Central Missouri to Pueblo, Colorado

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For now my routing is to drive SW on I-44 to Springfield, then on Rt 96 to US 400 to Wichita. One question is whether for branch NW from Wichita on Rt. 96 to US 50W, or to take US 400 which eventually merges with US 50.

Get off I-44 onto MO-96 at Exit 57, go through Carthage and onto MO-171. Stay on MO-171 through Webb City to Kansas and US-400. Take US-400 to the end, then US-50 to Pueblo.