At Brownbranch, the highway enters another part of the Mark Twain National Forest, and at Bradleyville, it has a short concurrency with Route 125.

At Kissee Mills, the road turns west with U.S. Route 160 and the two are united to Forsyth.

Route 76 runs concurrent with US 65 for 4.7 miles (7.6 km) before exiting onto the Ozark Mountain Highroad Freeway.

At the Barry County line, Route 76 enters the Mark Twain National Forest for a third time.

At the northwest junction, Route 76 turns west for one mile (1.6 km) and enters Tiff City.

The longer Route 78 passed through Forsyth on its path between Branson and the northeast corner of Taney County.

Route 44 had been designated in 1922 from Anderson to Abesville, and later extended west to Tiff City and east to Rockaway Beach.

[1][2] This added approximately 53 miles plus a four-mile concurrence with Missouri Route 5 west of Ava.

This alignment was plagued with traffic during much of the day and especially towards show start and end times (usually around 6-8 PM and 9-10PM).