just south of Pleasant Valley, with US-69 at Claycomo, home of Ford's assembly plant, with Route 152 and Route 291 at Liberty and with Route 92 at Kearney. I-29 breaks away from I-35 near Gladstone's southern tip and heads for the airport, and US-169 runs north through Smithville. Route 291 links Liberty with the Liberty Bend Bridge and Sugar Creek, Route 10 and US-69 lead out to Excelsior Springs, and Route 33 runs through Holt.
This is our home county, and it changes quickly once you leave the interstates. The Missouri River runs along the south edge: North Kansas City sits behind a levee with four highway bridges to downtown, and Randolph and Missouri City stand on the banks. In the east, Mosby lies on the Fishing River and Excelsior Springs on its East Fork, where a dike built after flooding in 1955 guards the Hall of Waters. Freight moves out of the Ford plant at Claycomo and the Hallmark distribution warehouse in Liberty, Smithville Lake brings boat and camper trailers, and the state park at Watkins Mill, near Lawson, draws visitors onto two-lane roads. Give dispatch the road number and the nearest town or bridge.
| County | Clay County, Missouri |
|---|---|
| County seat | Liberty |
| Main roads | I-35, I-435, I-29, US-69, US-169, Route 291, Route 92 |
| Towns covered | 22 |
| Hours | 24 hours a day, every day |
| Dispatched from | 2751 Liberty Landing Rd., Liberty, MO |
| Dispatch | (816) 888-8732 |
Liberty is the county seat and home to our yard on Liberty Landing Rd., off Route 291. I-35 passes through with exits at Route 152 and Route 291, and the Hallmark distribution warehouse, William Jewell College and the historic Liberty Jail are landmarks any driver can find.
Towing in LibertyGladstone is a suburb whose shopping lines North Oak Trafficway (Route 283), with Route 1 running south toward North Kansas City, US-169 just off its west side and I-29 near its southern tip. Cars, vans and box trucks make up most of its traffic, and four tiny villages sit inside its south-west corner.
Towing in GladstoneBuilt around the Hall of Waters and the Elms Hotel, Excelsior Springs is a spa town on the East Fork Fishing River, and the county runs the Midwest National Air Center here. Route 10 and US-69 bring you in; the Route 10 curves, the narrow historic streets and a river that has flooded more than once shape the work.
Towing in Excelsior SpringsThe Little Platte River runs through Smithville and is dammed just east of town to form Smithville Lake, and the city reaches over the county line into Platte County. US-169 traverses the city, Route 92 crosses its southern third, and Route DD, Main Street downtown, heads out toward the lake and its boat and camper traffic.
Towing in SmithvilleNorth of Liberty, I-35 reaches Kearney at the Route 92 exit. The town grew up around the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad, still running today as BNSF, and Jesse James was born on the family farm north-east of it. Past the interstate the roads soon turn rural, and the shoulders go soft after rain.
Towing in KearneyNorth Kansas City sits behind the Missouri River levee across from downtown, a warehouse and rail district crossed by Armour Road (Route 210), Burlington Street (Route 9) and the Chouteau Trafficway. Four highway bridges lead downtown, and the low rail underpasses are what to warn dispatch about.
Towing in North Kansas CityThe I-35 and I-435 interchange sits just south of Pleasant Valley, which lies between Claycomo and Liberty with Shoal Creek running through it. A breakdown on those interchange ramps is effectively on its doorstep, so give the interstate, your direction and the ramp before any street name.
Out on the Clay and Ray county line north-east of Kearney, Lawson is farm country reached on two-lane roads rather than an interstate. Watkins Mill, now a state park and National Historic Landmark, and the Lawson City Lake north of town draw visitors onto roads whose shoulders soften after rain.
Towing in LawsonClaycomo takes its name from 'Clay County, MO', and Ford's Kansas City Assembly Plant dominates it: parts come in and finished vehicles go out around the clock, keeping car haulers and trailers busy on US-69 and at the I-35 interchange.
Towing in ClaycomoLiberty wraps completely around Glenaire, which grew up as 'Interurban Heights' at the Belleview depot on the old interurban line, was home to the Urban Lake resort between Liberty and Claycomo, and became a city in 1958. Say 'Glenaire' and the street when you call, or dispatch will look for you in Liberty.
Holt holds a world rainfall record from a June 1947 cloudburst, a fair reminder that a summer storm here can put water over a road in a hurry. The town lies on the Clay and Clinton county line just west of I-35, with Route 33 through it and the Lake Arrowhead reservoir, on the Muddy Fork of Clear Creek, to the north.
England's River Avon gave Avondale its name. The small city is pressed between Kansas City to the north and North Kansas City to the south, and the River Forest and Cooley Highlands neighborhoods form its north-west and north-east borders. Say 'Avondale' and a cross street so no one looks for you next door.
Oakview is the northernmost of the four villages enclosed by Gladstone, bordered by Gladstone everywhere except a stretch of its south side shared with Oakwood Park. Its city hall, where the neighboring village of Oaks once held board meetings, is a handy landmark if you are unsure of the street.
Missouri City was pieced together in 1859 from the river towns of St. Bernard, Richfield and Atchison, on the Missouri east of Liberty. It began as Williams' Landing, with a ferry at the mouth of Rose's branch, shipped hemp in its day and later grew along the Wabash Railroad. Tell us whether you are in town or down by the river.
Excelsior Estates crosses from Clay into Ray County between Excelsior Springs to the south and Lawson to the north, and it is part of the Excelsior Springs school district. Because of that county line, give the town name and the street rather than a county, which could put the truck on the wrong side.
Oakwood was laid out in the early 1920s and named for a grove of oaks near the first town site. It sits between Oakwood Park to the north and Oaks to the south with Gladstone on both sides, and its easternmost point touches Kansas City's Davidson neighborhood. Its village board meets at the Antioch Branch library in Gladstone.
Birmingham dates from 1887 and shares its name with the English city. Kansas City now surrounds it, with the Minneville neighborhood to the north and west and the Birmingham Bottoms to the south and east. The village lies south of Liberty and south-east of Claycomo; if you are down in the Bottoms rather than the village, say so.
Oakwood Park, a tiny residential village, fills the gap between Oakview to the north and Oakwood to the south, with Gladstone on its east and west. At this scale the street and house number are what dispatch needs, not the village name alone.
At the southern end of the row of villages inside Gladstone, Oaks has Oakwood around its north and east sides, Gladstone to the west and Kansas City's Davidson neighborhood across its southern edge. Spell out 'Oaks' and give the street, since the name is easy to confuse with the villages next door.
J. A. Prather ran a local mill here, and Prathersville still carries his name; the village lies south-west of Excelsior Springs and south-east of Kearney, and its post office closed in 1904. In open country like this, the road name, the direction you were driving and the nearest farm or crossroads are what put a truck beside you.
Mosby, on the Fishing River north-east of Liberty, reaches into three school districts: Excelsior Springs, Liberty and Kearney. The name comes from A. G. Mosby, the original owner of the site. If you have left the road anywhere near the river, say so when you call.
Tiny Randolph hugs the banks of the Missouri River east of North Kansas City, with Kansas City on every land border and on the far bank too. Its older names were East Kansas City and Randolph Heights. Say whether you are in Randolph itself or out on the Kansas City streets around it.
Sugar Creek is partly in Clay County, across the Route 291 bridge from Liberty; it is described in the Jackson County section.
A small part of Independence extends into Clay County; the city is described in the Jackson County section.
Kansas City has annexed far north into Clay County around North Kansas City; the city is described in the Jackson County section.
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Yes, 24 hours a day, but Titan Tow & Repair will not drive a truck into moving water, and you should not either. Mosby lies along the Fishing River and Excelsior Springs along its East Fork, and Excelsior Springs has flooded more than once; a dike built after flooding in 1955 now guards the Hall of Waters. If your vehicle is in water, get out and up to higher ground, call 911 if anyone is at risk, then call us with the road name. We recover it as soon as it can be reached safely.
Name the bridge and the highway on it. Titan Tow & Repair works all four highway crossings between North Kansas City and downtown Kansas City around the clock: the Bond Bridge on I-29, I-35 and US-71, the Buck O'Neil Bridge on US-169, the Heart of America Bridge on Route 9 and the Chouteau Bridge on Route 269. Tell us which one, the direction you were heading and whether you are on the span or the approach, then get behind the barrier while you wait.
Give the village name, the street and the nearest cross street off North Oak Trafficway. Titan Tow & Repair covers Oakview, Oakwood Park, Oakwood and Oaks just as it covers Gladstone, but the four sit in a chain inside Gladstone's south-west corner, and 'Gladstone' alone can send a truck to the wrong block. Oaks, at the southern end, borders Kansas City's Davidson neighborhood, so say which side of that line you are on.
