Interstate 70 in Kansas

Interstate 70
Route information
Maintained by Kansas DOT
Length: 424.15 mi[1] (682.60 km)
Existed: 1956 – present
Major junctions
West end: I-70 / US 24 at Colorado state line
  I-135 / US-81 in Salina
I-470 / US-75 / KTA in Topeka
I-435 in Kansas City
I-635 in Kansas City
I-670 in Kansas City
East end: I-70 / US 24 / US 40 / US 169 at Missouri state line
Highway system

Main route of the Interstate Highway System
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Kansas numbered highways

← US-69 K-71 →

In the U.S. state of Kansas, Interstate 70 contains the first segment to start being paved and to be completed in the Interstate Highway System. It extends from the Western border to the Eastern border covering 424 miles (682 km) and passing through several of the state's principal cities in the process.

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Route description

I-70 is joined with US-24 from the Colorado state line until US-24 splits at Levant and runs north of I-70. At Colby, I-70 begins to turn southeast until it reaches Oakley, where US-40 joins with I-70 for a concurrent journey through most of the state. The route remains flat until it reaches the county line between Russell and Ellsworth counties, where the road begins to travese rolling hills.

At Salina, Interstate 135 begins its journey southward toward Wichita, and I-70 continues through Abilene and Junction City, where the road begins to run through the Flint Hills.

In Topeka, I-70 intersects a child route, I-470, twice. The second time it is intersected, the Kansas Turnpike merges, making I-70 into a toll road. This is one of only two sections of I-70 that are tolled (the other is along the Pennsylvania Turnpike). I-70 carries this designation from Topeka to Bonner Springs. It is the eastern terminus of the turnpike, and from there to 18th Street and extending on to the Kansas eastern border, the highway is free.

I-70 enters Missouri via a main northern route on the Lewis and Clark Viaduct above the confluence of the Kansas River and Missouri River and a route designated "Alternate I-70" which has signs for I-70 as well as Interstate 670 just south of Kansas City main downtown area.

The southern route is called the Jay B. Dillingham Memorial Highway after the former Kansas City Stockyards chairman.[2]

History

The section of I-70 that is now the Kansas Turnpike was finished by 1956 and opened to traffic.[3][4] West of Topeka, the freeway was constructed from Topeka west to Salina at its junction with U.S. Route 81, as well as from Ogallah to Grainfield.[5] From Salina, the freeway was completed through Wilson the next year. A segment of I-70 from Levant through Ogallah was finished by 1965.[6] Another section was built the following year connecting Wilson to Grainfield.[7] The freeway was completed through Kansas with a last section near the Colorado border in 1970.[8]

Exit list

Exit numbers correspond to the mileposts where they're located (numbered from west to east), except at exits 366, 371, 377, and 407, which are part of the Kansas Turnpike and use its mileposts instead.

County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
Sherman 1 K-267 – Kanorado
9 County Road 11
12 County Road 14
Goodland 17
US-24 Bus. east / K-27 – Sharon Springs, St. Francis
19
US-24 Bus. west – Goodland
27 K-253 – Edson
Thomas 36 K-184 – Brewster
45 US-24 east – Levant East end of US-24 overlap
Colby 53 K-25 – Leoti, Atwood
54 Country Club Drive
62 County Road K
70 US-83 – Oakley, Rexford
Logan No interchanges in Logan County
Gove 76 US-40 west – Oakley, Sharon Springs West end of US-40 overlap
79 Campus Road Near Campus
85 K-216 – Grinnell
93 K-23 – Grainfield, Gove
95 To K-23 north – Grainfield, Hoxie
99 K-211 – Park
Quinter 107 K-212 / Castle Rock Road – Quinter
Trego 115 K-198 north – Collyer
120 Voda Road
WaKeeney 127
US-40 Bus. east / US-283 – WaKeeney, Ness City		 No access to 283 north from 70/40 west; no access to 70/40 east from 283 south  
128
US-40 Bus. west to US-283 north – WaKeeney, Hill City
135 K-147 – Ogallah
140 Riga Road
Ellis Ellis 145 K-247 – Ellis
153 Yocemento Avenue
Hays 157
US-183 Byp. – Hays, La Crosse
159 US-183 – Hays, Plainville
161 Commerce Parkway
163 Toulon Avenue
168 K-255 – Victoria
172 Walker Avenue
Russell 175 Gorham Former K-257
180 Balta Road
Russell 184
US-40 Bus. east / US-281 – Russell, Hoisington
189
US-40 Bus. west / Pioneer Road
193 Bunker Hill Road
Dorrance 199 Dorrance Former K-231
Ellsworth 206 K-232 – Wilson, Lucas
209 Sylvan Grove
216 Vesper
219 K-14 south – Ellsworth West end of K-14 overlap
221 K-14 north – Lincoln East end of K-14 overlap
225 K-156 – Ellsworth, Great Bend
Lincoln 233 Beverly, Carneiro
Saline 238 Brookville, Tescott
244 Hedville, Culver
249 Halstead Road
250 I-135 / US-81 – Wichita, Concordia Signed as exits 250A (south) and 250B (north)
Salina 251 K-143 (Ninth Street)
253 Ohio Street
260 Niles Road
Dickinson Solomon 266 K-221 – Solomon
272 Fair Road
Abilene 275 K-15 – Abilene, Clay Center Eisenhower ("father" of the Interstate Highway) Center
277 Jeep Road
281 K-43 – Enterprise
286 K-206 – Chapman
Geary 290 Milford Lake Road
Junction City 295 US-77 / K-18 west – Marysville, Herington West end of K-18 overlap
296
US-40 Bus. east (Washington Street)
298 East Street, Chestnut Street
Grandview Plaza 299 J Hill Road, Flinthills Boulevard (US-40 Bus.)
300
US-40 Bus. west / K-57 – Council Grove		 No westbound entrance
301 Fort Riley, Marshall Field
303 K-18 east – Ogden, Manhattan East end of K-18 overlap
304 Humboldt Creek Road
307 McDowell Creek Road
311 Moritz Road
313 K-177 – Council Grove, Manhattan
Riley 316 Deep Creek Road
318 Frontage Road
Wabaunsee 322 Tallgrass Road
324 Wabaunsee Road
328 K-99 – Wamego, Alma
330 K-185 – McFarland
332 Spring Creek Road
333 K-138 – Paxico
335 Snokomo Road
338 Vera Road
341 K-30 – Maple Hill
342 Keene-Eskridge Road
343 Ranch Road Private Interchange for Hudson Ranch
Shawnee 346 Carlson Road
347 West Union Road
350 Valencia Road
351 Frontage Road Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
353 K-4 west (Auburn Road) West end of K-4 overlap
Topeka 355 I-470 east / US-75 south – Topeka West end of US-75 overlap
356 Wanamaker Road
357A Fairlawn Road Signed as exit 357 eastbound
357B Danbury Lane Westbound exit only
358A US-75 north East end of US-75 overlap; signed as exit 358 eastbound
358B Gage Boulevard Signed as exit 358 eastbound
359 MacVicar Avenue
361A 1st Avenue Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
361B 3rd Street, Monroe Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
362A 4th Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
362B 8th Avenue Signed as exit 362 eastbound
362C 10th Avenue, Madison Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
363 Adams Street, Branner Trafficway
364A California Avenue
364B Carnahan Avenue, Deer Creek Trafficway
365 Rice Road
366 US-40 east / K-4 east East end of US-40 / K-4 overlap; last free exit eastbound
West end of toll road
366 I-470 west / KTA west to I-335 south – Topeka, Wichita West end of KTA overlap; I-70 uses KTA exit 183
Douglas 381 197 K-10 – Lecompton, Lawrence
Lawrence 386 202 To US-59 south – West Lawrence
388 204 US-24 west / US-40 west / US-59 – East Lawrence West end of US 24 / US 40 overlap
Leavenworth Tonganoxie 396 212 222nd St - Tonganoxie, Eudora
Wyandotte Kansas City East end of toll road
407 224 K-7 to US-73 – Leavenworth, Bonner Springs Last free exit westbound
410 110th Street
411 I-435 – Wichita, St. Joseph Signed as exits 411A (south) and 411B (north)
414 78th Street
415 Turner Diagnal Highway Signed as exits 415A (east) and 415B (west) eastbound; former US 40 west, use TDH west
417 57th Street
418 I-635 – Emporia, St. Joseph Signed as exits 418A (north) and 418B (south) eastbound
Westbound exit is part of exit 419
419 Park Drive, 38th Street
420A US-69 south (18th Street Expressway) West end of US-69 overlap
420B 18th Street north
421 Railroad Yard Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
421 I-670 east to I-35 south – St. Louis, Wichita Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
422A US-69 north (7th Street Trafficway) East end of US-69 overlap
422B US-169 south (7th Street Trafficway) West end of US-169 overlap
422C Service Road
422D Central Avenue
423A 5th Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
423B James Street, 3rd Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
423B Washington Boulevard Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; former US 24 west
423A Fairfax District Westbound exit and eastbound entrance

References

  1. ^ "Route Log and Finder List - Interstate System - table 1". Federal Highway Administration. 2002-10-31. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table1.cfm. Retrieved 2007-07-08. 
  2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Interstate 70 in Kansas (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Kansas+City,+MIssouri&ie=UTF8&ll=39.099094,-94.607606&spn=0.00801,0.017338&z=16&om=1. Retrieved June 8, 2009. 
  3. ^ "Big Impact Seen For Local Area In Superhighway". Lawrence Daily Journal-World: pp. 1–2. October 24, 1956. 
  4. ^ "KTA Officials Say Traffic Heavy on Pike This Morning". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. October 20, 1956. 
  5. ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. 1963-1964 Kansas State Highway Map (Map). http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp. Retrieved February 26, 2011. 
  6. ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. 1965 Kansas State Highway Map (Map). http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp. Retrieved February 26, 2011. 
  7. ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. 1966 Kansas State Highway Map (Map). http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp. Retrieved February 26, 2011. 
  8. ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. 1970 Kansas State Highway Map (Map). http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp. Retrieved February 27, 2011. 

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