Interstate 135

Interstate 135
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length: 95.738 mi (154.075 km)
Major junctions
South end: I-35 / KTA in Wichita
  US-81 in Wichita
I-235 in Wichita
US-54 / US-400 in Wichita
I-235 in Wichita
US-50 in Newton
US-56 in McPherson
North end: I-70 / US-40 / US-81 in Salina
Highway system

Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
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Kansas numbered highways

← K-131 K-136 →

Interstate 135 (abbreviated I-135) is a 95.7-mile-long Interstate Highway in central and south-central Kansas, USA. I-135 runs between the cities of Salina and Wichita. The interstate's northern terminus is at the junction of Interstate 70 and its southern terminus is with Interstate 35 (the Kansas Turnpike).

Until 1976, I-135 was designated as I-35W. It is the longest "spur" (3-digit number, first digit odd) in the Interstate system.[1]

Contents

Route description

I-135 begins from the south at Exit 42 on the Kansas Turnpike. (The exit is signed as I-135, I-235, US-81/Wichita/Salina.) US-81 joins I-135 half a mile later, and remains concurrent with it for the rest of its length. Less than a mile from the Kansas Turnpike tollbooth, I-235, a loop around the western side of Wichita, branches off the highway. I-135 continues northward from there, running just east of the Wichita downtown area. It reunites with I-235 at Milepost 11 at the loop's other end.

I-135 leaves Wichita and continues northward to Newton where it turns northwest around milemarker 33. The freeway continues in this direction for 20 miles (32 km), returning to a due north course at McPherson. The route ends north of Salina, at its intersection at I-70.

History

Construction on the Canal Route portion of I-135 was begun in 1971.[2] This portion of the route took eight years to complete with a cost of $32 million.[2] Until September 13, 1976 I-135 was signed as I-35W.[3] The interstate's full length was completed in December of 1979.[3]

Exit list

County Location Mile Exit Destinations Notes
Sedgwick
 Wichita 0.000 I-35 / KTA – Oklahoma City, Kansas City
0.431 Kansas Turnpike toll booth
0.464 1 US-81 south (47th Street South) Signed as exits 1A (east) and 1B (west); south end of US-81 overlap. Last free exit southbound.
0.815 1C I-235 north
2.319 2 Hydraulic
3.211 3A K-15 south (Southeast Boulevard) Southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of K-15 overlap
3.943 3B Pawnee
4.931 4 Harry Street
5.431 5A Lincoln Street
5.965 5B US-54 / US-400 (Kellogg Avenue) Signed as exit 6A southbound
6B 1st Street, 2nd Street
7A Central Avenue Southbound exit and northbound entrance
7B 9th Street, 8th Street
8 13th Street
9.003 9 21st Street
10.574 10A K-96 east
29th Street, Hydraulic		 Signed as exits 10A (K-96) and 10B (29th Street, Hydraulic) northbound; south end of K-96 overlap
11.780 11A K-254 east – El Dorado
11B I-235 south / K-96 west – Hutchinson North end of K-96 overlap
13.206 13 53rd Street
  14 61st Street
  16 77th Street
  17 85th Street
  19.233 19 101st Street
  22 125th Street
Harvey
   25.274 25 K-196 east – Whitewater, El Dorado
Newton 28.277 28 Southeast 36th Street
30 US-50 west / K-15 north – Hutchinson South end of US-50 overlap; north end of K-15 overlap
31 First Street, Broadway Street
32.653 33 US-50 east – Peabody, Emporia Northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of US-50 overlap
34.777 34 K-15 – North Newton, Abilene
Hesston 40.520 40 Lincoln Boulevard
McPherson
   46.102 46 K-260 west – Moundridge South end of K-260 overlap
  48.682 48 K-260 east – Moundridge North end of K-260 overlap
  54 Elyria
  58.388 58
US-81 Bus. / K-61 – McPherson, Hutchinson
  60.509 60
US-56 / US-81 Bus. – McPherson, Marion
  65 Pawnee Road
  72.934 72
US-81 Bus. – Lindsborg, Roxbury
Saline
   77.863 78
US-81 Bus. / K-4 west – Bridgeport, Lindsborg		 South end of K-4 overlap
  81.959 82 K-4 east (Falun Road, Assaria Road) North end of K-4 overlap
  86.011 86 To K-104 (Mentor Road, Smolan Road)
Salina 88 Water Well Road
89 Schilling Road
90 Magnolia Road
92.389 92 Crawford Street
93.435 93 K-140 (State Street)
95.738 95 I-70 – Topeka, Hays
US-81 north		 Signed as exits 95A (I-70 east) and 95B (I-70 west); road continues north as US-81; north end of US-81 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

  1. ^ "Shortest and longest 3-digit interstates". http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/long3di.html. 
  2. ^ a b "Canal Route on I-135". Kansas Celebrates 50 Years of Interstates. Kansas Department of Transportation. http://www.ksdot.org/interstate50th/KsStory_I135.asp. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 
  3. ^ a b "1970s". Kansas Celebrates 50 Years of Interstates. Kansas Department of Transportation. http://www.ksdot.org/interstate50th/KsStory_Ihistory1970s.asp. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 

External links

Texas: 35E • 35W • 635 — Oklahoma: 235 — Kansas: 135 • 235 • 335 — Kansas–Missouri: 435 • 635 — Iowa: 235 — Minnesota: 35E • 35W • 335 (cancelled)— Minnesota–Wisconsin • 535