Interstate 635 (Kansas-Missouri)

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Interstate 635
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 12.67 mi[1] (20.39 km)
South end: I-35/US 69 in Overland Park, KS
Major
junctions:
I-70/US 40 in Kansas City, KS
US 24 in Kansas City, KS
K-5 in Kansas City, KS
US 69/Route 9 in Riverside, MO
North end: I-29/US 71 in Kansas City, MO

Interstate 635 (abbreviated I-635) is a connector highway between Interstate 35 in Overland Park, Kansas and Interstate 29 in Kansas City, Missouri, approximately 12 miles (19.5 kilometers) long. It is mostly in the U.S. state of Kansas, servicing the city of Kansas City, Kansas, but extends into Kansas City, Missouri as well. The freeway's southern terminus is at a stack interchange with I-35. South of this, the mainline becomes an expressway carrying U.S. 69 (further south, U.S. 169, Metcalf Avenue.

The freeway provides a route around downtown Kansas City by crossing through residential areas of Kansas City, Kansas and Riverside, Missouri. It also provides another direct route to Kansas City International Airport.

In both Kansas and Missouri, the road has signs identifying it as the Harry Darby Memorial Highway, named after a U.S. Senator from Kansas.

Contents

Route description

Kansas


Missouri

Like Interstate 435, I-635's mileposts do not reset after crossing into Missouri.


History

At one point during planning of Interstate 635, it was to be built into and through the Fairfax Area and cross the Fairfax Bridge and the Platte Purchase Toll Bridge in Kansas City, KS. However, I-635 didn't use this route and by pass the Fairfax Area just to the North into Riverside, MO. However part of the originally proposed alignment was built as a spur going into Fairfax as K-5.[2]

Projects to reconstruct the interchange with I-70 and the bridge over the Santa Fe Railyard in Argentine have been recently been completed. Maintenance work on the bridge over the Missouri River finished in September 2005.

Exit list

Strip map of I-635
Strip map of I-635
County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
Johnson Overland Park 0.00 US-69 south (Metcalf Avenue) Southbound exit and northbound entrance
0.00 1A I-35 north / US-69Wichita, Des Moines Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Wyandotte Kansas City 1B Merriam Lane, Merriam Drive
1C Shawnee Drive
2A Metropolitan Avenue
2B Swartz Road Southbound exit and northbound entrance
3 K-32 (Kansas Avenue)
4 I-70 (US-40) - St. Louis, Topeka Signed as exits 4A (east) and 4B (west)
5 US-24 (State Avenue) West to Village West and Kansas Speedway west of I-435
6 Parallel Parkway West to Providence Medical Center and west to Village West and Legends 14 past I-435
7 K-5 west (Leavenworth Road) / 38th Street South end of K-5 overlap
8 K-5 east / 18th Street North end of K-5 overlap
I-635 crosses the Missouri River into Missouri
Platte Riverside 9 Horizons Parkway Under construction
10 US 69 south / Argosy Parkway South end of US 69 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance
11A US 69 north / Route 9 south – Riverside North end of US 69 overlap
11B Route 9 north – Parkville
12.67 12 I-29 / US 71 to I-35KCI Airport, St. Joseph Northbound exit and southbound entrance; signed as exits 12A (south) and 12B (north)

References

Browse numbered routes
< I-470 KS I-670 >
< Route 571 MO I-670 >