Shawnee Mission Parkway

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Shawnee Mission Parkway is a stretch of roadway in Johnson County, Kansas and Jackson County, Missouri (only a fragment). Its western terminus at K-7 in Shawnee, Kansas and its eastern terminus at Ward Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri. The roadway is signed as U.S. 56 from Interstate 35 to its eastern terminus, with U.S. 69 duplexing from I-35 to Metcalf Avenue, and U.S. 169 duplexing from Metcalf Avenue to Rainbow Boulevard.

The Shawnee Mission Parkway mainly functions to connect the main cities included in the Shawnee Mission, KS mailing address. All of the cities it passes through in Kansas are included in the mailing address.

1 Highway route
- 1.1 Current highways
- 1.2 Realigned/decommissioned highways
2 Cities traveled
3 Exit list
- 3.1 Westbound traffic
- 3.2 Eastbound traffic

[edit] Highway route

[edit] Current highways

U.S. Route 56 - US 56 has always followed Shawnee Mission Parkway since its commissioning. It leaves its duplex from I-35 in Merriam and follows Shawnee Mission Parkway into Missouri
U.S. Route 69 - US 69 follows Shawnee Mission Parkway from I-35 in Merriam to Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, where it turns north. Before the 18th Street Expressway (and later I-35) was built, US 69 was duplexed with US 169 in southern Overland Park and followed Metcalf before heading east on SMP and north on Rainbow, the current route of US 169
U.S. Route 169 - US 169 follows Shawnee Mission Parkway from Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park to Rainbow Boulevard in Mission Woods, where it heads north to Kansas City.

[edit] Realigned/decommissioned highways

K-10 - K-10 followed Shawnee Mission Parkway from K-7 (Kansas highway) to Merriam Drive. Shawnee Mission Parkway was signed as Spur K-10 for 0.25 mile to I-35 to bridge the gap to US 56.
K-12 - When the current K-10 expressway was originally completed between K-7 and I-435, it was originally signed as K-12. When the entire expressway was completed from Lawrence to I-435 in Lenexa, K-10 was signed for the entire freeway, and K-12 was realigned to follow the old K-10 routing on Shawnee Mission Parkway to Merriam Drive. The former Spur K-10 was then resigned as Spur K-12. K-12 was decommissioned in 1992.
U.S. Route 50 - US 50 used to follow Shawnee Mission Parkway from I-35 into Missouri. When I-435 was completed, it was rerouted to duplex with I-435 into Missouri
K-58 - the original K-58 followed Shawnee Mission Parkway from Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park to Roe Avenue in Mission until its 1979 decommissioning