Turner Diagonal

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Turner Diagonal
Maintained by WyCo Unified Government
Length:	3 mi[1] (5 km)
West end:	US-24 / US-40 / State Ave. in Kansas City, KS
East end:	K-32 / Kansas Ave. in Kansas City, KS
Counties:	WY

The Turner Diagonal (map) is a short freeway in Kansas City, Kansas. It runs from Kansas Avenue northwest to U.S. Route 24 (State Avenue). It does not have a single numbered designation, though the entire route was formerly signed as K-132 east of I-70 and is currently signed as K-32 from Kansas Avenue to the first interchange, and as US-40 from the interchange with Interstate 70 to its northern terminus.

It is named "Turner Diagonal" because it runs diagonally and because it runs into and out of the Turner neighborhood in Kansas City. It provides a convenient shortcut to I-635, bypassing the stoplights on State Avenue and Parallel Parkway. The speed limit is 55 miles per hour for the entire length of the freeway.

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This image is from the access road on the south side of the Turner Diagonal bridge near the Kaw river looking westward. (April 2007)

Kaw River (map) from looking southward from middle of Turner Diagonal bridge. (April 2007)

• Kansas City, Kansas
  • Turner, Kansas

[edit] Exit list

Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Turner Diagonal becomes College Pkwy.
Turner	0.0	US-24 / US-40 west (State Ave.)	Western terminus, US-40 joins eastbound
	0.6	I-70 east / US-40 - St. Louis	US-40 splits eastbound and joins westbound
	0.7	I-70 west – Topeka
	1.1	Riverview Ave.
	1.6	65th St.
	2.1	K-32 / Kaw Dr.	K-32 joins eastbound and splits westbound
	2.5	59th St. Ln.	At-grade intersection
	3.0	55th St.	At-grade intersection

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