Driving Instructions      Directions to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research From Kansas City International Airport For turn-by-turn directions to the Institute from where you are, click here. Standard Route (approximately 30 minutes under normal driving conditions) Follow the signs on International Circle to the airport exit. Take Cookingham Drive to I-29 South (right ramp), heading toward Kansas City. Continue to follow I-29 South as it merges into I-29 South 71 (merge in left lane), then I-35 South (merge in left lane again). Cross the Paseo Bridge and get in the lane for I-70 South 71 (Exit 3) Merge right and follow sign to South 71 Highway (Exit 2M). Take the Emmanuel Cleaver II Boulevard Exit, and turn right onto Emmanuel Cleaver II Boulevard. Follow Cleaver II to Troost Avenue and turn left on Troost. Turn right on 50th Street, and take another immediate right at the Stowers Institute's entrance (1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110).